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First stop after leaving Townsville was the surprisingly short 2 hour drive to Charters Towers. For some reason I imagined the famous Charters to be miles inland and in the middle of nowhere. Neither Chris or myself have been on the Townsville to the Three Ways (NT) road before, so this was all unchartered waters for us all. Charters Towers                                                                                                                                            Charters Towers certainly had an 'Old World' charm about it. Chris and her love of architecture(!!!!) had the camera snapping away for what se...

Camper Trailer built, van resheeted and our leave approved. All systems are now go for our 3 year adventure. The final few months of 2007 did not improve greatly, with what seemed like a million last minute jobs to be attended to, but we did manage to finally get out of the house and 'On the Road' at last. Arranging a big trip like ours is a lot of work and takes a bucket load of organising. It's a bit like planning for a wedding. After the event you look back and wonder why it all took so long! For both Chris and myself our last day at school was mixed emotions of excitement and sadness. We were both spoilt with gifts and good wishes and are both very lucky to work with such great people, all of whom we will miss. Now this might sound a little odd but we still have the occasional 'Are we doing the right thing?' thoughts (a bit late now for that I guess). The fact that I had to give up my position at school was probably the hardest to swallow but these are the sacri...

Who could believe that it is nearly the end of 2007. For the Parfitts it has been a very busy 8 months since we arrived home. So what has it been like? We had been pre-warned by other travelers. who arrived home before us, what we should expect. While we braced ourselves for settling in troubles we are pleased to say it all went smoothly. It was actually nice to get back to school and to see everybody again. Both my school and Chris's made us feel very welcome and appeared to miss us. Alex slipped back into school really well and being in year 4 instead of 5 has caused no problems. At first he hung around with his mates in year 5 but now doesn't see them as much and has made some really good friends in year 4. How adaptable are kids. He loves his teacher  and is going great guns. All reports are that a year on the road did him no harm. Surprise, surprise. Harry has taken to 'prep' like a duck to water and has won the heart of his teacher. He just manages to smile at th...