day 6 - wednesday

Moving day today and we had the challenge of putting everything in its place and developing a routine for how to prepare for travel. I thought everything was connected and ready to go and discovered the pop top had not been put down!

We quickly realised that nothing goes to routine, everything needs to be set in place and even then things go wrong. When connecting the power connector plug to the van we kept blowing brake fuses. We managed to change every spare blue fuse and the problem was not resolved so it was a call to RACV and then the wait - so we put the kettle on and pulled out our ipads and filled in the next half hour until a very friendly man from RAA arrived. He had a bit of a fiddle with the connector and suggested we stock up on fuses until we discover the cause! The brake lights were working and we were on our way.

It had been raining most of the morning and we planned only a short drive to Mannum so we arrived there in time for lunch.

Tonight we are in a modern caravan park that is quickly filling. We are beginning to see the masses of grey nomads on the road and are looking with interest at their setups and trying to learn some tricks of how to manage this caravan experience.

Ron has found some more tv channels and so is relaxing on the bed with the remote in hand.

Rain and hail is expected tonight and we hope it clears tomorrow so we can put the boat in the water.