Not long now...

Well we have finally booked our ticket! We are due to set sail on the 11th Oct. Initially I managed to book for 11th Oct 2011. Fortunately this struck someone from spirit of Tas as a little odd so they rang us to make sure we hadn't made a mistake. Luckily they managed to hook us up with the correct date without applying any change of booking fees. Could have been a little embarrassing turning up to the boat 12 months early! So we're currently packing up our little cottage and putting everything into storage. With the bed removed Lulu makes a pretty good removal van! It's a little strange knowing that soon we wont actually have a home to go to. Now we just have to find a few camping/fishing spots in Victoria to get us started. Once we get off the boat the plan will be to get out of Melbourne as fast as we possibly can. I better start looking at some maps!

Bronson

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So, where were we?

Ah yes, the coil. A new and correct part has fixed the starting problem and now Lulu is running like a train. I think the old ABT railway train is probably a good comparison. You know the one that climbs the hill slower than a man could walk? Yep, that one! Actually she's running pretty good but like the ABT she's a little slow on inclines. Good thing we wont be in a hurry. We have just spent a week in Hobart which included a couple of days down at Cockle Creek, the end of the road. Weather was superb if not a little chilly in the mornings and it really is a beautiful place. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any fish there. Only currawongs suffering from diarrhoea and thieving tiger cats! All in all the trip was a success and outlined a few small problems that we'll be able to rectify before the big trip starts. So far the solar panel and fridge are working well but it will be interesting to see how we go in the heat when the fridge has to work a bit harder. Only time will tell. We also decided to add the Big Spud at Sassafras to the big things list on the trip stats page. Hopefully we'll be able to add several more big things in the not too distant future. Stay tuned.