We have a cunning plan on what we want to do next and now we
just have to see if we can make everything happen as quickly as we want. We had
planned to stop in Nowra on the way back to check out some caravans but decided
that it would be trickier with the trailer and easier to make a trip back on
another day.
Once we made it back to Sydney, we unpacked some of our cars
and picked up mine. It feels weird being the driver, after not driving for the
past few months and my car feels low to the ground after being in Cookie
Monster. Jamie and I spent the evening looking at new and used cars. We did try
and set a budget as well as being realistic on what we want. That night we
decided we would make some repairs to Jamie’s car, being the cheaper of the
options and we would concentrate on what kind of caravan we would buy. We also
discussed selling my car, it seems silly to keep a car that I drive for a few
weeks before leaving it for another few months or more.
We got to celebrate Jamie’s 40th birthday with
his family, which I think he really loved. We had a little party at Nanna’s
house, nothing fancy but fun all the same. Little miss helped Nanna make the
pizzas, sampling the toppings as she helped. We got Jamie the yummiest cake, a tiramisu
torte from The Cake Merchant. Little miss decided the cake needed some extra sprinkles;
half the fun is decorating the cake.
Little miss had a lovely time playing with her toys and
seeing our family. It’s lovely to catch up after being away. We did have a few
issues with little miss and her little bed at Nanna’s. She fell out of bed a
few times and we had to rearrange the pillows to make a bit more of a barrier. We
also had the problem of the shutters being too dark. Although they block out
the light and noise, little miss has been used to having some light and being
able to tell when it’s morning. With the shutters down we had many mornings of
her little voice calling out, has the sun come up yet? We figured out pretty
quickly to leave the shutters up a little, and that’s enough for her to be able
to see when it’s morning.
Nanna has a swimming pool, and she got some really cool floating
rings and animals. Little miss loved the llama the best. She had an absolute
ball playing in Nanna’s pool with Jamie riding the llama. Funniest of all, she
kept calling it alama.
While we were away Nonno celebrated his 70th
birthday. He wasn’t able to go out for lunch for his birthday, so it got rescheduled
to when we were back. Jamie had been really disappointed when he was going to
miss out the first time, so I could tell how excited he was to be able to go.
We had a great time chatting with family that we don’t get
to see very often and telling them all about our plans for our future travel. Little
miss and I got to eat some delicious salmon, and birthday cake is the best.
Little miss had a great time playing on the grass, the playground and looking
at the goats. Its not often you get to visit a restaurant that has goats. The
best part of all was at the very end, we finally got to give Nonno his birthday
present. I’ve never seen someone move as fast as he did. He was out of the
restaurant with a massive smile on his face.
The birthday present? He got to drive a Ferrari home from
the restaurant. He was so excited. Jamie had to drive Nonno’s car back, so we
all met back at his house. When we get there I see Jamie sitting in the
Ferrari, thinking that he was just getting a photo. No, he got to take it for a
drive around the block. He was super pumped. Not every day you get to drive a
Ferrari.
Coming down from the high of driving a Ferrari we sat down
to write a list of all the things we wanted in a caravan. I’m sure anyone who
has looked at caravans will know that there are so many options.
Our list of must haves are:
- Shower and toilet
- Inside kitchen
- Microwave
- Air con
- Fridge
- 2 beds
- Be 18 foot or under
- Be around 2 tonne fully loaded
- Have off road tyres and suspension
- Be within budget
We did find a second-hand caravan and took the long drive
out to see it. We left Little miss with Nanna for the evening, I think they
both had so much fun together. We spent ages looking at the caravan, but
ultimately decided that it wasn’t the right caravan for us. Unfortunately, it
had water damage, and we just couldn’t take the risk with water damage. The
price range was better for me but we just couldn’t take the risk with such a
big purchase and water damage. The positive of it all is that we have found a
layout we like. That includes everything that we want. We may just find the
perfect caravan after all. The only problem is going to be if we can get it in
the timing that we want.
The one bit of advice Mrs Meddler and Mr Butinski gave us, don’t buy the first caravan you see. We didn’t buy the first
caravan we saw.
- Plans can change
- Being flexible is important
- Don’t rush into an important decision
- Take your time and research
- I’m so excited about the next part of our plans
- It feels weird driving after not driving for a while
- My car is low to the ground compared to Jamie’s
- Buying a new car is expensive
- Repairs to Jamie’s car is a bit more budget friendly rather than a new car
- Keeping my car is silly
- We need to sell my car
- Now to decided what caravan to buy
- Woohoo Jamie turned 40
- Taste testing is important
- Little miss loves to help
- Birthday cake is delicious
- We’ve missed our family
- Little miss fell out of bed
- More than once
- Pillow barriers help stop her falling out of bed
- The shutters make it dark
- Little miss cant tell when it’s morning
- Its funny to hear her ask
- Pool toys are great fun
- Ride on llama pool toys are great
- Milestone birthdays need celebrating
- Ferrari’s are cool
- They had so much fun driving the Ferrari
- I wants get nothing
- It was important to make sure we found the right caravan
- Writing down our list of wants helped us get on the same page
- Caravans are expensive, especially new ones
- The budget was bigger than I originally wanted
- Nanna had lots of fun babysitting
- Second hand caravans are more in budget
- We couldn’t trust the water damage
- We found a layout that we loved
- Lake Tabourie
- Sydney
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