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Why Caravanning11 Comments

Is anyone home?

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After reading an American blog about how often beautiful locations are marred by wall to wall RV’s I realise that we here in Australia often forget how lucky we are being able to park close to beaches or rivers or just out in the countryside. If we choose to be on our own we can be and there are thousands of camp sites where we can find peace and solitude. When we first hired a motor home in New Zealand to sample the lifestyle we were amazed to be camped on a river bank on the very first night. Of … Continue reading Is anyone home?

Qld, Why Caravanning6 Comments

A Celebration in Paradise

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July 2016, Cape Hillsborough, Qld It’s Woody’s 70th birthday, we drive into Mackay for lunch and find a friendly Thai restaurant overlooking the marina and have a delicious meal. We can’t complain about the service as there is no one else there. Back at camp we spend the afternoon preparing Woody’s traditional birthday Chinese dinner. You know how people develop strange traditions, well ours is an odd mix of favourite foods. I bake a chocolate cake in our wondrous newly replaced oven then can’t figure out where to put it, the cake that is. The coffee machine is on the … Continue reading A Celebration in Paradise

Quotes5 Comments

For Profit or Prophet

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We’re members of our local U3A (University of the Third Age) and whenever we’re at home between caravan trips I like to join a class or two. Recently I joined a Practical Philosophy class and have been thoroughly enjoying it. This week we discussed the parable of the Prodigal Son and I am fascinated as to how these teachings have survived millennia and still apply to modern life. The Prodigal Son in particular as he left his family’s vineyard, sowed his wild oats, then found himself working in a pig farm before returning home to beg forgiveness from his father, … Continue reading For Profit or Prophet

Caravanning Hints8 Comments

Why do pot lids unscrew on the road?

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Over a long lunch a friend who is new to caravanning remarked upon wine bottles becoming unscrewed when on the road. This caused me to grin stupidly and drift off into reminiscences. We used to be weekend trailer-sailors so we know the importance of battening the hatches and everything having a secure place, yet with caravanning no matter how smooth the road and how carefully stowed everything is you will still open the door to what sometimes appears to be murder and mayhem. We find pot lids love to unscrew themselves without any encouragement. We have a stick-on soap holder … Continue reading Why do pot lids unscrew on the road?