Thursday...5 February 2015

On the road again.
Today, after many fond farewells of our companions in the caravan park we started our travels again.
The folk at that park are really nice and we are especially fond of a couple who have one of those own your own park homes just behind our caravan site. Their little dog, Sam, is such a sweet natured animal, he loves everyone he meets but is not the noisy attention seeker. He accepts as his right all the pats and compliments that come his way without it affecting his sunny disposition.
The people who own the park are fine and their ground staff is second to none. They are tireless workers and are always happy to help the campers. Yesterday I watched them help load two motor bikes onto a trailer for a guest who has a prosthetic leg. Nobody asked, they just saw the need and did the job. Fantastic fellows.
Last night we had a last supper with the daughter and her partner and of course the new grandchild as well as their older furbaby. We already miss our cuddles with the baby and no doubt in time we will miss the daughter too! They are managing their new parent status very well so we are happy to let them get on with it.
This years travel plan is Melbourne to Brisbane up the actual coast roads as much as possible, it is an area we have not travelled yet and there is much we would like to see.
Today's trip was a rocking chair ride from one side of dear old Melbourne town to the other without a single set of traffic lights. Brilliant freeway/motorway system as long as you know where you want to be going early enough for lane changes. Oh and of course so long as your bank account can afford the many road tolls along that particular stretch of road. For the technically inclined it is roughly 75 km from one side of Melbourne to the other, measuring it from the Calder Hwy entry at Keilor to the end of the South East Link at Pakenham.
We have passed through Warragul, Moe and Morwell and tonight we are in Traralgon.  Tomorrow we will meet with friends from Melbourne, in Sale! They have been out this way having a small break and are going home tomorrow so we will meet them in Sale as we continue our trek east.
Next stop after that is Bairnsdale.