10th October - Home

Home Sweet Home

Enjoying the last campsite

We made it!

Mandy and Caroline Adelaide

Luke, Christopher, Hamish, Sam BMX Track Adelaide

Cliffs of the Nullabor Plain

Yeah, we're home... after alot of driving and 18,354kms we have made it back to Main Ridge. and yes, although its been a fabulous trip its nice to be home... we live in a great part of the world.

We made it across the Nullabor and to Adelaide in 2 days which was a great effort by all. We called in at the Nullabor cliffs and caves which the boys really enjoyed exploring but apart from that, it was pretty much hitting the highway.. the hobbit, surprisingly kept the boys interested. We arrived late in Ceduna, as we had lost 2 1/2 hours due to daylight savings, so we stayed in a cabin. You have never seen 2 more excited kids at the prospect of a bed and TV. They didn't even mind watching the Commonwealth Games. We left early in the morning and did 760 kms during the day to arrive in Adelaide at 6:30pm where we had dinner and beds waiting thanks to Caroline and Peter.

We had an enjoyable day off the following day in Adelaide, where the kids had a wow of a time on the BMX track, right in the centre of Adelaide, followed by a swim in the pool, playstation and going to the movies. Who couldn't asked for a better day! We enjoyed spending our time with Caroline, Peter, Hamish and Sam but headed off the next morning after a brief play in the park. We made it to Victoria, to great excitement in the afternoon. We were going to bush camp in the Arapiles? State Park, but were shocked to find about 100 other people there. There must have been a climbing convention on or something. So we headed back down the road to a little bush reserve which we had passed which was perfect. No one else was there, we camped by a small lake, had our last campfire and enjoyed the stars talking about the trip. We headed off the next morning and were struck by how green and wet Victoria is. We stopped briefly in Horsham and Ballan for lunch, the boys were very eager to get home and very excited to see the city of Melbourne.

We arrived home at just after 3:30pm. 16 Kangaroos greeted us, more than we had seen on the trip! The place is very green and the dams full. We're all very excited at being home and realise how lucky we are to live where we do. We've had a great trip with so many highlights and its really hard to say what our favorite spot was after visiting so many amazing places.

We hope you've enjoyed following our adventures, not as much as me as we have. Until our next one. Au Revoir.