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Can't believe how early we had to get up this morning - 3:30am NZ time (which is 1:30am Aus time) to get to the airport.
But it was all good. Watched the Twilight movie on the plane on the way home and now i cant wait to see New Moon!

Coming through customs in Australia was funny as i had to go in the high security line due to my Maouri souviner that i brough back with me that is classified as a weapon. I was just glad that Border Security wasnt there to film me haha.

... actually only lunchtime! We had some great food at the Beechworth bakery (which is busy for a reason!) and wrote back to the caravan park to shower and change via the information centre. Unfortunately, the 'peddle to produce' program I'd read about a few months ago is on a temporary hiatus as they revamp it and print new brochures, but the information centre lady told us a little about it for when it is back up and running, and gave us suggestions on places we could ...

... police occured.

We then spent a few hours at Beechworth, an historic little town which still has an operating telegraph station. We went on a scenic drive along the gorge (which was quite narrow with our big bus!)

After we headed down to the town of Bright and then into Mount Beauty, stopping at the overlooks of the town.

... a lovely night,also with some cake,milo's,and a movie! In the morning we packed down the caravan and headed to the main street.We went to 'The Famous Beechworth Bakery'(as mum calls it) to have lunch.After a few minutes dad carried on and did a bit of drawings.Mum, Marc and I went to the Beechworth Honey shop.The three of us went on a tour at the shop.We also bought a jar of Grey Ironbark.At the end we wondered around the town and headed to a new place

... the details of our lives. Jason's kids had 'adopted' the kids from another family, so all us adults sat around for the afternoon talking about our relative journeys, the benefits of various cars (a very important topic when one travels all the time) and then the lady from the other family piped up with 'Our house has ghosts in it'. This led to a fascinating discussion on the activities of these ghosts, I offered my opinion that they were not ghosts at all, but demons, and they ...

... with many of the brands found in supermarkets.

After this, I drove to Wodonga and camped in Lake Hume Caravan Park. A few weeks ago I mentioned Jason and his family, who I met out near Portland. Yesterday I was setting up my tent in Lake Hume when I heard a shout of 'Hey, science teacher!' I turned around, and lo and behold, there was Jason!! I don't believe in coincidences at all, (all coincidences are actually engineered by God), but it still surprises me how well He ...

... We all take a turn in the bath warm water. Back at the house, we try roo meat for the first time. What a feast!Saturday is a double-date! Brad and Bronwym take us for a whirlwind tour through different vineyards in the area as well as a tour of a olivery and a cheese market. 

... in Canberra - Welcome to the Outback! We rented bicycles to explore the surroundings, in particular a bush pub which was build after a famous Aussie comic strip and a small wildlife sanctuary with Kangaroos, wallabies, emus, wombats, koalas, dingoes, birds, lizards, possums and 2 talkactive soon-to-be-retired park rangers. A special shoutout has to go to the wombat called Dozer ("as in bulldozer") which is the only animal in the park whose cage the rangers don't dare to enter.

... history. Tuesday is the day upon which the volunteers all come in to clean, re-arrange and generally tidy up. Ted and I have visited many of these local museums, but we have to say that this one was a beauty - a real credit to the locals. We saw many things that we have not seen at other similar museums, but not only that, the care and attention with which everything is cared for ...

... wild. We also stopped off at a rest stop to see the night sky. As there was a big light there, we drove a little further down a dodgy dusty road with no lights. Like something out of a horror film. As we were so far out of Sydney, the sky was perfectly clear and we could see the milky way, the southern cross, and practicall every star in the sky. After the star gazing we made it back home around 12 hours after we had set off, and it was straight to bed as we were all shattered.