Status: Static

Hello.

Just a quick update since not much has changed since our last one. The curse of Matilda continues to haunt us, as despite having a fair amount of interest we have still been unable to sell her. The first couple to see it made us an offer which we accepted, and when it came to handing the keys over they changed their minds, claiming "something came up... I'm going through some things right now... there's been a change at work," and so on.

We had two couples interested on Saturday and the first were going to go for it pending a check by a mechanic, due today. We rang them today and they told us they'd bought another car.

Because we expected them to buy, we told the second couple from Saturday that they'd have to wait even though they probably would have made us an offer too. We did the moral thing and got bitten on the arse, so it's no mercy from now on.

We've had to drop the price now and will just have to hope the bad luck that seems latched to the van finally runs out and we can get on the road. We must sell it soon; we have two beers left that we said we won't touch until the van is gone...

And that's something we're very keen to do. We met a bloke called Stan on the caravan park and he's come up from the west coast. He sat down with us a couple of nights ago and gave us a huge pile of tips about places to see and things to do on our next journey. We're extremely pleased we've bought a 4WD too because it opens up a whole new world for us.

Because we had expected to be without the van by now, we moved into our new home the other day. We considered putting a bed in the car but it's just not practical. We have chosen to go for a a big tent to give us a bit more space and comfort at the expense of a lot more faffing about when we arrive somewhere.

Another shot of our new beast:


Our new home:


Our expanding collection of cars and homes: