Saturday 8 July 2023
Every year in September our caravan club, “Bushtracker Owners Group”, holds its AGM Muster somewhere in Australia. This year it will be held at Horrocks Beach on WA’s west coast, just north of Geraldton. Carol and I had always planned to go, with our planned departure date the end of May (First we was). We had moved into our new property in Taree at the end of May 2022 with plans to make some significant changes around the yard. Come February this year we began to feel that we didn’t want to be away for 5 months with our yard half baked, so we pulled out of the Muster (then we wasn’t). Lo and behold, come early June, with many of our friends on their way to the Muster and sharing great pics on Facebook, we realised that we had completed the major works in the yard and decided to change our minds again and head off. Carol quickly secured a house sitter, we booked the van in for a service and were on our way on 28 June, one month after our original planned departure date (now we is).
I had prepared a complete itinerary (as I do) for the May departure, which has now been severely altered due to the one month delay. I had to ensure that we would arrive at Horrocks by the 4th of September, with sufficient allowance for storms and tempest. Our journey also includes a must do, being my son’s marriage to Nadera in the Adelaide Hills at the end of November. That provides us with a leisurely 10 weeks after the Muster to reach the wedding.
First task was to get Blake serviced in Coffs Harbour, then over the range to Dubbo to see Nicole and family for her and Patrick’s birthdays, followed by a short trip to Orange to catch up with friends Ron and Sue, then on to Forbes, the venue for our 2024 Muster, to check out the showground which will be our Muster campsite, and to ensure café coffee in Forbes is up to scratch for 200 discerning club members.
With chores and catch-ups behind us, camped beside Lake Cargelligo, we now feel we are on our way to WA.