We are on the way!

Well, we have finally started our trip, it did take us a while to make that move but we were waiting on parts for the car that we felt important to take.

Saturday 4th February; we said our last sad and excited good-byes to  mum,dad, Stella and Sam ( our dogs) and headed off mid afternoon up to Tony and Cate's to drop off Pete's van and say good-bye to them before we headed to our friends house in Ballarat for our first night. Yes we know it wasn't far for the first night but it was just perfect for us.



One of the dust storms on the way to Ouyen



Sunday 5th Feb; we said farewell to the Long family and we were off by ourselves for good to start our trip. We made it across the S.A border to Paringa, (just before Renmark)for our first night of many in our camper.  As per usual when we do this this drive we had a head wind but this time just to make it memorable we had dust storms as well.  



Our view from our seats at camp at Streaky Bay



Monday 6th Feb; Pushed on to one of our favorite spots, Streaky Bay on the Eyre Penninsula. We love this spot right on the beach and being that time is all ours we stayed 2 nights just to stop and gather our thoughts and make sure we were ready to push on across the Nullarbor. Tom and Charlie started their school work and you can see by the photo their classroom was hard to deal with!!! Tom also tried fishing for the first time with his own rod and actually caught a fish off the pier, not for eating, too small, but that wasn't the point for we are not fishermen at all so we are all in for a learning experience.



Tom and Charlie's classroom at Streaky Bay