And we're off.....

Dining room and pantry with microwave. Look beyond that to our lounge and the kids bunk beds. Note the airconditioning - extremely handy as I am used to sleeping in arctic conditions!
The galley kitchen, stove top, grill (we never use) rangehood, sink with cold water only, utensil cupbooard and enormous fridge. The fridge can carry about 2 days of food!! Makes for interesting meal choices. We usually bbq and I rely on William and Ian to keep me in fish. yumm....
Welcome to the boudoir. The huge double bed with non-walk in robes for hanging about 2 days worth of clothes - the linen is stored above the bed, notice the romantic mood lighting. The bed springs up for storage underneath that we really only use on big trips. It holds quite alot - bbq, fan, clothes. Please also note my duck egg blue curtains - very shabby indeed. Ian won't let me put cushions or flowers in the van - but I am sneaking my quilt away this time shhhhhhh.....

Here is the exterior of our van - must remember to get bunting for our trip in January for 3 weeks. The van is a Coromal Excel 526 2005 model, it's 17'6".

We bought the van from our friends Lisa & Gav who had it for 9 months for $27,500. It came with the annexe walls, airconditioning and Gav and Lisa gave us lots of bits for inside which makes it lovely. They sold it as it was a bit too small for them with 3 kiddies - they now have a fantastic (turning green with envy) van that is the bees knees of family vans. I will have to remember to get some photos one day. We are going to hang onto this van for as long as the kids fit in it. I can't imagine life without a van so far to date we have had 5 long weekends and 7 weeks away in it and we've only had it since June last year. Our trips have been close and having included - Dicky Beach Caloundra, Tallebudgera Creek, Broadwater, Maroochy Palms, Mooloolaba Beach and Neurum Creek. We also have another 4 weeks worth booked in the next couple of months. Our favourite is Tallebudgera Beach but we are looking forward to next week at Lake Ainsworth at Lennox Head near Byron Bay.

I hope the school holidays are being good to you - I have had a wonderful time relaxing with the kids and their friends and look forward to doing 1/10 of nothing next week in Lennox.

Take care
Kisses Trish x