On the road again

Well this update, while being late, brings some news.

We have now left Dubbo, heading to Emerald.

Currently in Victoria point till Thursday or Friday.

Said goodbye to the mushies last Thursday as

Les was offered work driving buses with

Emerald Coaches. They do a variety of work

including runs out to the mine sites taking employees

out and back, school runs and also out to Blackwater.

Susan will chase up work once we arrive.

Susan put her back out on Sunday morning

as we were packing up at Goondiwindi

She has been very sore with limited movement over

the past days. Susan also has a specialist appointment

in Cleveland Tuesday.

As we had taken the bike back to Dubbo after

Christmas, Susan was driving the ute and towing the van.

We had a mostly unspectacular trip back to Brissie, thankfully.

Susan is an old hand at towing now and has a couple of stories

about fuel and a certain B Double driver on the Newell Highway.

Talk about numb bum on the bike, we were stopping

every hour or so, usually in a town for a break, so Les could

get off the bike and stretch.

So, the next leg of our journey begins shortly on the

trip to Emerald, anothe 900 odd k's.

We have applied for a couple of positions at a caravan

park in north QLD at a town called Mt Surprise.

It is inland from Cairns and Townsville on the Gulf Development Road. The owners/operators conducted a phone

interview with us Saturday afternoon just after

we arrived in Gundy.

Les has applied for a Tour Guide position there with

the owners, who operate the tours around the area including

the Undarra Lava Tubes and the Savannahlander motor rail.

This also includes driving buses and taking the

tourists around and explaining the history of the area.

Susan has applied for a reception/cleaning job at the park also.

She may have a couple of options at the park, so we will hear

more by the end of February.

The town is some 300k's from Cairns so is a bit remote

and has 65 permanent residents.

We will update as we know more on this and other

news as we get into Emerald and settled.

Cheers fo now