Time for Home

Sunday, 28 September 2014

 

Grandsons at home

Waiting for the bounce

"Friendly" rivalry

Our final day; tonight we will be on the Spirit of Tasmania for the final leg of this year’s journey.  It has been a very enjoyable trip, with many new roads travelled and people we have met along the way.

Yesterday morning, Denise and I left the boys to their own devices and had a girls’ morning out, with our first (and only) stop at the Black Pepper outlet in Dandenong.  We were very pleasantly surprised to discover a sale in progress, with nothing over $25 – in fact, the average price for all stock would have been $15.  After selecting a few armfuls of clothes and spending quite some time in the change rooms, we both made our selections and were very happy with the final charges.

The afternoon was spent decorating the caravan park’s television lounge and preparing nibbles, etc for the big game, which quickly became rather boring for everyone, except for a couple of people.  Unfortunately, 2014 wasn’t the year for the Swans to have their name engraved on the Cup.

The warm day remained balmy throughout the night, although the wind did pick up somewhat and the awning creaked constantly.  Shortly after we went to bed, we remarked on the amount of noise and voices, especially children’s voices, which seemed to be emanating from the large caravan next to us.  Finally, I had to get up and look out the bathroom winter in an attempt to discover the source of the noise.  It certainly wasn’t coming from the caravan next door and was getting louder and louder; when I looked out the side window, I noticed three people standing under our awning.  With me in my nightie, I threw open the door, switched on the outside light and asked what they were doing there!  “There’s a possum here and he is so cute.”  I have seen a brush tail possum on numerous occasions!

This morning we will start to pack up – the awning is in, owing to the strengthening winds – and will visit Chadstone Shopping Centre, just in case we see something we might need.  The caravan park have kindly offered us a late check-out, so will stay here until 3.30 pm.

 

After being on the road since June, we are now more than ready to return home to family, friends, bowls, the garden …