Road Trip Over :( Back to Murchison :)

On the 26th I had a chat with Jo and Laura and we decided that we were gonna call it quits on the work front in Port Lincoln as me and Jo really wernt getting that much work sent our way, and Laura was but she didnt really want to work by herself so she didnt mind dropping the work, so on saturday Jo and I went down to the travel shop and Jo booked him and Laura on a flight to Perth departing on Sunday 28th we got all packed up, loaded the van up and left Port Lincoln around 5:20pm'ish, I drove straight round to Snowtown, about 750k, arrived at 10:30pm, they didnt bother setting up there tent they just folded down the front seat and slept there.

28th May
Drove Jo and Laura to Adelaide Airport for there flight to Perth, we said our goodbyes, although ill meet up with them again wen i get bk to oz later in the year, hopefully they will still be in Perth with the lads or somewere in WA, (well meet up and read more Gos mags Jo, dnt worry son, and Laura im saving the Back To Front Lionel Special tape all for you...maybe a copy of it, dnt think i could part with the original :) and I headed east towards Melbourne (I was headed here to pick up my wetsuit and say hello to James Gardiner). Got down to Tailem Bend, filled up on Jungle Juice and followed the signs to Melbourne however after the sign the road split in 2 an it didnt say which way Melbourne was, so if in doubt swing a left, headed down the Ouyen Highway, via Lameroo, Pinaroo and Ouyen funninly enough, then I got on the Calder Highway towards Charlton, were I was running drastically low on fuel, with zero dolloars in my ozzy account to buy any petrol, how i got around this was withdrawing on my english debit card (this can only be done from ATM's only though) so I dropped in the local battle cruiser and asked if there were any ATM's "all broken" I was told, moments later they were tryin to rope me in to get smashed for the night, "forget drivin to Melbounre, come and get smashed, we'll syphon you some fuel later from the ute!" I passed up on this golden oppourtunity and got on my hunt for fuel, luckily 2 towns on I came across a service station in Wedderburn, like a pheonix rising from the flames, it saved me well and truely, there also was a big sign sayin pizza for sale, unluckily for me the lady said theyd just stopped serving and i was outta luck (this place woz in the middle of nowhere, I think i actually woke her up driving into the station and she tells me I just missed it....lyin bitch hahahaha fair play to her, i wud have probably done the same) anyway dealed with the hunger pains (it wasnt like i was gonna die, just got pulled in by the multicoloured writing on the chalk board, however now the pizza seed had been planted there was no stoppin it) headed to Bendigo and the van practially homed in on Dominoe's Pizza, had a Supreme Puffection Large (Im never havin a Puffection pizza ever again, its like eatin a giant flat pasty, did the usual burn roof of mouth trick with the first slice...why do we all do it??? we all know its just came out of a red hot oven but cant resist tryin to handle the heat???) anyhoo drove on to Gisbourne which is about 50k out of Melbourne, slept here cus I always have trouble findnig somewere free in Melbourne to park the van. Distance Travelled today 895k thats 560 miles.

29th May
Got up and out of Gisbourne for 10am with a cuppa tea from the local cafe, in Melbourne for 11am, drove straight through the city and out to St.Kilda were I met up with James and his missus at there hostel on Barclay Street, cant remember the name, but it was fairly nice, kind of felt ol english manner style in the front room, we all chatted an caught up on different gossip, there friend also joined us, we all went out to use the internet, I had to give James a copy of his photos (he had his bag stolen in NZ and luckily I took a copy of his camera b4 he left, so he didnt loos too many pics of Murch) We went for somet to eat and a beer and then by the time 3:30pm had come about I thought id best make a move to get bk to Murch, i didnt wana hit rush hour drivin through the city. Got out to Tullamarine an picked my wetsuit up, then got on the Hume Highway bk to Murch, rocked up about 6:30pm, dinner was waitin for me :) sorted the computer out here were im stayin so Wayne and Kath can access the internet. Hit the hay earlyish cus I had to be up for work at 7am.

Total round k's clocked on the road trip doorstep to doorstep 5500k thats 3437miles...God knows how many times longer than england that is???