Home in Dunkeld VIC

Well we're back! Not quite our full year away - thanks to me deciding I wanted to participate in this year's Dunkeld Serra Terror Hike. We're planning to continue to 'live in' our caravan - probably up to the 'year away' mark - as with my Serra Terror team coming to stay here at this house with us - makes sense to keep the beds available in there.
Roger quickly, so well, gets our caravan backed into our driveway and into our yard. I go and let us into the house, wow, can't complain, pretty much how we left it. Robert and Stacy have done a good job, keeping an eye on the place for us - and delivering mail into our bedroom walkin wardrobe, ready for us to go through. We'll do that this evening, right now, I'm keen to get our indoor wood heater going (cold day) and start doing some dusting etc. Roger reheats the leftover pasta (from last night's tea) for our lunch. Once we've eaten, I start some clothes washing ( ends up 3 loads) and then get outside, sweeping and picking up leaves. Our 1 tree in our immediate backyard has got leaves happening everywhere. Roger is happily unpacking the ute, sorting and cleaning as he goes. The afternoon just disappears, with us both busily tidying around the place. Roger also goes for a drive in the Focus, to look around Dunkeld and go to the Post Office. Tea tonight, Roger does some crumbed fish and homemade chips in the airfryer served with some boiled vegetables. We follow this with yoghurt and banana. Now time to tackle our mail - Roger looks at the letters, I play with my parcels. I also enjoy the 'novelty' of watching TV - tonight's episode of Farmer Wants A Wife, owww abit cring worthy! Get all the washing drying near the heater on our clothes airers. Put on the dishwasher (woo hoo, missed that!), and now writing this up before heading out to the caravan to go to bed. Roger has already had his shower (in the house) and gone to caravan bed. I'll stoke the wood heater, then head to bed too.
4/6/25 Wednesday Day at home, cleaning and organising.
5/6/25 Thursday. Roger goes over to Woodbank, to get a load of wood and to check in the shipping container for items that Tegan is hoping he'll find for her.
I stay home to make a couple of jelly slices and to continue cleaning (dusting).
At around 5.30pm we meet in Hamilton at Robert and Stacy's home. We're having a 'Mingle' dinner (from Rog and my Christmas gift to Wishart family) with Stacy's family - wonderful evening of good company and good food. Roger and I drive (separately) home - get back around 10.30pm. Have a cuppa and relax, Roger has his shower, before we head to our bed out in the caravan.
6/06/25 Friday Getting ready for visitors and making sure my food is organised - checking my Serra Terror Team groceries list. My casserole is the easy (my Mum's recipe) Tuna Mornay. I make this in the morning, then after lunch I head into Hamilton to do my grocery shop for the weekend ahead. Roger stays at home 'pottering', doing his usual amazing preparations for support crew and helping make sure the place is ready for our visitors - it sure is! I get back from Hamilton around 4.30pm. Roger is relaxing - Stephen, Mary, Judith and Gabe have arrived and dropped off some of their gear - now gone for a quick drive (to visit Brown's Mum's grave). We're to meet them at the Serra Terror briefing..... I unpack the groceries, then get ready to go to the briefing. Roger and I leave for this just before 5.30pm.
Return from the Serra Terror briefing. Now have our team of 6 (including myself) and 2 support crew (including Roger) back here. Stacy comes around too - with a couple of her team members (their team a full 8) to do their lunch and snack prep for tomorrow. Their support crew, Robert, isn't available until later - he's at his work finish up/ send off today. Once the Serra Terror Slayers meal prep is done, the other team members leave for their own beds. I'm happy Stacy is staying out here. Turns out with my crew set up, I've got a spare bedroom that Stacy (and Robert, for the next night) can use - instead of being out in the shed.
After some drinks and discussion on plans - we all head to bed (by 10pm) as alarms are set for 5am start (mine 4.45am as I'm cooking porridge for 4 of us).
7/06/25 Saturday Day 1 of Serra Terror Endurance Hike event.
8/06/25 Sunday Day 2 of Serra Terror Endurance Hike event.
9/06/25 Monday Recovery Day and Abs Fab team celebrating another successful weekend of challenge and comraderie.
10/06/25 Tuesday Dunkeld house has returned to just us - we stayed sleeping in the caravan last night. Now get up around 8am and have a leisurely breakfast and get ourselves organised to have our last camp away for this trip. We're heading to Halls Gap.Read more