20 October, 2014

As I said, I had intended to stay at Lake Wyangan tonight but have moseyed on to Finley and am camped by the lake here.  Andrew thinks I’m lake hopping and he may well be right!  I like to be beside water.

However, on the way here I went through a little town called Jerilderie.  What a lovely little spot that is.  It was so nice that I stopped and wandered around for an hour or so.

Anyway, an old bloke comes up to me as I’m about to get back into Betty and starts having a chat.  He tells me that he and his wife are wanting to buy a motor home and would I mind if they had a look inside.  So, in they go and check everything out and ask lots of questions and ooh and aaah appropriately.  Then he asks how much I paid for it.  A few expletives later, then he says, “I’ll give you double if you’ll sell it to me.”  Well, blow me down.  I laughed but they were serious.  It seems that, because they are out in the donga, whenever they see a motor home advertised, by the time they get there it’s sold and they’re getting desperate.  He tried every which way to convince me to sell Betty but, sadly for him, I had just been walking along the street thinking how lucky I was to have Betty and be doing this.  Sorry, guys, I hope you get one soon.