Sunday: Blaxland to  Gundagai – 382km

Not a bad first day (night) of driving. Im currently sitting in the back seat with Ross’ laptop on my lap, connected to the net via my mobile phone. We’ve got an extensive collection of music pumping out the laptop and into the car stereo. Mum is tracking my progress online via http://petesmedia.com/trackme and emailing me every 5 minutes. The uber geek setup is serving us well.

We had a stop in Goulburn to grab a bite to eat and take some photos of the big merino. Our destination is Gundagai where we’re planning on camping at Gundagai camp grounds. Setting up the tents is going to be fun at midnight. Destination Melbourne tomorrow. Looking forward to hitting the road.

Whilst at Maccas, they ripped us off with their coke. It was 90% ice and Ross used his extensive knowledge in consumer rights to take it back and get another refill whilst the attendant gave a sarcastic laugh in his face but conformed to his request. It was one of those “had to be there” moments but still worth noting down for future laughs. Plenty of roadkill about, the possums, foxes and kangaroos still haven’t learnt that cars aren’t friendly. We also saw a goat in the centre median strip, slightly strange.

We passed the scene of a horrific crash that happened earlier today 20km north of Yass. Not the best site to see, there was a lot of red stuff on the road. Don’t really want to speculate exactly what it was but it was a definite reminder.

Arrived just north of Gundagai to see the Dog on the Tuckerbox. A few quick photos and the roadtrip continues to find our campsite for the night.

We managed to pitch the tents at around 11.30pm. We needed to pump up the air mattresses, and considering the lateness of the night, we decided to drive down the road to muffle the sound of the mini compressor. To carry the beds back, we Had HEAPS OF FUN, we held 2 on the roof of the car whilst the passengers held onto them. Then one stuffed through the rear window (it wasn’t that far to go).

Till next time…