A Britz Blue Skies And The Open Road

By Jon Peasey

A Britz campervan for two weeks, blue skies above, plus the freedom of the open road! Mix in road trips in one of our favourite destinations, South Australia and we have the ingredients for an interesting campervan holiday. Add in the flexibility of destinations and venue choices and we were on a sure fire winner.

The journey starts by flying from Cairns QLD to Adelaide SA, there we would pick up our Britz campervan and drive around in SA for two weeks before flying back to Cairns. We had been to Adelaide previously in 2002 with our Ford Falcon sedan, towing our Jayco Eagle caravan. This time we wanted to explore new territory; with a visit to the Eyre Peninsula and then a visit to the Barossa Valley, a world famous wine producing area. Hiring a campervan would be the ideal way to do this as we would not have to pre-book any accommodation. We could go wherever we chose and even free camp if we so desired.

Have we whetted your appetite? Come along and enjoy the ride.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jon Peasey
• Release date: Aug 26, 2015
• ISBN: 9780994150820

Jon Peasey

I am a retired male nurse, married with three grown up sons, who have all left home to pursue their own interests in life. My wife and I moved from Toowoomba in south east Queensland in October 2015 to Brookfield a suburb in Brisbane Queensland (QLD). We made the move to be closer to family. In December 2018 we moved to Nundah Queensland to move even closer to family. Brisbane is the capital city of Queensland. Queensland is famous for the Gold Coast and the Great Barrier Reef. Brisbane is situated on the Brisbane River and is known as the 'River City'. It is a vibrant, cosmopolitan city. I am a Christian and I fellowship with like minded Christians. I enjoy writing, reading my Bible and Christian books. I tend to read non-fiction books in my spare time. My interests are my family, writing, bible study, beach walking, car touring, gospel preaching and bible teaching.

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A Britz

Blue Skies

And The Open Road

By Jon Peasey

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Copyright 2015 Jon Peasey

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Table of Contents

Preamble

Day 1: Saturday, 3-Sep-2005

Day 2: Sunday, 4-Sep-2005

Day 3: Monday, 5-Sep-2005

Day 4: Tuesday, 6-Sep-2005

Day 5: Wednesday, 7-Sep-2005

Day 6: Thursday, 8-Sep-2005

Day 7: Friday, 9-Sep-2005

Day 8: Saturday, 10-Sep-2005

Day 9: Sunday, 11-Sep-2005

Day 10: Monday, 12-Sep-2005

Day 11: Tuesday, 13-Sep-2005

Day 12: Wednesday, 14-Sep-2005

Day 13: Thursday, 15-Sep-2005

Day 14: Friday, 16-Sep-2005

Day 15: Saturday, 17-Sep-2005

Epilogue

About the Author

Arno Bay - South Australia

Preamble

In July 2005, my wife Rachel and I decided we would fly from Cairns in Far North Queensland to Adelaide in South Australia, for two weeks holidays in September 2005. Jetstar Airlines was about to inaugurate a direct flight from Cairns to Adelaide and was offering cheap seats to get the service up and running. We had been to Adelaide previously in 2002 with our Ford Falcon sedan towing our Jayco Eagle caravan. Those events are covered in my eBook, 'Closed On Tuesdays'. We subsequently sold our caravan in 2005. Our options were: (a) hire a motor home or hire car (b) what sort of accommodation to consider (c) whether it was feasible to drive our own car instead.

After some internet searching and comparing costs we decided on a fly/drive holiday; so on Saturday, 23-Jul-2005 we booked our airfares over the internet on the new Jetstar service from Cairns to Adelaide. Departure would be on Saturday 3-Sep-2005 and return would be on Saturday, 17-Sep-2005.

On Monday, 25-Jul-2005 we spent the day doing costings for the Adelaide trip. Would we hire a motor home, a campervan, or a rental car? If we went for a hire car would we book motels or cabins in Tourist Parks? By day's end we had booked a Britz campervan for 14 days hire, via RACQ