Round The Kookaburra 2017

SNAPSHOT We have loved every second of this epic adventure of ours, the good the bad and the ugly. We have had our eyes wide open and experienced so much.....our relationships with each other are stronger (but not without occasional fault) however our next mini goal of Perth has appeared on the horizon at the most opportune time - my sister is my best friend, and the distance between Ballarat and Perth is so tough - we miss out on seeing each other and our girls growing up so the thought of time with her, my ever patient BIL and their spunky girls had me fairly excited but aside from that, the sudden turn to colder weather strained relationships within the confines of the car and caravan - nothing life threatening but I counted to ten A LOT, there was bickering and snappy comebacks, probably pre-teen eye rolling from the back (actually there was - I can see her in the mirror)......all in all we just needed a small break so HEELLOOO Perth - hope you realize what you are in for Low

SNAPSHOT In our caravan of courage I find it amusing how we all have our own little bucket lists in our heads....places we have always wanted to go, things to experience and that list keeps changing as we meet other travellers full of experience and advice......Right from day dot, Liv looked on the map and going by our rough guideline of "five weeks in each state" she put a pin on Broome and declared that if possible, she would love to ride the camels on Cable Beach for her 12th birthday....we mumbled the old parent adage "we'll see" which means "no" more often than "maybe".....but bless her cotton socks, she kept us on track and this week we found ourselves in beautiful Broome celebrating our eldest baby turning 12 years old..... As a footnote please don't be too critical of my blog this week - Leigh has been battling a virus, complete with a minefield of cold sores and I fought a battle of epic proportions with a two day migr