A nice warm night. We wake and think there may be some snow around, but no. What little snow we had yesterday is pretty much gone now. So we realty got a bit lucky yesterday with the timing.
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Day 4 – Rest Day
Not nearly as much wind overnight as we feared, and the diesel heater did it’s thing all night so in the end not a bad night’s sleep.
We hear a lot of rain, it’s got to be too heavy for it to be snow, and it too comfortable in bed to get up and check.
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Another really cold night, and the heater turned off around 4ish, but that’s fine, we’ve got the remote beside us, so I turn it on again around 6ish.
It’s really windy this morning with the odd gust really buffeting the van around. I wouldn’t like to be in a tent.
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Overnight, sometime just after midnight I wake and the heater is off again, Bugger. The van is still warm, so not the end of the world. The kids are in then new sleeping bags, so I know they’ll be warm and I pull up an extra blanket on us. I would restart the heater, but on this damn Thermostat mode, it runs like a jet for 10-15+ mins, and in this quiet valley you’d be able to hear it back in Cooma!
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Up at 7, but I’ve been awake off and on since 5.
Final food and gear packed, so it’s not till 9 that we pull away. As we’re heading south we do a first! The M8 heading south was recently extended and there is now an entrance near The Cresent at the far end of Annandale. So in about 2km, we leave the suburb, hit the Motorway and are on our way. Much easier than fighting our way through Marrickville and St Peters.
Continue reading “Day 1 – Home to Adaminaby”Preamble
The plan was always to try and get down the snow over the holidays, the kids really liked Selwyn, but weren’t so keen on Thredbo, but in the end there just wasn’t any snow to visit. Over the weekend I thought stuff it and arranged for Liam and I to go camping for a couple of days up the Watagans, so I booked a spot.
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I wake up early, my phones gone flat so I’m not 100% sure of the time. I plug it into a charging cable plugged into the van, but nothing. I grab another cable….nope. I plug the TV in, but it does not power up. I plug the phone into a battery back and it starts to charge.
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After such a long busy day yesterday, today will just be mostly lazing about and relaxing.
As with most days, I setup the External Solar Panels. We haven’t been getting the solar I’d hoped on this trip. The sun is just a little too low to hit the roof top panels well. The trees all around means the panels are regularly in the shade. I often need to move the portable panels every hour or so, which of course didn’t happen yesterday. Every day we’re have a little less reserve than the day before.
Continue reading “Day 5 – Kayaking”Day 4 – Capertee/Coorongooba Loop
Today is one for a drive. Not too far south of us is Capertee national park. I wanted to come here last time, but it was closed as NPWS were clearing pests. I called up a few days ago and got the gate code so we should be good this time.
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Up earlyish as we’re booked in for the 9am morning Kayak tour. Liam and I know what to expect, but it will be new for Justine and Caitlin. So after introductions, orientation and setting up we get going. Initially it was going to be me and Caitlin, and Liam with Justine, but at the last minute the kids decide to go together (what could possibly go wrong).
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