Lost months Part 2

Continued,

Sometimes I just can,t keep writing on this tablet. I really believe I need some lessons on it! So on with the saga! Kah and I had a nice cabin, aboard the Millenium, we enjoyed the ship for the lovely peole we met, we are always lucky  with our table  companions and as I said in part one, we made great friends with people as we queud to get aboard.we visited the "big" island  to Hiloo, and Western Samoa, Pago Pago, where we went in 2010 also Fiji, where we went in 2011 and then the eclipse! Now that was something, the ship stopped for about 3 hours and we saw the whole thing, we were given special glasses to view it, there were talks by photographers to get maximum valeu with your camers, and a spe ialist talking us through it, when you could look safely without the glasses etc. It was quite special. worth having champagne at 9am thats for sure!
We had some good entertainers, a fellow singer, Jack Walker, whom we had come across in 2010 he has a great voice. also Jackie Love came on board. she still has IT! Then we sailed on to two ports in Nz. Tauranga and Aukland, before setting across the ditch to Sydney. W e had 2 nights on the ship before we got off. Kath flew back to w and Igot on the train back north to Toukley. I spent a few more days there with Hazel and Mike, getting my washing done and sorting myself out. Hazel and igot stuck into beading, I had sent for some more lovely patterns from Julia in England, she has some really unique patterns, you don't see many like it in Australia.Then I set off south.
Hazel and Mike came south to Gerringong with their caravan, and we visited a wonerful bead shop, annd picked up a few more bits I needed. Then we parted, me to continue south and they returned to Toukley, We will get together again. I stopped at Congo, an almost free camp beside the sea, where a river? flowed out also, very quiet, but lovely. Then on south to Nimmitabel, where I learnt I have been mispronouncing it for thirty years! Oh well, thems the breaks. I took my courage in both hands and drove over the great dividing range, via COOMA, JINDABYNE, PERISHER, and Khancoban to Corryong in Victoria. I was absolurely stuffed. The brakes were smoking and the poor old engine was really working. I don't reccommend it to anyone else in a motorhome. I didn't see a single truck on that bit of road. I was gobsmacked to see snow still on the tops of the ranges!!
I spent 2 nights at colaccolac, just passed Corryong, and then headed to Nagambie to visit my ex Exmouth and Collie friend, Merrilyn and Neil. I spent a lovely couple of days there on the front verge, but sadly Merrilyn was not at all well, with maybe foodpoisoning, so it was quite quiet.Then I set off, a bit backwards to Lima South to meet with the Estern Rosellas, whom I first met at St Arnauds last year. They were having a xmas party, which was greta food, we also had a chance to hold stalls as there was a market there, and a very good talk by the rural fire brigade #bout bushfire safety ans your motor home. very salient as it happened, as on Saturday they were off fighting a big bushfire at Seymour, near

Lost Months part 11

Hi All, Well I have finally realised how long it has been sinyce I last posted. Sorry, life kinda got in my way!. I will try to bring you up to date in as brief a time as possible.
 Way back in October, after I left Mildura/Wentworth and the country music festival, I
 headed to Jingelic on the border of Nsw and Vic. I t was a pretty spotbehnd a great pub, and beside the early reaches of the Murray River. I met a great bunch of motorhomers there and spent 5 days there. great weather, a bit chilly in the mornings, but lovely sunny days we had wonderful campfires, with music and singalongs and some great people. From there I droeve north through Leura again and visited another patchworking friend, on my way nortth.
I left Doigs Donga, (the motorhome) with friends Hazel and Mike at Toukley while I trained down to Sydney, where I caught up with Kath and we flew to Hawaii. We endured two halloween days as we crossed the international date line. Our hotel was at Waikiki, and the antics of the people there for Halloween was eye stopping!! After 3 Nights we were picked up by our transfer vehicle and taken to the pier to board our cruise ship. Did I tell you? I went on a  19 day cruise back to Sydney. I was on Celebrity Millenium, and the main thing was we were able to be in optimal position for the total eclipse out in the Pacific Ocean. But I get ahead of myself." First we had to board! not an easy thing in Hawaii. We were queued for almost 3 hours waiting to get on board. With no e:cuses offered, but apparently a problem with the xray equioment, not that anyo e kept us informed! or offered food and drink . The upside was that we made virm friends in that 3 hours with the people around us in the queue!