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On The Road Again
We Made It!
We arrived in Sydney on September 12th and got our rental car, a Toyota Tarago (that's a large 8 seater mini van), and headed out of Sydney towards Goulburn (my home town). We spent a pleasant afternoon visiting with family (love you guys!) and even pulled out the barbie (BBQ) for a sausage sizzle. After a blissful night's sleep in a comfortable bed we headed out towards Gundagai.
Now my family makes fun of me, but I have always wanted to see that most famous of Aussie icons, The Dog On The Tucker Box. Like many Aussie icons this one is based on a funny story and an old song and, although I lived an hour from it all my life, I had never taken the time to see it. So our first stop in the middle of the morning was this very icon, being on the side of the road we happened to be travelling on. And so...that was the dog on the tucker box. We moved on.
Our next stop was Wagga, a town of some 50,000 and the place we stopped for lunch. While there we picked up a cell phone (called Mobiles here and never call it a cell phone as most Aussies will very quickly correct your poor word usage!) and spent a frustrating hour or so trying to make it work. Armed with communication and a satisfying lunch of Aussie meat pies, we were back on the road and headed towards the Hay Plain. The Hay plain is ..well a plain that ate up the rest of our weary afternoon. There is nothing on the Hay plain except a few farms and a few scattered one-horse towns. No trees, well I take that back we saw one tree growing out of the middle of a train track - a funny sight.
Towards nighfall we came into a small town called Balranald (Ball-RAN-ald) where we stopped for the night. We stayed in a cute camper's cabin next to the beautiful Murrumbidgee (Mur-UM-bidj-ee)river and slept soundly, jetlag causing us all to crash around 7pm.
Early the next morning we set out and quickly crossed the border into Victoria. More farms and scattered towns until around lunchtime we crossed into South Australia. Almost immediately the terrain changed and we found ourselves in civilization again. We crossed the Murray River (Australia's largest river and irrigation source - under strain from a terrible several year drought in the country) and found ourselves in city and winding through the Adelaide hills. We got out our maps and safely navigated ourselves through Adelaide city to our new home.
We arrived in Sydney on September 12th and got our rental car, a Toyota Tarago (that's a large 8 seater mini van), and headed out of Sydney towards Goulburn (my home town). We spent a pleasant afternoon visiting with family (love you guys!) and even pulled out the barbie (BBQ) for a sausage sizzle. After a blissful night's sleep in a comfortable bed we headed out towards Gundagai.
Now my family makes fun of me, but I have always wanted to see that most famous of Aussie icons, The Dog On The Tucker Box. Like many Aussie icons this one is based on a funny story and an old song and, although I lived an hour from it all my life, I had never taken the time to see it. So our first stop in the middle of the morning was this very icon, being on the side of the road we happened to be travelling on. And so...that was the dog on the tucker box. We moved on.
Our next stop was Wagga, a town of some 50,000 and the place we stopped for lunch. While there we picked up a cell phone (called Mobiles here and never call it a cell phone as most Aussies will very quickly correct your poor word usage!) and spent a frustrating hour or so trying to make it work. Armed with communication and a satisfying lunch of Aussie meat pies, we were back on the road and headed towards the Hay Plain. The Hay plain is ..well a plain that ate up the rest of our weary afternoon. There is nothing on the Hay plain except a few farms and a few scattered one-horse towns. No trees, well I take that back we saw one tree growing out of the middle of a train track - a funny sight.
Towards nighfall we came into a small town called Balranald (Ball-RAN-ald) where we stopped for the night. We stayed in a cute camper's cabin next to the beautiful Murrumbidgee (Mur-UM-bidj-ee)river and slept soundly, jetlag causing us all to crash around 7pm.
Early the next morning we set out and quickly crossed the border into Victoria. More farms and scattered towns until around lunchtime we crossed into South Australia. Almost immediately the terrain changed and we found ourselves in civilization again. We crossed the Murray River (Australia's largest river and irrigation source - under strain from a terrible several year drought in the country) and found ourselves in city and winding through the Adelaide hills. We got out our maps and safely navigated ourselves through Adelaide city to our new home.
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