So it’s the Tuesday before lift off on Friday when Patchouli Girl and I will be taking five children South to go to see the Sneaky Weasel Gang in Pinjarra at Redcliffe on the Murray for their album launch. Being dedicated groupies and slave to the cause, it’s important that we fit this “pre-trip” in before we leave for our mammoth drive up north to see the wonders of Western Australia’s coast; besides which, it will be good practice for the children to learn the ways of living and sleeping in a tiny bus before we are too far from home.
Luckily for us, Dwellingup, the beautiful small country town an hour and a half south of Perth is home to many of Patchouli Girl’s dearest friends, so for this night at least, we have a friend’s farm to park up at and rest our weary heads after dancing the night away. This kind of luxury will not be afforded to us when we tread the [for us anyway] less travelled path of the more northerly coast.
So the last couple of days have been peppered with excited and anxious phone calls between myself and Patchouli about details of travel – booking the bus in to have new tyres fitted, sewing together funky curtains to eventually hang in the windows of the Funbus ( that we may sleep away from the prying eyes of strangers), putting together lists of what to take and what to leave, along with cooking up a feast in Kings Park on the barbecues so as to put the children’s mind at rest that we can feed them in the great outdoors sufficiently!
Himself should warrant a mention. The background story, for those of you who do not already know, is that he is currently ensconced in the Kimberlies, building some huge important road and will be for the next five weeks so will not be joining us. In summary, this leaves us with a travelling party of seven. Patchouli, Myself, Poetboy (9), Elmo (8), Loonie (5), Baby J (2) and SunGod (3).
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- Elmo
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- Femme
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- Loonie
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- Patchouli Girl
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- Poetboy
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- SunGod
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- Baby J
Let the fun begin…
