22 July - Dad's to home in Moe.

Up just before 7 to finish the unpack/pack. I restarted the fire. After a warm bed with electric blanket, the frost, ice and -1 degree was not a welcome sight or feeling.

Sunrise at 'Greenvale' - ice on car windows, frost on the grass.

Icy tyre.

Sunrise still looks good, even in the cold weather

Anyway got things sorted without too much hassle, helped Dad get the wood off the car (we'd carried some of it from Birdsville!) then a shower, breaky and on the road about 9.15. 

Had to get fuel and stopped for coffee and loo break at Pakenham, arrived home at 1.45. The cat, Aero, was on the verandah waiting within seconds. 

Entering Gippsland, I was struck by how green it is, it was also really windy. Think I’d had a tail wind to Melbourne, but turning East it became a cross wind, which buffeted the car on occasion.

Green and windy.

Nearly there.

Home sweet home, you can just see Aero in the bottom right corner. Don't know where he came from.

equipment. All clothing in the bath to soak and washing is underway. Not an easy task with a cat demanding attention. 

Meg and Stef stayed in Hay last night and were about 120kms behind me. Now home safe and sound. 

Sarah and Michael suffered minus temps in their tent last night and were arriving in Canberra to visit a friend for the afternoon. 

Steve and Carmel are enjoying 26 degrees at Barkly Homestead. 

Dad has been busy cleaning up, seeing about getting some of the repairs done and washing.

A call from neighbour Jenny to see if I needed anything, while I didn't she popped over with some soup and sausage rolls - so lovely and a kind gesture. Barb also offered Beef casserole. So lucky to have brilliant neighbours. A huge thanks to Barb and John for feeding Aero, collecting mail and keeping an eye out. 

Our trip summary:

Speedo on departure Dads Echuca = 27 900kms

Return Dads Echuca = 35 0000kms

Plus my trip to Echuca and Moe @ v 315kms each way. 

A grand total of 7730kms.  

Here is a map from the 'Spot' Navigator messages we sent. Our aim was to 'send' a Spot Message at lunchtime and at each nights camp, we didn't always remember.