Day 92 Quirindi to Doonside

 It was a rough night with regular trains passing by, though Matt managed to sleep through it all. When we opened the blinds, the train track was literally 5 metres away!  It was dark and rainy. I couldn’t see the train tracks. We packed up for the last time, and headed onward. The paddocks were green, lots of puddles and creeks flowing. The rolling hills of the great dividing range were partially covered in mist and fog. Rainex works better than the wipers do on Bridget. Rain came and went. Through the scenic Hunter region, and eventually onto the boring freeway. A brief stop for lunch at the petrol station, before our final descent into reality. We made good time and were home just before 1pm. Our dogs Roo and Pip greeted us with lots of love and affection. We will take our time to unpack all that we fitted in Bridget. So much to do but we also don’t want to let our 3 month adventure seem like a distant memory too quickly. Seems a bit like it already.  Some things we did seems like it was years ago. Time is weird  like that 

Bridget will no doubt be reminding us of our Top End Adventure with releasing red dirt forever more. She drove 17,200km, that is roughly equivalent to driving from Sydney to London, if it was a road! We enjoyed so many sensational sunsets, starry nights, saw amazing mountains ranges, views, waterfalls, a huge variety of flora, birds and wildlife in the wild, and so much more. We coped with any issues that Bridget challenged us with, and my health was stable and we coped well with all my medical needs. We met some amazing people, and learned about our Indigenous peoples stories and about the many Pioneers of our nation and the history of this part of our country. We created memories to last a lifetime and that will be part of our life story always. We were still, and knew God, as we marvelled in his creation; and we look forward to where the next adventure on our bucket list, and what God has in store for us.

We have both loved this trip and thanks to all who followed along while we went, and took the time to show interest in what we did, and maybe escape with us for a little while.  

We will probably revisit this format when next we travel, we will leave this blog up in the meantime so we can revisit where we’ve been , cause we’re old now , and the old memory is stuffed.after all we were  charged pensioner rates 4 times while we were away, ( Qantas museum charged us pensioner rates as well) 

Glad to have done it after wanting to all my life. And I can’t see it stopping with this trip.  We did it too well. And we are very comfortable with that way of living.