In sickness and in health ...

In sickness and in health ….. Poor John is still feeling pretty under the weather and I‘m doing my best to be a nurse on wheels. The antibiotics didn’t touch his infection and he’s still coughing up a storm. We tried a couple of times to get in to see a doctor in the past day or so, but didn’t have any luck, and he kept saying he felt he was getting better. We’re now back on the road again, so we are taking things very gently and taking lots of “nanny naps”. I haven’t been feeling that great either, but I’m in much better ‘nick’ than the old guy. He is slowly coming around - we have been able to go for short walks and we bought some cider today to see if alcohol will help!
Not much to report since New Year due to the “lurgy” - we picked up the latest campervan in Adelaide and said goodbye to Reg and Ruby who have to get a medal for being model hosts. We really didn’t know them well at all when we landed on their doorstep to stay for 2 weeks - and there’s nothing like sitting in a doctor’s office for 2 hours to cement the bonds of friendship! They were truly amazing hosts and I can’t imagine how we would have got through John’s illness without them.
As I said, we have been moving very slowly since picking up the campervan - we only drove about 50 km the first day before I decided that I had had enough! We have taken 2 days (and about 600 km) to get to the Great Ocean Road proper - we stopped at the Bay of Islands today and saw our first real chunk of Southern Ocean real estate. (Goes to show how bad John has been feeling - he’s hardly taken any photographs for the past week or so!) We’re doing lots of positive thinking and hope to be able to do some touristy things tomorrow - we are very close to the Twelve Apostles (which are apparently only 8 now due to erosion) and the London Bridge (which is now the London Arch - also due to erosion.)
We arrive in Melbourne in 5 days, so I hope I can put a more positive blog up then.