It’s a Goa!

For those of you that didn’t know… here’s a quick sum-up

After we earned all that money on the farm in Carnarvon we drove up the rest of the West Coast of Australia. At one point we did a bit of a convoy with some Italians and some Germans. Once we’d all parted company, we headed from Broome to Darwin but Bessie broke down about half way (melted piston) so we got a 300km tow off some strangers, spent a night in a Road Train depot office, rode on a Road Train with Bessie on the back and made it to Darwin where we got her fixed. And went on a yacht. We met up with friends Ant & Winnie who we met in Carnarvon. We partied. Then Sue & Ian (who we met in India, and bumped into in Singapore) made an impromptu visit and we partied again, before giving them a lift down the centre of Australia to Melbourne, taking in Litchfield National Park, Daly Waters, Devils Marbles, Alice Springs, Ayres Rock, Coober Pedy, Adelaide and the Great Ocean Road on the way. Then we got some more farm work 100 miles north of Melbourne picking Apricots and packing plums and saved up even more money. Then Tace’s mum came over for a few weeks and the weather was very very bad and Bessie was even worse. We went to Sydney, down the coast to Melbourne and over to Tasmania before she had to go back, after which the weather became a heatwave. We took Bessie to a wizard mechanic in Sydney who had her running better than ever and we sold her to some silly French boys. With the money from selling Bessie we got flights over to New Zealand to spend just over a week with Claire & Steve and flew back to Britain via a 10-day stopover in Malaysia to chill out on a paradise island.

Now back in the Shire, we bought a Big Red car and are looking for work. We’re more than a little confused about what to do with ourselves.