Red Elephants are Home

We left Port Stephens in 2 minds, Grace and James wanted to go home, we thought it would be nice to have one last overnight together and go out for a last night celebratory dinner.  We had planned to stop at Mittagong for the night and that would give us a 2 and half hour drive home the next day.  It would also put our travels into 89 days we would have liked to make it a nice round 90 days.  Fate stepped in and the park at Mittagong was booked out so homewards bound we went.    The kids were happy and excited, you should have heard the shreaks of excitement when they spotted Telstra Tower.  Pete was telling us the whole way that it wasn't over and he was going to keep driving.  I was all emotional and still are.  I don't know why?

Mum and Dad ( Nanny and Poppy) were waiting for us at home and I think were as excited to see us as  we were.  After tooting of the car horn we all hopped out and lots of hugs and kisses.  James ran straight inside and hopped in his bed.  Grace checked out all her bears.  Nanny cooked us a lovely meal of some of our favourites , Potato Bake (Grace),  Sticky Chicken Drumsticks ( James),  Cherry Trifle ( all of us ,but James.)  Big thanks to Nanny for our homecoming meal and for baby sitting Cheeky Boy the Budgie.

Good Bye from The Red Elephants

So in answer to questions you might ask.

Yes, I am happy to be home.
Do I wish I was still on the road? Yes.
Would we do it again?  In a heartbeat.
Would we take the same tow vehicle and van?  Yes we would!
Would we change anything?  Try to get to the outback earlier before the big heat hits.
What was our favourite destination?  Pete - The Reef,  Grace  Australia Zoo and Underwater World, James - Big Barry at the Reef, Me - maybe Carnarvon Gorge but in second place not a destination but all the wonderful people we have meet.
How many wet days? 4
Kilometres Travelled? 12 500 km
What about school?The kids did an hour of school work each day except for weekends.  But by reading this blog you will have read that they have experienced so much more.

How will I adjust back into normal everyday life?  With difficulty, I think the hardest will be keeping to time and the time constraints that are put on us.

Were will we go next?  That is a hard one there are some many great things to see and discover in this great land we call Australia.  The Kids have requested Uluru, Pete likes the sound of Tassie and me well I would like to see all the West has to offer.

I would like to thank you my readers who have shared this Journey with us through this blog I hope you have enjoyed yourselves.  I would like to encourage anyone who has ever dreamt to do a trip like this don't make barriers, work hard ,make plans and make your dream a reality you will not regret it.