We really wanted to avoid this day. The last day of our holiday. I woke really early, at dawn and read for an hour or so. Did I tell you that my first thought when I wake in the morning is normally "When do I get to read my book?" By the time we got up it was nearly 7.30. We opened the van up to find something quite unexpected. Can you guess? It was warm. It was so long since we had felt warm, we went for our post breakfast walk in our jackets, and were quite...

So cold at Gravesend! The boys went off on foot to meet Kenny Bell and examine his collection. His main collection is D7 dozers and although he had a lot of other vehicles it was the Cat dozers that he always returned to. He only needs four more models to have a complete collection of D7s. Once they all got back we packed up and got on the road. We started towards Moree, then I realised that this meant getting back on the Newell - and I didn't feel we really ne...

Wow what a day!Labrador to Dalveen, leaving before 9am and arriving at 5pm. How can it take to so long to travel a mere 240km? - I hear you ask.Well, you go the long way. From Val's, we went to pick up Steve. We left Steve's a little before 10.30 and drove to Canungra for morning tea/lunch (depending on which car you were in). The drive from Nerang to Canungra includes some truly incredible scenery, but there was more of that to come. The next stop was Rathdown...

First day is nearly over - except that the Formula One is about to start, so maybe it is too early to sleep... We watched the F1 qualifying - which we had taped last night - when we got up this morning, then started on our way. We spent a few hours at the Eliminators car show and swap meet at the Beenleigh showgrounds - if you like cars please have a look at the pictures in the album. There were some really interesting vehicles there and we spent some time with...

Ok so we are leaving tomorrow. Serious packing time. Also, Brett waited until today to fix the leaking taps in the bathroom and the kitchen - even though they have been leaking for weeks. That's what you do the day before you leave, right? Naturally it didn't go according to plan. We needed to replace parts, only to find that the parts that need to be replaced are not carried as spares, and we ended up having to do extra trips to Bunnings. Never mind - while we...