After spending 7 weeks camped with our caravan on the front lawn of our friend's place in Gisborne while our cruiser was being repaired down in Thomastown, finally got the cruiser back this afternoon and are all packed up ready to head North first thing in the morning.

First stop Shepparton and SPC to stock up on tins of fruit and a good supply of tea bags. Then up to a friend at Narromine, just west of Dubbo. Next on up to Winton and Longreach, across the top to Katherine, Darwin, Kakadu, The Kimberley including Gibb River and a visit to Halls Creek where Lorraine was stationed for three years with the Australian Inland Mission as a kindergarten teacher, the final year with a mobile kindergarten in the back of a land cruiser travelling to outlying stations. The plan is to then head South via Alice down to Melbourne to fly back home on 28th November (for a 3 or 4 month visit).