It is Monday morning at 6am on the 6th January and I have a plan for the next week. Starting in around 2 hours I will start off for a free camp at Wagga called Wilks Park Camps6 #801 for an overnight stop before driving to Gooloogong Rest Area Camps6 #504. This will take me to around 80kms of Parkes where I will attend the Elvis Festival until next Monday. Rod will be travelling in tandem but will not be attending the festival but we intend to link up again after.

There are things to do enroute to Wagga, whilst in Shepparton I will see the Telstra office it is 12 months since I took out the 12 month subscription to have an alternate internet access and I have used little of it but can still use it up before the new subscription starts to be used. Need a gas bottle fill so that can be done before leaving Shepp. The battery debate has now been resolved apparently the lithium situation would cost more than originally planned and in my opinion would be too involved for my old bus, a bit like overkill. I have made arrangements to buy 2 @ 150 AH deep cycle AGM batteries from the Lion factory outlet in Albury enroute to Wagga.

I arrived at Greens Lake on the 22nd of October and since then have had an excellent time associating with many Grey Nomads from the forum with a few highlights. The Melbourne Cup Day, my birthday, Christmas and New Year all stand out together with the many happy hours spent round the open fires. Since New Year have had the chance to revisit Echuca and have a look at Aysons Reserve near Elmore, Rod (rover)has a Pajero separated from his van allowing for some tripping around. On the 2nd there was a mass exodus of Grey Nomads from Greens and it has been quiet since then.

So my time at Greens Lake has come to an end for this year and I look forward to meeting up with more Grey Nomads up in Queensland where hopefully we can meet up again maybe at Warooma Dam. Back to the final pack up ready for the off.