Monday 12th February 2018
What a hectic day! After having had our breakfast we walked out of the hotel to the garage where the car was parked overnight – unfortunately, we turned a few extra blocks before we found the garage and then once we were on the road we also missed a few turnings! I was a bit uptight due to the fact that we had to pick up the camper van and then return the rental car ( before midday). However once we did get to the Campervan Rental offices, there was complete chaos and it took us half a day before we had everything settled and were on our way again – Gerry driving this massive camper van and I the rental Toyota Camry – well my fuss was for nothing!! We arrived at the airport drop off and soon we were on our way in our Apollo van – mind you I was terrified in the beginning – to me it was so massive and all I wanted to do was to get out of Sydney. Our initial idea to stay at a city camping site was soon thrown overboard – we both wanted to get out of the city and start driving northwards up the M1.
It was very busy on the M1 and it seemed that even heavy lorries were speeding past us! Frightening – I had thought it would be more pleasant in a camper van………
Anyway by the time we started looking for a campsite, it was quite dark and we just could not find anywhere to spend the night so finally we came to a rest area with toilet units close by – so there we were – our first night in the camper van on a rest area. We prepared some sandwiches and were ready to call it a day and turn in. Bed was made up and luckily it was not too hot. And when we w
ere nearly asleep we were woken up with some thunderous noise of jet fighters flying low over us – it was as though we were in a war zone!!! And this continued till about 10 pm – yes we had gone to bed early……… I was ready to pack in this whole camping idea but finally I fell asleep just out of exhaustion…
And looking at the positive side of things – and Gerry’s reassurance – we were bound to find something much better then this stop tomorrow!
