Back again , hopefully everyone has had a wonderful Christmas and looking forward to 2017 , we had a great day - a long one - but a great day . Picked up Justin & Taylor from the airport from their trip to New York , their plane ran late - supposed to land at 9:15am , but got in at 10:20am minus their luggage !! theirs and about 15 others !! It was having an extended holiday and arrived the next day !!
From the airport it was over to Tracey & Joe’s ( Taylors Mum & hubby ) for christmas lunch / afternoon , where we had a wonderful meal / feast . It was good to see Richard again as well ( Taylors Grandad ) , we had christmas with him last year at Emma & Mike’s place . Time slipped away , as it does , and the jet lagged couple were starting to crumble so we took them home - I think they transferred some of their jet lag to me , as when we got back to the park I just went straight to bed .
After a good sleep , we got organised and tidied up a bit - we had a couple coming over to look at the RV . They arrived around 10am & left near 12 noon after a good inspection and chat about anything & everything to do with the RV . Pam & Geoff are a lovely couple looking to get on the road and travel around like us !!
Justin & Taylor arrived to have lunch with us , just after Pam & Geoff left . Justin & Taylor announced their engagement whilst they were in New York , so it was great to have them back to chat to in person , and catch up with their holiday news . They headed off later , but we were meeting up again at The Ranch - a hotel / convention centre in Epping for tea with Richard , Joe & Tracey . Unfortunately Tracey had a twinge in her back and had to stay at home . After our lunch , Lyn & I shared and entree for tea - Lime & Paprika Calamari - it was beautiful !!! The size of this entree was our standard main meal size !!! just as well we only got one .
Time slipped away again and we said our goodbyes , Richard was flying back to WA on Tuesday , and we were heading off out of the city - we couldn’t extend our stay as the park was fully booked !! It would have been nice to stay longer , but we’ll catch up again in February .
There are lots of family groups and friends all camping here - when we got back home last night , we found the group behind us had set up their 3 caravans , multiple gazebos and tents all across the 3 sites , they even managed to squeeze a tent into the gap between our van and one of their caravans - glad they didn’t snore , as we would have heard them !! There was just enough room for me to squeeze through !
After another good sleep , we got up and got organised , hitching up and driving out at 8:30 am . The traffic was good , and apart from one stop and start at a red light , that had the clutch emitting that wonderful burning clutch smell , it was pretty uneventful - fortunately !! Traffic heading north was in chaos mode - pretty normal for this time of year . We had a great run through Pennant Hills Road , only stopping for 3 red lights . The M7 was excellent as well , everything was going well untill we arrived at Narellan Rd off ramp , where we practically stopped and crawled all the way to the Menangle rest area . After a toilet break & driver change , we headed off again , the traffic was flowing again , another bit of a log jam at Picton Road , after that it was bust but smooth sailing .
Deciding to stop at Marulan at the BP service centre was good - all the bowsers on the south side were all closed - even the truck diesel side !! No more petrol stations till Goulburn , fortunately we had enough to get there or it would have been down the road , turn off & turn around and come back to the northern side , then fill up before going through Marulan and turning south again - all right in a car , but can be a pain with our rig !!
We haven’t been into Goulburn for many years , so it was interesting to see how it had changed . Back out on the highway and onto the Federal Hwy , we had lunch at the first rest area . Off again , we passed Collector and it was good to see Lake George had some water in it - 2 years ago it had very little .
Turning off the highway , we headed to Bungendore - this will be part of our escape from the city and coast untill school holidays is over . We set up just as a storm was starting to drop it’s load of rain on us , so , that’s it for today - the blog should return to a more regular affair again , we’ll see how it goes !! Here's a map link :- https://drive.google.com/open?id=1RPRM_6Eua78Xl5zw_K6HyG0S0A0&usp=sharing
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