Return to Gympie

Dear Family and Friends

As you can see by the title we have returned to Gympie. The reason being we are having some work done on the van. The new awning on the van broke and we are awaiting a part for it. Evidently when the new awning was installed in Melbourne it was installed incorrectly. Annoying!!!, We hope the part will be here today. As well we had the brakes checked and we needed to have them looked at also. Fortunately the same guy was able to do this work as well. We spent last night locked in this caravan sales yard as it was quite late when the chap finished yesterday. The two free camps near Gynpie are always packed and we knew when we left here last night there would be no spaces left for us so we are grateful that the guy said we could stay here.

Our stay at Inskip was quite a memorable one. One by one our friends departed until yesterday when we packed up to go also.

One of our neighbours Joe and Lyn were headed for Gympie and the muster. It was a dream of theirs to go and listen to the bush poets and hear the singing. The following day after they left Joe gave Ken a call and said that it cost them just on $800 for the five days. At first we thought it was just their camp site fees but it wasn't. We were shocked at the price but then we were told that it got you into all the venues and you only had to buy your own food and drinks while you were there. We were told it was worth every cent. That you got value for money on just the first day. Maybe one day we'll come back and go to it.

There is so much that you can go and see but it all costs money so we have to decide what we will see and what will have to wait till another time. We get lots of ideas about what is value for money from other campers and we take note of what they say is good to see and what isn't worth the money they charge.

Brief thou this blog is I will have to go as the van is about to be moved and it is nerve racking to be in a van when it is moving. All the creaks and the groans make it sound like it is about to fall apart.

We have to hope that the part arrives today (Frday) or we will be here till Monday or Tues of next week.

By for now

All our love

Ken and lyn