Tag: roadtrip
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Homeward and onward.
Another spectacular day driving back to Canberra. As Ripley rolled out amongst the hills and valleys, all about us thousands (perhaps millions?) of tiny spiders rode the air currents on long silk streamers catching the sun like a dense silver sleet. How can such impressive lengths of string come out of such teeny incy wincy […]
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Overnight stop: Woomargama
We pre-packed Ripley for an early getaway. Narrator: there is no such thing as an early getaway. Then there was the inevitable faffing around, remembering that we forgot this and hadn’t done that. Toothbrush! Juno’s bowl! Charging cables!Finally, we rolled out at just-past-nine. One stop at a McDonalds just outside of Yass. Juno took care […]
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On the road again.
Kelly, Juno and I will be bundling up in Ripley for a short road trip over the next couple of days. Ripley is booked in for a routine service a few hours down the road in the town of Wodonga. Unfortunately for us, there are no commercial Fiat service centres in Canberra so we try […]
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Backpack man.
Location: ///triangles.comforted.spinalWeather: Sunny 25C. Mood: hyperglycaemic “Hey mate!” I’m walking down the Main Street of Daylesford. A rough voice right behind me. “What brand of backpack is that?” It was a gorgeous morning. Kelly and I had just walked around the lake and into town to check it out. A couple of kilometers. I turn […]
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