After a drinking our thick black coffees and a serve of crackly bacon, toast and eggs we saddled up the horses and headed into the dusty plains ..... Oh hang on, I have read too many cowboy books!! After drinking our thick black coffees and a serve of crackly bacon, toast and eggs we got out the drill and took off the back window of the van. The seal is knackered so we resealed it with 'Sims' and screwed the window back on (The grey nomads watched us in awe!)....

Spent the day with Adelle visiting the Milthorpe market (lots of crafts and baby stuff) and Milthorpe historic town with a population of 300! Had lunch at a great Tea House in Orange with over 40 different varieties of Tea. We had sushi and some fancy sweet tea (Autumn) which had orange peel in it. In the afternoon we had hot showers at Adelles and hung out with her and Nathan. Nathan tried to educate us on the rules for Rugby League (which we sort of got the ...

Arose this morning to a beautiful sunrise over the lake (pictured). Packed up camp and headed to another camp closer to Orange. Is a great site with big fire pits and lots of wood! Went over to Adelles house and met Nathan (also got a surprise package from mum- awesome!!!) Headed out to Lake Conoblas and had fish n chips with some of Delz friends, and hung out an had coffee, talked and looked at old photos for the rest of the arvo! Highlight today: Catching u...

Went into Orange and spent the day looking around the camping, caravan and op shops. Looking at buying an Engel freezer for our travels... Didn't catch up with Adelle as she is busy, so maybe tomorrow. Visited a school fete in Blayney on Friday evening. Got some free books on animal husbandry (light reading)! Read about the wind farms near where we are staying- one turbine powers enough to supply 3500 homes per annum! Highlight today: Finding out that Oakley ...

Spent a good part of the day sitting under the annex in the warm sun reading. The view is great and so peaceful looking out onto the water! In the afternoon Mel went on a huge bike ride (3 hills over- the middle of the wind farm), whilst I walked through the forest and had a 'blowout' with Havannahs. Had a scrumptious chicken Potkjes for dinner! Highlight today: reading in the sun!