Half way Day

Catch of the day at 1 Mile Jetty

Thursday 6th October, the day we reached Carnarvon, was the half way point of our trip.

We have been travelling in the Blunderbuss, towing the faithful old Jayco for 102 days. All of the kids are still alive, although it is touch and go some days. Dave and I are still talking to each other most of the time.

Some (more) travelling trivia for you:
Kilometres travelled ... 17180 (to Carnarvon)
Litres of petrol used ... 2163.5
Cost of said petrol ... $4386.50
Dearest petrol so far ... $2.14 per litre
Cheapest petrol so far ... $1.43 per litre
Number of loads of washing ... 28
Cost of all the washing ... $92
Number of teeth lost on trip ... 2 (Ella)
Tooth Fairy visits ... 2
Number of times the kids have done the dishes without whinging ... 1. Maybe 2
Near misses with Road Trains ... 1 - although every one scares the hell out of us
Music Rehearsals ... on-going
Average number of phone calls to organise a busking outing ... 5 and several emails as well
Busks so far ... 3 (Mindil x2, Carnavon)
Donations from busking ... $543
Unsuccessful attempts to busk ... 4
Number of times I have reversed the rig ... 0
Number of times I intend to reverse the rig ... 0

Highlights of the trip thus far:
Canoeing Katherine Gorge
Busking and ABC Radio in Darwin
Snorkelling at Ningaloo and Coral Bay
Ormiston Gorge
Uluru
Fishing
Charters Towers truckstop (kids)
Lowlights of the trip thus far:
Sandflies, mossies and flies
Hitting the roadkill roo and the live wallaby
The broken chassis
Charters Towers truckstop (Dave)
Long days in the vehicle with grumpy occupants
UHT milk (Lachlan!)
38 degrees
The sticky accordion key which meant Jackson was photographed with a pink ukulele for Australian Geographic!

Stay tuned ...