2026-03-15
Today was our planned return day so after quite a good night's sleep were were up relatively early. I did porridge for breakfast with chopped nuts and dates, which is worked out well because it was definitely cooler this morning than on the previous morning. As mentioned previously, Mum & Dad's Jeep was quite unhappy on the way in, so a tow truck was booked in for 9am and thus there was a fair bit of early packup happening. The tow truck turned up 20 mins early, but we'd got Mum & Dad packed up pretty much by then. The Jeep went on the back, and the caravan was hitched behind. So we said our good-byes and then set about packing up our own camp.
The return trip was fairly uneventful down the highway, barring a section of congestion around an accident at the Maroochy/Forest Glen exit. We turned off at Northlakes and went down Anzac Ave where I needed to test the emergency brakes when a car two cars ahead of us decided that it was going to turn in to a driveway at the very last second. We stopped in time, this time with screeching tyres, and weren't rear-ended by the following traffic, so that was all good. The rest of the trip home was entirely uneventful.
At home we turned the van around, unloaded the stuff we needed to, and have been veg'ing on chairs.
Clearly there's more uphill on the way home. However, I'm fairly happy with both those figures given we were towing a big heavy box.
The Starlink Mini did its job nicely, although it's pretty surprising just how much data one pulls over such a short period. There were four of us using it though, and probably 10 devices, so I guess it isn't that surprising. It'll be interesting to see what it is like when it is just Lea and I.