{"id":2647,"date":"2014-09-17T12:15:17","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T02:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travel.lewisdrafting.com.au\/?p=2647"},"modified":"2014-09-17T12:15:17","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T02:15:17","slug":"home-after-over-3-months-and-17750kms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/?p=2647","title":{"rendered":"Home after over 3 months and 17,750kms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After spending a couple of days in Melbourne and then catching the Spirit Of Tasmania to cross Bass Straight to Tassie, we are home!! . It has been a great trip but as usual always good to get home !!! We enjoyed catching up with Liz and Gary (Melbourne friends) at their place for dinner, and also Guy who spent a day driving us around many of the sights of Melbourne. A real travel guide !!! Wayne and Bonnie, our &#8220;shed&#8221; and house sitters have done a wonderful job of looking after our home and animals. As I write this, Mal is actually back on the mainland delivering our much loved and used caravan&#8230;. we have traded it in on a bigger one with more comfort which we fly over to pick up on about the 24th October. If the new van gives us as much pleasure as the old one, we are in for a few more years of fun !!!!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2650\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2650\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Home-003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2650\" alt=\"Molly was definitely very pleased to see us home\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Home-003-300x173.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Home-003-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Home-003.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Molly was definitely very pleased to see us home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2651\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2651\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Home-004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2651\" alt=\"Not only did Wayne look after my garden and our animals soooo well, he even doubled the size of our chook pen. We are expecting baby chicks on the 27th of this month\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Home-004-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Home-004-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Home-004.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not only did Wayne look after my garden and our animals soooo well, he even doubled the size of our chook pen. We are expecting baby chicks on the 27th of this month<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2652\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2652\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Home-007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2652\" alt=\"Wayne even managed to cut down and clear at least another 20 to 30 gum trees..... we now have an even bigger view\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Home-007-300x164.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Home-007-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Home-007.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2652\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wayne even managed to cut down and clear at least another 20 to 30 gum trees&#8230;.. we now have an even bigger view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2653\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2653\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Home-011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2653\" alt=\"Wayne, our very handy handyman doing some more clearing this morning\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Home-011-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Home-011-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Home-011.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wayne, our very handy handyman doing some more clearing this morning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2654\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2654\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Home-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2654\" alt=\"I even believe our resident kookaburras were pleased we were home\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Home-001-190x300.jpg\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Home-001-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Home-001.jpg 407w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2654\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I even believe our resident kookaburras were pleased we were home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2655\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2655\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Melbourne-005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2655\" alt=\"Guy acted as our Melbourne guide all day, so we all enjoyed yum cha in china town Melbourne\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Melbourne-005-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Melbourne-005-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Melbourne-005.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guy acted as our Melbourne guide all day, so we all enjoyed yum cha in china town Melbourne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2656\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2656\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Melbourne-008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2656\" alt=\"He even took us to a roof top bar in the middle of the city\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Melbourne-008-300x208.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Melbourne-008-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Melbourne-008.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">He even took us to a roof top bar in the middle of the city<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2657\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Melbourne-014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2657\" alt=\"I loved some of the famous laneways of Melbourne.... there were some great little unique shops down many of them\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Melbourne-014-300x183.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Melbourne-014-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Melbourne-014.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I loved some of the famous laneways of Melbourne&#8230;. there were some great little unique shops down many of them<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2658\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2658\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Melbourne-016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2658\" alt=\"graffiti can look interesting in the right spots\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Melbourne-016-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Melbourne-016-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Melbourne-016.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2658\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">graffiti can look interesting in the right spots<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After spending a couple of days in Melbourne and then catching the Spirit Of Tasmania to cross Bass Straight to Tassie, we are home!! . It has been a great trip but as usual always good to get home !!! We enjoyed catching up with Liz and Gary (Melbourne friends) at their place for dinner, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/?p=2647\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Home after over 3 months and 17,750kms<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":373,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uluru-trip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2647"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2659,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647\/revisions\/2659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}