Heading south

Tomorrow arrived and we left as planned. An estimated 2.5 hours travel to Swan Hill for our second stop. We didn't quite make the full distance without needing a bathroom visit so I careered off the bitumen into a pot-hole riddled dirt rest area at Bounday Bend, with some fashionably smelly and unmaintained toilets. With the relief of empty bladders, we had a bit of a look around at the mighty River Murray flowing right past the parking bay which allowed the kids to go scooting down the hill to have a closer look at the muddy water.

It was still horribly hot and humid, so I bundled everyone into the car to try and make the last leg of our journey without another stop. 

On arriving at the Riverside Big4 park, the kids eyes lit up at the sight of the pool and were already planning on how to get out of helping set up and get themselves into the pool. 

Luckily I am just an all round nice guy and after getting the basics unpacked, I unleashed everyone whilst Taz and I finished. The forecast is for heavy rain tomorrow which will be the lagging tail of SA's "one in 10 year January storm" so I feverishly set up the annex ready to keep everything dry in the expected downpour.

The rest of the afternoon was spent "cooling off" in the heated 30 degree pool, with Taz once again hidden amongst the chairs in the shade on the wrong side of the pool fence. 

I spend a lot of my days contemplating all the stories for this blog but tonight I chose to settle in front of the TV instead watching one of the most amazing BBL matches of the season with what seemed to be a record number of sixes. 

This camping life is giving me plenty of hours to think about life too. It has been mentioned a few times by a few different people that perhaps my blog writing should have been my chosen profession. So I am putting it out there, Mr Google. You need to get my blog put in front of someone who has got some money and who will pay me to write. I am ready to throw the towel in and travel - exploring this amazing country and writing to the world about my perception on what everyone could do better (I mean different). It has got to be easier than what I am doing, and definitely has its moments when it is more satisfying.