WEDNESDAY JULY 4 MARONG TO HOME

Packed up to make the trip back across the Divide to the eastern suburbs. Left sat 11am.

If one had to pick the most inconvenient time for the agent to call about a house sale detail, it would, of course, be as I was trying to navigate John around the edge of central Bendigo. I had to ask him to give us half an hour and then call back. In the brief moments I was talking, John managed to take a wrong turn!

Help – which one goes to Heathcote?

Stopped at the very accessible Caltex servo on the edge of Heathcote, for fuel. $1.499cpl.

I was quite relieved when we reached home again, uneventfully. John had chosen not to put the Stop Leaks into the radiator ahead of the trip and I’d been a little on edge the whole of the time driving, that the leak might get worse and strand us on the highway somewhere.

Next time Bus makes this trip, it will have a new radiator.

Our new home has a driveway at the side, where Bus would fit – having a place to put it was one of the pre-requisites we had. We also had the option of storing it in a large shed on the Bendigo property of a family member – that might be the easier option. To be decided.

Even more exciting – once we are moved and settled in – areas across the north of the State, and beyond, are going to be more easily accessible for trips with Bus.

We had a goal to explore the length of the Murray, from Corryong to Lake Alexandrina. Whilst we had visited some places along the river, the idea of such a trek really appealed. Hopefully in 2019? Then there is the Barossa Valley of SA, the Fleurieu Peninsula…lots more places to go…