Never Tempt Fate...

I can assure all of our friends and family who are following our adventures that I shall never crow about a cunning plan again - Fate has taught me a lesson - one I shall not forget.

On our last day in Sydney we were probably reacting to the stress of this all but still managed to...

1. lose Lei's credit card (and found it again fortunately)
2. lose Karen's phone (and found it again fortunately)
3. arrive in Penrith with no idea where we were going to stay or if there was even a hotel here (which there was - and we managed to find and get booked into - FORTUNATELY)

So the good news is that we have taken possession of the Van again (hurray) and have plans to be back on our way early Thursday morning. We have targeted certain destinations so that we can begin to get back on schedule and still arrive as planned in Cairns on Dec 1st.

We have the camera on charge so the next posting will be back to our usual high standard of presentation (just kidding there). Wish us well on the second half of our journey.