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Blog 1 2025 – It’s 2025 Let’s Make it a Rippa!

Posted on January 27, 2025January 27, 2025 by gayle.decosta

Happy New Year to all.  Hope everyone has had a great festive season sharing good times with family and friends.  We have had a lovely break, relaxing and spending quality time with friends and family.   We spent Christmas in Mirboo North with visits from Tan and Dale and Jamie, Continue Reading

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Blog 24 – It’s been a big couple of weeks!

Posted on December 23, 2024December 23, 2024 by gayle.decosta

Well what a jam packed couple of weeks.  We have been based as Mirboo North, hanging out to have Christmas with the kids and or course our wonderful friends and landlords, John and Lee-Anne.  We are so grateful that they let us stay at their place. As you all know, Continue Reading

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Blog 23 – Zip Zip Hooray!

Posted on December 12, 2024December 12, 2024 by gayle.decosta

Our shows are finished for the year so it’s time for some catch up on chores and relax with family and friends, because this hectic life doesn’t already have enough fun and frivolity 🤪 Fred dropped me to Tan’s, we were headed off on a “girl’s trip” leaving Fred to Continue Reading

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Blog 22 – One Show to Another

Posted on December 2, 2024December 2, 2024 by gayle.decosta

We have another show this weekend in Bendigo but had a stopover in Shepparton to pick up more mats.  Brad and Vicki were headed this way so we took advantage to top up.  After loading De Trailer, we all headed to the pub next door (handy hey😉) for lunch and Continue Reading

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Blog 21 – Traralgon and The Outdoor Living and Caravan Expo

Posted on November 25, 2024November 25, 2024 by gayle.decosta

Taking advantage of being back in the Valley, we had organised our annual appointments, one being our medicals.  It seems there is truth to the story that wine can be good for you as I passed my heart and liver function tests with flying colours 😂🍷🤪 It was a busy Continue Reading

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Blog 20 – Harcourt to Traralgon

Posted on November 21, 2024November 21, 2024 by gayle.decosta

When we left you last week, we were camped at “The Oak Forest” in Harcourt. The mountain bike trails and the view from the top Of course we tried some of the bike tracks, starting with the “easy” ride first.  As there was only 1 easy ride we progressed onto Continue Reading

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Blog 19 – Adelaide to Mildura

Posted on November 11, 2024November 11, 2024 by gayle.decosta

Time to head from Adelaide as we had a deadline to meet in Mildura on Tuesday Afternoon.  We weren’t in a big hurry as we had a planned stop for the night before heading onto Mildura on Tuesday, thus not a great deal of km’s to be covered. Firstly we Continue Reading

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Blog 18 – Clare Valley to Adelaide

Posted on November 3, 2024November 3, 2024 by gayle.decosta

What a start to the week.  The Clare Valley has so much to offer.  If we didn’t have a deadline in Adelaide we would of definitely stayed longer and we will definitely be back.  Before heading off we decided to go for a bike ride.  50kms of wind, hills, gravel, Continue Reading

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Blog 17 – Mandurah to Perth (Truck Dilemma) onto Adelaide

Posted on October 28, 2024October 28, 2024 by gayle.decosta

With our second show done and dusted we headed to Perth.  A few weeks ago I mentioned that our clutch fluid had run dry, well it happened again and this time in a hurry.  We are due in Adelaide for a show and weren’t willing to risk the drive across Continue Reading

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Blog 16 – Jarrahdale to Busselton – Camping Show Number 2

Posted on October 20, 2024October 20, 2024 by gayle.decosta

We had a great drive to Jarrahdale, winding up through the hills and forests, passing a Monastery, a prison farm camp and driving across the Serpentine Dam.  The free RV camping area was huge and very popular but we didn’t have any trouble finding a great spot.   We took Continue Reading

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Fred and Gayle love to get away camping.  Tents progressed to a Motorhome, aka Merlin, and they loved it so much that they are now renovating a retired school bus to live full time on the road. Meet De Busta!

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  • Blog 1 2025 – It’s 2025 Let’s Make it a Rippa!
  • Blog 24 – It’s been a big couple of weeks!
  • Blog 23 – Zip Zip Hooray!
  • Blog 22 – One Show to Another
  • Blog 21 – Traralgon and The Outdoor Living and Caravan Expo
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