Day 37 - Traralgon - Friday 12 October 2012

We arrived home in Traralgon this afternoon at 3:15. This was not part of the plan. During our stay in Forster Tuncurry the weather forecasts for the East Coast of Australia was starting to look a bit ominous and in fact the forecast for Forster was for storms. So at that stage we thought we would start driving south and look for other locations depending on the weather. Early in the afternoon we had bypassed Sydney on the M7 and decided to go to Canberra, on the basis that there was plenty to do if the weather was a bit iffy. About an hour out of Canberra it started to pour and it never really let up so we basically pulled up in a van park in Canberra without unhitching and listened to the rain throughout the night. By this morning it was clear that there was no decent weather to be had anywhere and we decided to head for home - 3 days early. As we came down the Monaro Highway we were literally driving through snow and it was very cold. It didn't really warm up until we came down to sea level at Cann River. However we can't complain. We were away for 5 weeks and in that time enjoyed constant great weather. We had a great re-union with the family in Gympie and also enjoyed Pete and Saskia's and Rob and Cecilia's company again on the Sunshine Coast. Had some great meals, saw a few good movies (can heartily recommend "Mental"), and most of all relaxed like mad.