Afternoon all,
I haven't been posting on the forum much lately because at the end of last year we moved house and we're still getting ourselves sorted out in the new place (more of that in a later post), as well as keeping all our other everyday balls up in the air at the same time!
However, we did get away to Tuross Head in the Don for ten days in January. After not being able to get away to our usual summer holiday spot for the last two years because of the NSW fires in 2020 and Covid in 2021 - and limited opportunities to go anywhere much for two years - it was great to get away and "enjoy the serenity".
So I thought I might throw up a few pics to celebrate.
First stop on our way was morning tea by the water at Lake Nillahcootie...
...followed by an overnight stop at Yass:
Next day saw us setting up the van at Tuross Head:
The caravan park managers had moved us a couple of sites up the row since our last stay, and we were astonished to discover that our new neighbour in the park lives around 500 metres from our new house! Pretty amazing!
The view from our site looking towards Potato Point is always relaxing...
...although the weather varied a bit...
...and sometimes Potato Point disappeared into the mist:
We enjoyed walking along the beach to One Tree Point...
...and checking out the view from there...
...watching the beach cricket...
...and the fishermen trying to catch their meal:
We found out that one of the Tuross Head locals has a sense of humour...
...as well as sponsoring a street library:
We were excited when we were joined in the caravan park by another vintage caravan. This one was an early Valiant that has been restored by its owner and his father:
The owner had to replace the A-frame but tells us that the serial number was 'A188' or close to that, so that probably makes it a 1962 model.
All too soon it was time to pack away the awning and all our gear, ready for the trip home:
We had to leave a couple of days before the end of our booking because Dona Ricardo was due back to work. However, it's possibly just as well we did, because the night after we left there was a huge storm that apparently turned the awnings on some of the 'moderns' in the park to matchsticks. We'd like to think our awning would have withstood the test as it has on other occasions, but who knows?
On the way home we stopped for lunch at Quarantine Bay...
and stayed overnight at the lovely little caravan park at Bruthen in Victoria...
...where the park office is made up of a half of a Blue Horizon caravan - somehow it seems quite fitting:
At Bruthen we did catch the edge of the storms affecting the NSW Sapphire Coast...
...but returned home quite safely the next day.
Don Ricardo