After a quiet day at the caravan park on
Monday we moved into our new home for the next 12 days.
Unity College is set out like a university,
a main auditorium, admin buildings, various buildings for classrooms, all in
park-like grounds with lots of open undercover areas, benches in little
clusters, sports fields & various courts spread around. From the main gate
to where we are sited is about 3/4 kilometre, a distance that we were soon to
become accustomed to walking as we did it several times a day.
Tuesday saw us getting in, setting up,
being inducted & generally finding our way around. As Wednesday was a lay
day for us we drove to Swan Reach (about 115K's) for a nice pub lunch
overlooking the Murray. I was a glorious day of around 26º so we chose an
outdoor table (Lulu could sit with us) & watched the boats ply the river as
well as the car ferry going about it's job. A very large paddle steamer also
moved of from the jetty for a cruise but we couldn't get a photo for the trees.
A leisurely drive back through some colourful little towns rounded out a very
nice day.
Thursday to Saturday were spent getting to
know our neighbors & visiting people we had met previously. There was a
dinner for the volunteers (& their partners) on Thursday night to help
people get to know each other. It also rained
Thur & Fri almost continuously so a lot of time was spent sitting in
the van watching telly.
Saturday saw the influx of all the first
timers, about 80 vans, & the meet & greet team showing the around.
Today, Sunday, is the day all the other vans arrive starting at 8:00 AM. We
went for a drive at about 10 o'clock to pick up the Sunday papers & the row
of vans lining up to get in stretched about a K back into town. We heard later
that it was 3 o'clock before everyone was in. This was their welcome to the
29th Anniversary Rally. The temperature today never got above 12º & Liz was
on duty as first aide from 1:00 to 7:00 so we skipped the evenings
entertainment.
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| Looking back at the Murray near Nilldottie |
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| View from our lunch table at Swan Reach |
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