SHE
SAID:
It
was an icy wind that blew us to Warragul....straight off the Snowy
Mountains we think!
We
had a brief morning tea stop in Sale, & a sandwich in the van at
Morwell for lunch to break the trip. It was only a little over 200km
from Lakes Entrance to Warragul, so not a big day. We
stopped a couple more times to get quotes on fitting solar panels to
the van; Geoff has finally come around to the idea.
Our
arrival at the new house sit was met with a bit of rain & still
the icy cold wind. We got the van parked off & headed inside with the
owners, Dirk & Lorraine, for a warming cup of tea.
Our
main charge is a very shy cat called Molly, & two very friendly
chickens. We spent the afternoon & evening doing an informal
handover & getting to know each other.
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| Colourful Canola on the drive west |
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| Colourful non-orchids flowering around Lakes Entrance |
HE SAID:
Getting solar panels on the van will, hopefully, keep the batteries topped up enough to run the diesel heater whenever we need it. The heater uses a fair bit of power to get going, because of the glow-plug, I think, so having full batteries when we are away from mains electricity is essential if we want to stay warm. And we do! It was absolutely freezing in Warragul when we arrived; we had seen snow on the distant mountains of East Gippsland after leaving Lakes Entrance, so the wind was icy.
Getting solar panels on the van will, hopefully, keep the batteries topped up enough to run the diesel heater whenever we need it. The heater uses a fair bit of power to get going, because of the glow-plug, I think, so having full batteries when we are away from mains electricity is essential if we want to stay warm. And we do! It was absolutely freezing in Warragul when we arrived; we had seen snow on the distant mountains of East Gippsland after leaving Lakes Entrance, so the wind was icy.
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