We had intended to call on some friends in Bendigo but circumstances were against us and we will catch up at a later day.
Now on my last post I said I would have reflections on our trip and make some observations of the people we went with, so here goes.
To say travelling with many people sometimes is wrought with issues is an understatement: are these people compatible, are their expectations of their holiday the same, will they all get along? Well I'm here to report we all had a good time and no one was killed in the process, so I guess it was successful!
We are however individual and as such have little idiosyncrasies to consider, for example :
- Robin " The Doc" - a thorough gentlemen of which without his consideration I, for one, would have found parts of the trip unbearable. He loves a good discussion but he has a very mischievous side to his nature. He loves to fabricate stories and as such I have christened him 'Guru Bob'. We aware, be VERY aware, when he starts spinning a yarn you are not the next victim of his mythological spells!
- Doug - is a genuine 'nice guy' and has the patience of a saint, especially when he had to erect and lower his camper day in, day out. He is also a keen follower of regimes, especially when it comes to meals. He eats every night at the same time: 6:00pm, with meat and (mostly) three veg. Always potato, except on weekends as he is usually playing golf and hasn't got time for potatoes. Never does he eat cooked carrots only fresh uncooked as in the McFarlane tradition. His only negative quality I could spot was, he defends (barracks for) the drug cheating Essendon FC but his droll sense of humour made up for this little indiscretion.
- Bec - a lovely person, with an extremely caring nature with innocence in many of the worlds harsher aspects being a very endearing quality. A great cook, loving parent, grandparent and friend who has a unyeilding faith, even when put under pressure.
- Denis - loves a good discussion and has many opinions on varies topics, non more so than climate change! He is a man possessed/ obsessed with fishing especially on lures. Practicality is not his strong point, but he he is the first one to make fun of this fact as he did when handing himself the "biggest Tool" award for his misdemeanours on the trip.
- Paul - my beloved husband who loves to be the centre of attention as in the self proclaimed "movie man", or the one who finds "treasures" on the trip and hands them onto unsuspecting people (under the bedding, or tied to the front of their car etc). The class clown would be a good tile he would wear with pride - but you still got to love him. (Well at least I still do).
- Jenny (me) - what can I say except ......... Well I might leave that up to the people who know me and accepted me on the trip. They had to put up with my little "moments" I had along the way and I thank them for it.
Well it's time to sign off for this trip. Thank you for travelling along with me, I only hope you enjoyed the trek and maybe got a feel for the great outdoors we have in Australia. Maybe I will inspire some of you to experience some of this great land yourselves. Whatever you decide to do, have fun, savour the life you have and enjoy what nature has abundantly provided for us in this country: the scenery and the people.
This the end of this chapter so until next time farewell...................
Don't go too far though as we head to the Blue Mountains NSW in a months time, so stayed tuned.
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