Sat 27 Mar 2010 We are on the way!

We practiced setting up the caravan. Amazing! We got it up. The neighbours drove by and stopped to have a look and a chat. After loading it, it was time to pack it up. Not too bad, quite easy.

1:00 pm Left home and ate Mummy's yummy sausage rolls.

3:00 pm Arrived at Ballarat. Ducked into McDonalds quickly, not for the food but for the toilets. Filled up, swapped drivers.

3:30 pm Left Ballarat and headed for Hamilton.

5:30 pm Got to Hamilton and had a quick look at the Big Wool Bales. And Ming Han said, "Are we there yet?". No, not yet.

7:00 pm Mt Gambier! Yes, we are here. Had Hungry Jacks for dinner and set up the caravan. The kids help wind up the caravan. We are on a slope. Hmmm ...

9:45 pm Went to Umpherston Sinkhole and saw a big hole and a few possums. People obviously go there to see possums. Also had a look at the Cave Gardens Sinkhole, but no possums. So we went back to sleep.

And from Ming Kim's journal (unedited):

We left the house at 12:56 pm but left the street at 1:01, because we forgot something. We listended to Just Crazy then we had our first stop at 3:06. We swaped drivers twice. We stopped to swap drivers at 3:25 and when I was asleep. After we all woke up my mum read to us. We played a game that you have to guess what colour the next car is. My mum always won or no one won. We arrived at Mt Gambier at 7:01 and arrived at the caravan park at 7:41. We finally opened the caravan at 8:32. We went to 2 sink holes. I'm scared of heights so I was VERY scared. Plus it was dark.

And from Ming Jin's journal (edits in parentheses):

We left our house after chinese school. We didn't go so we ate lunch while the car wasn't moving. We drove to Mount Gambier and took us about 7 hours. We bought dinner from KFC (ed. Hungry Jacks) and ate at caravan park. We set up the tent (ed. caravan) and I slept wtih my little bro.