Motor home diaries - 26th January

ODO reading 1725 Heading for Britz rentals for handover.

According to Google and other sources, the coastal route, which is the one we took, between Melbourne and Sydney is about 880 kms. We managed to do it in 1725, an average of 287 kms a day. We met some lovely people, saw some very interesting sights, ate some lovely food. Saw a kangaroo grazing at the roadside. Watched as all sorts of bird life winged their ways around us. Paddled in the Tasman Sea. Got the life scared out of us in a mountain. Went to bed early, constantly. Breathalysed. Bitten by Mossies. Loved every minute of it. I would definitely do it again, but as Trev said last night, the trip from Sydney to Brisbane can be even better. Who knows……..

As we had the van still we thought it might be good to drive to the hotel, check in and deposit our luggage. This we did, and it was a great idea, Daisey behaved impeccably, taking us straight there. A quick inspection of the room, bought for us as a Christmas present by Nicola and Trev, and off to get rid of the van. We’d seen the bed in the hotel, and we’d been using the van bed for a week. Would you not be in a hurry to exchange?

Up to Britz and the hand over was seamless and quick. We’d driven all that way without incident or accident. The $7650.00 bond would not be used this time.

The very pleasant lad in Britz gave us a choice of transport into Sydney (our own expense). We chose to travel by train. It was chocabloc with residents going into town to celebrate Australia Day. Our train stop was opposite the hotel on the other side of the road, 6 stops from where we boarded.

Naturally we went straight to the hotel for a closer examination. The room seemed massive, the bed, memory foam, was 6 foot wide. Bathroom was cushty, and we were on the 6th floor. No view, but as usual we wouldn’t be spending a lot of time in there anyway.