Dear Family and Friends
We have stayed in Bairnsdale much longer than we had expected.It is now about six weeks all up since we arrived home. We have had a lovely time catching up with friends and family. We spent just on a week in Melbourne staying with Sharon, Nath and Roman and had a wonderful time with them. Roman has grown into a lovely almost four year old. I was lucky enough to attend kinder with hiom for Mother's day. Sharon unfortunately had conjuctivitus and of course couldn't go anywhere near the children so I filled in. It was lovely to do this with Roman as I have been to these occasions with both Natalya and Lachlan and it was nice to be able to do it with Roman too.
Leanne and Tim were having the floors in their house being polished and her new kitchen was being installed so we couldn't leave until we had seen it. It was looking lovely. They are so happy to have this part of their renovations completed. The house is now totally different inside than when they purchased it. It is a credit to both of them for what they have achieved.
We have done our own bit of renovating since being here. We have taken out our three seater couch which was opposite the cafe table and in its place we have two recliner rockers that are much more comfortable for sitting in and for watching TV of a night.
When we took the seat out we left the back cushioning and only took out the seat part. We couldn't help but damage the wall a little when we pulled the seat out so to cover it we carpeted both the wall and the wheel arch thanks to Justins help.
We have also had the chair pads refilled and they are much firmer and more comfortable to sit in. Ken and Dale mended under the seat where we discovered a hole in the tin that was under Ken's seat from where we had the tyre blowout. They think that when the tyre blew it flipped and hit the tin damaging it in the process so it's been sealed up now too.
We have also done a big clean out in the van as we had to rearrange where we put things as we lost the storage area under the seat so we have taken quite a lot over to the house, especially if we have not used it or are unlikely to use it in the near future. We have decided to take the push bikes as there are plenty of times that we would have used them had we had them with us.
We now have two Jerry can holders on the back of the van for water and two on the front of the van for additional fuel The satellite dish is now attached to the back of the van and Ken should be able to pull it into whatever position is needed without taking it off and putting it on the stand.
All in all we have pretty much got ourselves organised. It won't be long now before we head off again, at least within the next day or two. We are heading to Horsham where we will catch up with our friends from Ravenshoe, Robin and Pauline, who are visiting family there We are really looking forward to seeing them again.
From their it will be over to Pt Hughs near Moonta for a 10 night stay at a caravan park there. Our long term goal is that we would like to be back at Willow gemfiels in July ready for their saffire Festival they have in August. Barry, Kens mate will be up there too so it will be a catch up with him and with the friends we made while we were there last year.
so whilst we have had a good time here we are also ready to head off again to new adventures and new friends along the way.
Love to one and all
Ken and Lyn.
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