on the road again

On Wednesday we said goodbye to Lismore, GOODBYE! We had a BBQ lunch with about 8 other tennants in the caravan park on the Sunday before we left, which was lovely. We also were given a little "gift" from the owner...a bowl of tadpoles. Laura was thrilled. Fingers crossed they are FROGS and not anything else. The day we left it was pouring rain so I must be honest (when am I not?) and say I was glad to get the hell out of the place!!! Chris and Will in the Big Rolling Turd, and Laura and I in Jimny. We left after brekkie and were in Maryborough by 3pm or so, with a short break in Burpengary to pick up our lovely new trailer and have a bite of lunch. What a relief to be back in my beautiful, comfy navigators' seat.Here we are all relaxed in Maryborough, minus Will the photographer.

A school experiment:

Before we left Colac this magic tree was given to Will by Aunty Jenny. We finally got it out to see what it does and we were amazed. This shot above is how it looks when you first set it up. You just add water to the tray at the bottom.

Then 2 hours later it looks all puffy like this one above...
Then in the morning we checked it and it was all finished and some of the crystals were starting to fall off. It was great to see it growing, although the kids checked it every few minutes so that got a bit tiring!

We went over to Ballina had one final stab at fishing before we left the area and came up trumps. Although Chris spent most of his time replacing bait and hooks, the kids and I pulled in some lovely bream, and couldn't leave until Chris had caught a few too. Laura even snagged this little beauty which was a lovely addition to our evening meal. MMMmmm, mudcrab!
Chomp, chomp, chomp!