Thierings on Tour

Today was another big driving day, so we were quick to pack up and head on out. Before we knew it we had crossed (briefly) into Victoria, it sprung up on us so quickly that I almost missed the sign… 

Mildura was a quick stop to grab some food and a quick run around. The girls haven’t had as many long driving days, so I feel like we’ve had to retrain everyone to get back into the grove of it. 

Then it was back on the road and heading further East, until we crossed into NSW for the first time in 6 months. Again, it was so badly signposted that I completely missed it and there was definitely nowhere to stop to mark the occasion! Then we saw our first sign for Sydney in ages and it really made it sink in that we weren’t far from home. What a strange thought after all this time!

We made another quick stop in the afternoon to stretch, grab some water and burn off some of that “stuck in the car again” energy. Luckily for us it was a very nice park and it was actually warm and sunny for once. We could get used to this again…

In other very important news – when we arrived, Izzy’s wobbly tooth finally decided to come out. Hurray!

As we approached Hay the van brakes were feeling sluggish and funny again, plus the tow-pro mechanism didn’t seem to be flashing the way it should. So when we pulled up Chris got to work checking everything again and he wasn’t getting any power to the electric brakes this time…. So he took everything apart, cleaned connections and tried to rewire a few things. All the old blokes around us in the caravan park flocked to our site asking questions, giving suggestions and sharing potential contacts in the 500km radius around Hay. 

This was a good opportunity to take the girls to the pool and so we did. Scarly only stayed on the step and after one unfortunately slip where she briefly went under before she could jump back up, she wanted out. So instead she stayed on the sidelines and eventually helping papa while the big girls splashed and bombed it into a freezing pool. At least it was hot enough to appreciate the cooling qualities this time!! 

It was so late by the time Chris finished that we decided to have dinner at the pub across the road. The food was actually delicious, there were some games and much to the girls’ delight – a resident bearded dragon. The owner was very kind and offered for the girls to feed the little guy, but only Jazzy didn’t mind feeding him mealworms. Scarly tried it but didn’t want to anymore after one and Izzy knew from the start that she didn’t want anything to do with it. 

It was a fun night and good way to finish up an otherwise long and slightly stressful day.

Kms travelled – 431