DAY FORTY-FIVE: On the road again

DAY FORTY-FIVE: On the road again,

Getting the camper van wasn’t as simple as we thought, our first problem was our own fault, we overslept, which isn’t the first time we have done this. It delayed us by about an hour, that wasn’t much of a problem until we arrived at the train station. It was manic, the train was packed with students travelling to university.

            After a busy train ride and an even more packed tram ride we eventually arrived at St. Kilda, both relieved that we won’t be relying on public transport for the next 83 days.

            So far it doesn’t seem we have had many problems. They all began at the Jucy rental centre. We tried to pay the full amount with our Visa card. It didn’t work, ‘How could this be?’ I know we have the money. The girl in the centre was adamant it was our card. We had to walk across St. Kilda to ANZ. We were both fuming, it wasn’t how we were planning our day. Once we got to the bank the woman at the bank assured us our card was fine. We withdrew $3000 cash to pay for the van we weren’t happy about having to carry so much cash, but we had no option.

            Eventually we had the van, we were mobile once again. It was great we have a green and purple Toyota Tarago converted people carrier. After about an hour’s driving we arrived at Craigieburn to collect our bags and to say goodbye to everyone there.

            We were off driving towards Barowen downs near Colac I drove the next 220 km through cities, motorway and country roads, all the way Vicki told me off for braking too late, braking too hard, allsorts. It’s hard getting used to a new car when your first experience is in a busy city.

            For the last 30km Vicki had a go at driving and experienced all the difficulties I had. She spent ages trying to reposition the mirrors and seat, everything had been changed, so next time I try to drive it I have to change everything.

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