Day 1 – And we’re off! – Thierings on Tour

The morning of our trip is here – there’s still so much to do but the excitement is building… finally all the months of planning are starting to come to fruition and van life is almost upon us.

We pack, we sort, we throw a whole bunch more out. It just gets to the stage where we want to hit the road and I’m sure there’s stuff we’ve forgotten or things we have packed too much of, but it feels like we will just work it out on the road.

So now it’s time for the BEFORE photos. At the end of the trip we’ll compare how much we’ve changed/grown/aged…

After a few more photos and lots of goodbyes we finally drove off. I must say it was a really weird feeling with so many emotions – relief, excitement, overwhelm, anxiety… I won’t lie, I shed a tear!

First stop was still to be decided depending on traffic and how we went towing the van, but we were aiming for Myall Lakes near Forster. The car & van drove smoothly and everyone was excited so we made it to our destination – a peaceful and secluded camping spot at Korsman Landing at Myall Lakes.

Yay, we made it and it’s time to crack a beer!

It was a serene spot, with nothing but nature and wildlife. Within minutes a giant goanna had strolled past, Jazzy found a rainbow painted rock and Izzy lost another tooth – some lucky signs right there…

We got the van all ready for the night, which involves popping it out and up. The main camp kitchen is outside and we have a few bits and pieces to unload and open up. I’ll do a proper tour of our set up over the coming weeks. Dinner was chicken wraps with green beans.

Bedtime was a shit show (I mean interesting)… everyone was hyper, couldn’t decide what bed they were sleeping in, everyone kept jumping out and talking and basically anything but sleeping. I think Izzy and Jazzy fell asleep about 8.45pm and Jazzy was up until at least 9.30pm. Let’s just hope we get into a routine and it doesn’t take as long each night!

Chris and I sat up a bit longer by the fire enjoying a drink and fending off a rather ambitious and fearless possum that would literally get within 5cms of us trying to scavenge for food. People before us must have been feeding it, as it was very persistent. The stars were nice, but there were quite a few trees about, so I’ll save the sky photos for another time.