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Post by Frank on May 13, 2017 9:48:15 GMT 10
G'day all, Being in a part time job only to top up the pension I can take time off and the boss holds the job for me till I get back, I've been doing this now for 10 years but because my time off is longer than 6 weeks it "breaks" my service so I don't get long service leave, but I don't care, I still get time off
When I take time off we follow our passion which is caravanning, the van is set up for free camping and we are fully self sufficient, travelling on the pension we can't afford to stay in caravan parks all the time as they range between $20 and $100 a night
This time I finish work on the 1st of June and we'll be heading off about 10-12 days later heading for the top end of Qld and making our way down to possibly as far as Sydney and I'm due back at work for the start of term 4, so we'll have about 5 months of travel
As Brenda has a chronic back injury we only travel 150-250km a day and often stop in one place for a few days for her to recoup, well be heading for broken Hill, Wilcannia then onto the Kidman highway and up inland across to Mt Isa then head for Cairns and hopefully get up to the Cape if Brenda is up to it, we'll then work our way down
I'll probably look in on here from time to time but we're depending on Optus phone coverage and Wi-Fi hotspots so don't know when or where we'll be
Might get a chance to catch up with some of you on the trip but with our travel situation it's nigh on impossible to make plans, we never book in advance anywhere as at the last minute we may have to cancel, all it takes is for Brenda to take a wrong step and we have to stop everything for 2-5 days
Anyway if you don't hear from me for a while that's why, but I will be back
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2017 10:16:00 GMT 10
Sounds like a great trip Frank, take care of each other and stay safe.
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Post by maccca on May 13, 2017 12:24:27 GMT 10
You take the time too "Smell the Roses" Frank. There's lots to see so go slow and take lots of pic's to share when you return. Have a great trip guy's. Cheers: Macca..
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Post by saddo on May 13, 2017 13:29:29 GMT 10
G'Day Frank,
All the best to you and Brenda.
Catch you on your return.
Cheers,
Saddo
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Post by Frank on Jun 12, 2017 7:46:29 GMT 10
The van is packed and ready, the car gets packed today, 27 hours to go
Final check list and we'll be off on our Queensland jaunt
Stay safe you lot
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