Merry Christmas!
Christmas morning started early. Way too early. Marcus, in the sleeping bag next to me, was trying to surreptitiously import his Christmas goodies through the zipped tent door way before the sun rose. Even Biggles would have trouble unzipping a tent without the Germans knowing about it. Marcus didn't have a hope.
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| Santa, to the delight of the kids, brought LEGO! |
At the slightly more decent hour of 6 a.m. the kids got to open their gifts and were all in heaven to have some Lego to take into the Blunderbuss to build. We didn't hear from them again until they got hungry at 10 o'clock!
After brunch, Dave and the boys went off to play cricket in the rain with the campground family, who always have a game at 11 o'clock in the camp gardens. They had a brilliant game and the rain didn't last the whole time. It seems that the weather changes every ten minutes or so here in Tassie. Four seasons in one hour!
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Pap had to hold the oven button for
half an hour to ensure roast potatoes! |
Gran and I performed a Christmas Miracle in the kitchen, producing a roast dinner out of the oven which hasn't been working since about Townsville! Pap offered to hold the gas button down to ensure he got to enjoy roast potatoes! Duct tape and many other options failed, but Pap's thumbs came through!
The kids were looking forward to playing euchre with Gran and Pap so we had a rousing session of cards, which reminded Mum of Christmases with her family many years ago.
The kids had to be forcibly removed from the Legobuss at bedtime!
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Ella is pretty pleased with her
first solo build! |
We head southwest into the West Coast Wilderness on Boxing Day.
Stay tuned ...
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