The Bassett family site
Monday 11 March to Wednesday 13 March We left Granville at 1030 hrs and arrived at our friends property at Tea Gardens at 1330 hrs. LP’s recording—Dean worked at this Scanning—Reen worked at scanning papers and photos to electronic records Sunset—relax and enjoy Locals—watching the kangaroos outside, listening to the birds Weather—strong wind and vicious …
Monday 19 February—Friday 1 March Left Granville at 1315 hrs and drove to Travelhome, Cardiff for some minor repairs. Warranty work—Lower front doors of 5R and adjustment of the hitch fitting on the Iveco Decals—Graham added the decals to outside the 5R, the Tardis to the hall door inside and to the Iveco doors Problem—lounge …
Tuesday 30 July to Wednesday 14 August We left Granville on Tuesday at 1030 hrs and arrived at Yass Showground at 1345 hrs and are staying for a week. Places we visited & things we did or saw at Yass, NSW— Sunsets—so good to watch the sun go down and enjoy the colours Fogged in—woke …
As we come up to 24 May 2024, marking the first anniversary of collecting our van and living in it full-time, it’s a good opportunity to reflect on how things have gone over that period; what we’ve learned [Spoiler: lots], things that we really love about the van (and truck) and things that we’re maybe …
When we first started to discuss life on the road, we we quite uncertain about what to do with Sienaar; tossing around various options such as leaving her with one of our kids, etc. At some point the idea of actually planning to take her with us was raised, so we started digging into what …
Trip #1: — Cardiff/Tea Gardens/Granville Trip #2: — Tea Gardens, Granville Trip #3: — Singleton, Tea Gardens, Granville Trip #4: — Granville, Yass, Temora, Jerilderie Trip #5: — The Kidman Way—Jerilderie, Griffith, Hillston, Cobar, Bourke Trip #6: …
[full photo slideshow included in the overall 2023 pictures at the bottom of the post 2023 Trips] Note–We collected the 5R from Cardiff on Tuesday 5 December and were set up in Granville. Tuesday 19 December 2023 to Thursday 4 January 2024 Yass, Narranderra, Moama, Finley, Colleambally, Junee, Narranderra, Yass, Granville Tuesday 19 December—Yass Showground …
Trip #1: — Cardiff, Belmont, Tea Gardens, Granville – the “shakedown” run Wednesday 24 May to Monday 29 May 2023 We finally take delivery of our new 5th Wheeler, and slowly head to Belmont Caravan Park where we we stayed for two nights. This was to give us a little time to try out how everything …