Christmas and off we go!!!!!

What a great Christmas! Father Christmas managed to find us! The girls left him a cold beer, mince pie and some carrots for the reindeer all of which were gone in the morning! They were more excited to find the food gone in the morning than xmas pressies under the tree.  After opening a couple of presents we went down to Noosa main beach first thing Christmas morning but a big storm the day before had closed the beach and the swell and surf was huge! However the sun was shining and we enjoyed a traditional Christmas round the pool with friends and family.  Amazing food and drink was consumed by all....too much actually, including belly pork, roast duck, ham, chicken, prawns, roast potato, parsnips, red cabbage and xmas pudding!!!!

On boxing day Daisy swam a whole lap of the pool without armbands so we were all very excited considering she has only had one week of lessons since she was 1...very proud!
After catching up with some more school friends today we are now looking forward to the next few months....

Australia is now in front of us and we're all packed up and ready to go! Home for the coming months is an 18ft Jayco outback discovery poptop caravan. She comes with bunks for the girls a shower/loo etc, fridge freezer, gas cooker, microwave, tv and air conditioning! Externally is a large awning,
shower, solar panel and the list goes on. Power supplied by mains or DC/battery whilst on the road and when we are in the middle of nowhere the gas also cools the fridge, lights the external cooker and heats the water. The van holds 190 litres of water in total!

In the Toyota Prado we have a back up battery which has its own solar panels which also keeps the car fridge cold when we are off road. There are built in draws in the back holding all our beach and fishing gear and another kitchen basically! We have the standard issue roo bar, electric winch and CB to keep us out of trouble! There are two 90 litre fuel tanks so no excuse for running out of fuel!!

So off we go!!! Thanks mum and dad, we couldn't have done it without you xxxx