Thierings on Tour

It was another early start with work with all the activities happening in the lead up to World Marrow Donor Day on Saturday 21st September. My little minions accompanied me to grab some coffees to make the pack up process more efficient. Sadly, the late night at dinner translated into hot heads and tantrums this morning, ahhh it is so hard to balance fun with tiredness for little ones…

After we were all packed up, the girls explored a little more around the station and it would have been great to stay another night probably. There’s games and space to roam and animals to see. We saw the farm guys heading out on their motorbikes to muster, which was cool. Before we left, we tucked into the famous scones and they did not disappoint! Yummmm 😋

Then it was back to the coast to explore 14 miles beach. We’ve heard so many great things about this place and we’re looking forward to snorkeling and fishing. The road in was so stunning, you just can’t beat the colour of that turquoise water in the area…

As we arrived, it was windy, but bearable. We went for a little walk between work meetings and homework activities and the girls loved finding yet more unique shells. There was however a seagull that kept circling us in the sky, which we found a bit unnerving.

The afternoon wind picked up and by dinner time it was absolutely howling, with wind gusts of up to 59kms. You could tell, because the whole van was shaking and the noise was something else. So we bunkered down and yet again discussed how much we wished we had a bigger van 🫣
Ultimately we made it work with everyone being kind and supportive, sharing the minimal space and Chris cooking up a storm of egg wraps for us as that’s the only thing we could easily grab and cook in the van without getting the main fridge sandblasted.

I know Chris finds the wind particularly hard, so if the wind is like this again tomorrow, we might have to think of a new plan! This would have been another great reason to stay at Bullara for an extra night… ah hindsight, it’s a wonderful thing.

Kms travelled – 86