Going Cuckoo in Melbourne

Since the show finished on Monday night it has been pretty full on moving vans back to Gosford, this has meant me meeting our Geist truck in Euroa with vans from the show and bringing back a XK630 for a customer to go over to Tasmania. I had a little trouble with a short in the wiring of the van (now corrected) that caused me to stay overnight in Euroa on Wednesday night. Thursday was spent delivering the van and cleaning up the car. Friday was full on again getting some small issues sorted from past shows and getting some merchandise sorted. On Saturday and Sunday both Rachel and I were exhausted as I have been working pretty hard on the road this last few weeks without a break. Imagine how it has been for the guys at Geist who have been away from their loved ones for similar times, at least Rachel is with me each day.

So a cold Saturday in Melbourne was spent walking the famous Dandenong Markets and Plaza, we are limited to what we can carry so essentials like socks etc… was all we purchased. On Sunday we decided to look at our plans for Tasmania this week and Fraser Island late June and discovered we needed a few more things to keep us warm so off to Rays Outdoors and Anaconda to get the “essentials” for warmth. Rachel feels the cold pretty much all the time and so winter woollies came to her attention. The rule is though she must replace clothing not add to it, so she now has a task of bagging some old clothes for the Salvos (if we were in Townsville we could take them to the St Paul’s Lutheran Church clothing store). We returned later in the day and decided to go out for tea at “Cuckoo” Bavarian restaurant in the Dandenong Ranges(www.cuckoorestaurant.com.au). Just 40 minutes up the road we set off to arrive to a lovely atmosphere with a Smorgasboard that filled me up to the hilt! We were going to stay on for more of the floor show later but decided to head home whilst we could still walk. Thanks to Manfred and Pam who have an LV485 staying in the park with us, who gave us the tip on this one.