Last full day on the road

Nothing like waking up early to make the most of your last full day on the road.  Well I think that is what Kayla had in mind; however the rest of us had other ideas.  Luckily it was at least 6 am so I just opened up the canvas window and sat her up there to sticky beak at all the traffic going past.  This managed to keep her entertained for a good hour before I decided it was time we should all get up and moving.  I think it was because I could see all the people across the road having a nice cooked breakfast and I was hungry.

Such a nosey parker.

So up we got and off we toddled across the road for a massive breakfast for only $7 each.  I think we are really going to have to work hard to work off all the excess holiday luggage we seem to be carrying.  We obviously felt guilty after eating all that food as we then went and did a lap around the showground arena and checked out all the different vans and setups.  Next we headed down to the main street for the parade.  It was a really lovely parade and I never tire of hearing bagpipes.  Hamish doesn’t seem to share my passion as he covered his ears every time a band marched by.

Love the traditional clothes.

 

The knight led the parade.

 

So serious.

Luckily Jason took the photo before they got too close...

 

 

After the parade was over we caught the bus up to the main location of the Celtic festival.  I am certainly glad we decided to catch the bus as it would have been a fair ole walk and it was all uphill with a steep bit at the end.  We had a great time looking at all the bands playing, stalls, eating more food, watching sheepdog trials and of course in the kids’ corner.  It cost $30 an adult to get in (both the kids were free) and I was impressed at the kids area as they had a little jumping castle, face paint and crafts all for free.  Hamish had to of course get the Spiderman one.  Later we came back and he made me a magpie bird for the garden.  Okay honestly most of it was done but the kids got to do a little bit of painting on them.  There was also candle making but I thought that might end in disaster, and the face mask decorating table was extremely busy.

Serious Spiderman pose.

 

Playing on top of the hill.

Love older couples holding hands, I hope when we are

the same age we still hold hands.

 

 

We have a pram for a baby, others for their dogs.

Jason couldn’t help himself and had to buy one of the Scottish hats/wigs.  So then of course we had to put it on the kids for a laugh.  By mid-afternoon we were all getting a bit tired and so we made the call to leave before Hamish and Kayla started to crack it.  We walked home as it was a very easy walk down hill back to the caravan park.  We had a little rest before heading out to driver around Glen Innes to see what the town was like.  Hamish decided was obviously wrecked from the big day and fell asleep, so of course now he is still awake as I am typing this.  So much for packing up whilst the kids slept!  At least Jason has made a good start on it for us. 

My three clowns.

A mix between Scottish and Spiderman.

Look Grandma, I have hair.

We have now accepted the fact that our holiday is coming to an end so we are sort of in, ‘let’s just get home and get organised’ mode.  The drive tomorrow (doing our 90km/hr) is still going to be about 4 hours and 15 minutes without any stops.  I can here you say that at least we don’t have to set up at the other end.  True, we have our beds all made, however we need to still put up the van, strip the sheets, wash it out, take out all clean clothes, pull out all the food, remake the beds and then do all the washing. 

Even the mini scott had to use the loo.

View over Glen Innes

I must admit now that I have accepted that we are going home, I am looking forward to having a nice long hot bath.  Though that is subject of course to Vince remember to turn on our power and hot water system today!  I might even go and get a pedicure on Monday so I can feel half human again.  Though Monday we are straight back into it all with Hamish’s soccer lesson and re-stocking the fridge/ pantry with a food shop.  Also we can only guess how tall our lawn must be and that it will need to be mowed (we are the bogan neighbours).

Hamish of course is looking forward to seeing Connor and Yulim and we no doubt will share a bottle of wine from our van cellar with Vince and Jacki on Monday as they will be away tomorrow.

We hope you have all enjoyed reading about our travels.  To anyone who is thinking about doing it, stop thinking and start putting it into action.  It truly is possible, you just need to keep it realistic to your situation (kids or no kids etc) and be open to change and the fact things don’t always go to plan.  We have really enjoyed this holiday and the time we have spent together as a family.  Hopefully it won’t be too long until we get to do it again.  Until then, you will have to find another blog to read!