Claire & Luke's near Hawker

Find our way here no worries thanks to previous visit. Roger has worked out it is 8 months and 3 days since we were last here. Also means when we arrived in Hawker we have crossed our path again on our trip - so my map tracking shows a loop of sorts!
Dejarvue - no one home when we arrive. We know Claire is away on a study trip to Cambodia, so we'll only catch up with Luke this visit. Luke has let us know he'll be away this morning and will return sometime early this afternoon.
We settle ourselves, parking our caravan and ute in the similar spot. We immediately 'make ourselves at home' and get a load of washing happening. We don't go into the main part of the house - happier to wait for Luke to show us what they've been up to in renovating inside. We have some lunch - reheated pasta, sitting out on the back veranda, admiring the amazing views of the surrounding ranges. By now we've got the 2nd load of washing happening - 1st load hanging out to dry. I'm back in our caravan, playing with the Thermomix making a caramel sauce for sticky date pudding, when Luke arrives home. Great to greet him, and now get shown into their home. Wow! The change since our last visit! We are 'gobsmacked' with their work - they now have a wonderful kitchen and dining area with a lounge room - doubling as their bedroom for now. Looks fantastic - with Luke's skills they are making features of the home's original structure - and Claire is painter extraordinaire, making the rooms come to life. We have a beaut afternoon - Roger having some fun helping Luke with some tidy up stuff (including ripping out old flooring from a room), while I look after our washing and make sure a sticky date pudding is organised as our contribution to the yummy roast tea Luke is preparing. We enjoy some pre dinner drinks and chatting out on the veranda - again those views (including dust storms as the wind drives up the dirt). Tea as mentioned, a lovely roast beef (thanks Ewin) and roast vegetables and gravy. Followed by sticky date pudding and custard (Thermomix). Nice evening relaxing inside with Luke - we check out Claire's Cambodia itinerary, sounds an amazing experience. We call it a night around 10pm - so Luke fresh to go to work tomorrow. We go back to our caravan, do our dishes (Roger had his shower before tea) and head to bed too.
24/02/25 Monday I get up and get ready to go for a run, hoping I'm early enough to catch Luke before he goes to work. We do, Luke packs his lunch, leaving us the rest of the fresh bread he baked last night (bread machine). Luke's gone shortly after 7am. Such a lovely bloke - so happy Luke and Claire getting married this coming October - being held where Claire used to work (when nannying). Now I go for my run, return, have my breakfast and decide to make some Anzac biscuits to leave as 'thank you' to Luke. Only leave 1/2 batch as overcooked (we keep the worst!) Lol. We get underway from here 11am.Baca lagi