So ..... the caravan was amazing .... well so was the car. The guy we bought the caravan from told us about a car auction and contacted his friend who worked there to get us a good deal - told him we were travelling around Oz so we needed a decent car to pull the caravan. We were a bit apprehensive - thinking of the typical car dealer back in the UK (no offence to any car salesmen!!). Anyway, the car they'd earmarked for us was a Ford Falcon Wagon 4.2 litre - plenty of 'grunt'!!! It was up for sale at AUS$8000 and he let us have it for AUS$4,250! It needed a bit of work doing - a full overhaul etc to make sure it was safe for the thousands of miles it's going to travel - but a friend of Steve's (John's son) did that for us at a fraction of the normal garage cost!
And so - just a week after we arrived in Perth - we were ready to leave - how amazing is that?!!!
We decided to do a shortish trip to begin with to get us used to towing the van and setting up etc - and to check everything was working ok - so tonight finds us in a little coastal town called Dunsborough on the south west coast of Western Australia. We're staying on a camp site to help get acclimatised to this camping lark - but so far everything is really good.
Hoping to download some pics (but same as facebook if you're looking at both!)
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