The Final Word

Isabel :-

Wow, three months! It only seemed three weeks. It's hard to believe that we did all those things in three months. The first thing I did when we got back was I ran in the house ('cos I couldn't run in the caravan) . Then we went to school. Everyone was so excited.

Louisa :-

It is nice being home so I can catch up with my friends and family. I also love the space. It is absolutely fantastic being home! I loved traveling with my family! I HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE!!

The Final word.

After 2 days of unpacking, restoring the house, cleaning the caravan and the car – it was a strange experience to have everyone hop back in and take the rig back to Kalorama. There is an old adage which says something like “the hardest part of the journey is to take the first step”. There needs to be a new one “the most difficult part of an eighteen million meter journey is the last 10”.
This was proven by ripping the van awning on the edge of the carport roof as we came down the driveway…….

A quick trip cost summary :-
Total KM’s ----------------– 18,075
Fuel ----------------------- $4226.85
Camping ------------------- $3446.10
Car (tyres, servicing etc) --- $2,000 (approx)
Days on road --------------- 86

Benefit to family------------ Priceless (The girls even learnt to wash dishes without being asked).

This is it – the end of the blog. For the actors it has been a wonderful experience, for the chief writer it has been a tiring one at times - but mostly fun. The whole blog experience was made worthwhile by all you Dear Bloggers out there. Knowing you were watching was inspiration to keep composing for all of us. A big THANK YOU to everyone who made the effort to comment – we had a lot of fun every day seeing what comments we would get, so whilst we didn’t always answer your questions (this isn’t the medium for that) it was always great to know people were watching.
Comments or not, we hope you enjoyed following our journey and gleaned a taste of what we experienced – it will certainly live with us forever.