Day 5-Home again

We were, again up early, about 06:30, which was pretty average after a late night watching the Aurora Australis. Shower, breakfast and photos in front of the trucks and we were on the road by about 07:45.
We had a brief coffee and fueling stop (I hit a speed bump without warning and spilt Lauren's hot choc) at Alexandra and regrouped with all units at Yarck CFA shed at 08:15, to proceed to travel home in convoy.
There were a couple of toilet stops along the way before our first driver swap at the Logic Centre near Wodonga.
While there, I suggested we make a very brief stop at the Ettamogah Pub, line up the trucks and get a photo of them in front of the pub. I asked our IC if we could, and he was indifferent but told me to talk to the drivers and see what they want to do. 3 were indifferent, 4 were ok with the stops and none of them were opposed to it, so as we approached Table Top we pulled off the highway, got the trucks lined up and got the photo. An awesome outcome and a famous Australian icon; a typically Australian scene and opportunity not to pass up.
After this brief stop, we continued on along the highway, stopping for fuel at Tarcutta, then on to lunch at Gundagai.
The final driver swap, and then straight on to Canberra, arriving at Fairbairn by 16:15 so people could pick up their cars and go home.
I continued to drive GUN10 back to the station at Mitchell, dropping Kevin off at home along the way.
Once back at the station, cleaned the truck, parked it and finally got home about 18:00.
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