Today's departure started at 3 a.m. After a thorough check for the Broxton family (Steve, no way could you stowaway - the six of us could barely fit in!) we finally prised a teary Ella away from Bonnie and boarded the bus (and the Prado) to head to Mum and Dad's at 1:30 p.m. What a departure! Sue and her family had sneaked over and attached balloons and tin cans to the Blunderbuss, so we left with a great clatter and much excitement cheered on by half the neighbourhood. Great fun.
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| About to depart - not much room inside! |
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| This sign will get a lot of use! |
Tomorrow we pack the caravan and then we hope to have Departure 2 on Tuesday. Tonight, I'm just glad Mum is making dinner and I can go to bed asap. Dave has been snoring a few times already!
Thanks everyone for your good wishes and survival kits and all the laughs which have kept us sane in the last few days!
Welcome aboard the Blunderbuss! Our Around Australia Adventure begins!
Stay tuned ...
2 comments:
Yahoo! - 3am start -Are you crazy! -that's why we weren't there! Also alarm clock (called Emily) doesn't wake up until right on 5:45am EVERY morning!
Spent the morning cleaning Jackson's borrowed trumpet -boy was it dirty! -Clogged with all sorts of stuff.
Hint - (say this next sentence in a very low soft voice) - make sure you thoroughly check for The Broxton's in the caravan -plenty of hiding spots in there alright.
Otherwise see you on the road - watch out for hitch hikers!
Advice by Friends and supporters of the Broxton's
PS - Have a GREAT trip! and stay safe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dear Church mice and Parents, I am so glad to say that tomorrow I get to be your surrogate mum, except I will not be gallivanting around Australia but confined to the Jolly Music Room pretending to be someone better than me. I hope no-one notices. You seem to be having fantastic fun and I am mega-jealous. You seem to be having such a great time in the land of the Southern Cross. Keep it up. I have nothing to say about my incredible life except that I painted my downstairs walls in Limewash(Taubmans). Well, put that in your pipe and smoke it, ye purveyors of dams, museums, semitrailers, seas and convict cats. Love you all heaps, Meredith
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