And we're off...to Narrabeen

After a mammoth effort to clean and pack up the house (thanks Sandra :)), we pulled in to the caravan park in the dark.  Love an extra layer of challenge when reversing the van!  The kids hadn't been fed for ages so we conceded defeat and went to Maccas.  Setting up in the dark for the first time was not part of the plan.  Richard's level of stress increased as the temperature of his Big Mac decreased.  But ho!  The caravan has a microwave - our first!  Then came the need for coffee which could not be brewed on an electric hot plate, nor could it be cheated with boiled water.  But how do we get the gas on?  Two nozzles, a tricky two-handed clicking manouevre and 30 minutes later, the coffee was on the brew. 

After a visit to the Opera House on Sunday, we spent the rest of the day repacking what had been chucked in various vehicles when leaving the house.  Not too many packing fails yet, but a mini vacuum charger with no vacuum was not going to be much use!  Celebrated Kobi's birthday with a family BBQ and farewelled Rich's fam and Mr & Mrs Donn.

To everyone's surprise, including ours, we managed to pull it together and drive out on Monday morning as scheduled.  We were on our way...