Maiden Voyage

After a busy few months and with no kiddies at home we headed off on our maiden caravan voyage. It was a rush to get organised and certainly a big lesson to be more organised next trip! The dogs knew something was up and and made sure they stayed totally in our way whilst we were trying to pack...

 We weren't going to venture too far on our first trip and wanted to have plenty of time to set up before dark. So Four Seasons just past Busselton was our choice (mainly because it is a dog friendly park)...

Our allocated bay was on a corner and after a bit of disagreeing about which way to park the van and manoeuvring we eventually got it fairly level and set up...

Just in time for a dusk walk along the beach...

 We didn't sleep too well - mainly waiting for the dogs to bark but they were very good. Next morning they were quite happy wandering around our site on their ropes...

 We purchased a child/dog carrier to put behind a bike. We thought with them getting older and not walking as far this would make our caravaning less restrictive. Peter put it together...

And off we went! Well the first few minutes were OK as we think they were in shock then the crying started. They both got so worked up, Lucy scratched and put a hole in the netting and we had to stop so many times to calm them down. We rode a few km's down the path near the highway so no-one one could hear the carry on! 

We all needed a rest after that. A few views of our setup from different angles...

Nicole had driven down to Sugar Loaf Rock to take some photos with her new 70D camera. We discovered that one of our favourite cafes down south (Samudra)  is dog friendly so we met Nicole there for afternoon tea...

Nicole loves her new camera and was testing settings for some food photography... 

 And people photography...

Samudra have recently revamped their garden - it is looking fantastic and I wouldn't mind all this in my backyard!...

One of Nicole's great photos of Sugar Loaf Rock... 

Nicole came to visit our little set up in the caravan park and we went for a wander around...

 After all her anxiety from her morning ride we couldn't believe it went Lucy climbed in the trolley later and had a sleep...

Next morning was quite cool so we had our brekky in they sun and then packed up. We were pretty pleased with ourselves having it all done in 50 minutes...

 After morning tea scones at Mum and Dad J's we headed home to unpack. These 2 were filthy and very tired...

So all in all it was good fun. We would like to have stayed away longer and that time will come. Travelling with the dogs is quite restrictive but it was interesting talking to the other dog owners in the park and they all seem to get along fine.