We drove from Tin Can Bay to the Gold Coast, where we planned to sell the car, stopping on the way to visit Alan and Clarice again! We had a lovely tea stop with them, a
nd their son Geoff and granddaughter Bluebell were visiting as well as Wibby, Charlie and Sahara who we met last time! Made sure we got a few pics this time! It was lovely to stop in and see them again, but had to get on our way to try and find Wallaby Way (Finding Nemo) for Rachel Stevenson. We had googled it and found there w
as a Wallaby Way not too far off the highway for us to make a detour, so off we went! We drove for a while and found it, but could not believe it when there was no street sign!!! I was so gutted as I was so looking forward to getting a photo, but it was rather funny, so we took a photo anyway! After our little detour we set off for the Gold Coast and found the campsite we had booked. We had decided that the Gold Coast would be the best place to sell the car as we had spent a lot of time there and knew it well. We had booked two nights in a campsite and then our last two 
nights in a hotel in Surfers Paradise which we got a great deal for, and the thinking was we would hopefully have sold the car and tent etc by then! We set up the tent, checked the Gumtree website to see how many people had looked at the car, and used a white glass marker thingy to write 'For Sale' on it, hoping to get some interest that way too! We went out for a lovely meal and a few drinks with Kelly and Sam which was lovely and so good to catch up with them about the last few months!
The next day we spent time unpacking the car and sorting all our crap and getting as much washing done as I could. We had a few calls about the car, and two people came to look at it. Ben dealt with all the negotiations while I stayed with the tent and all our crap which was lying around! He was gone a good while, and came back to tell me what had been offered! We sold to a nice couple for $950 and they were happy to pick it up the next day once we had got ourselves to the hotel! Considering we bought it for $1500 and had got so much use out of it, we were very pleased, much cheaper than renting something and we had some cash in our pockets for NZ!
Sunday and Monday were spent at the hotel, which was lovely after all that camping! We had a very nice time and ate out in restaurants and went to the beach which was great! Felt like we were on holiday, which is a funny thing to say, as we are on a 10 month holiday, but it made a change to be in a hotel and eat out!!! Trixie (the lady we sold the car to) picked it up on Sunday just after we'd checkied in, so that worked out really well too. Had some great weather the last couple of days which was so nice, and had some great beach time! Visited some tax back people on Monday morning, and hoping to get Ben's tax back which will certainly help with the rest of the trip! The only snag is, you have to be in Oz for 6 months to claim it back, and we were 8 days short!!!!! Had we known this rule we would have made sure we were, but it was a bit late to change everything, so we're hoping just to wing it, the guys at the office think it will be fine, so finger's crossed!!!!
Flew out of the Gold Coast on Wednesday 13th April to Queenstown NZ excited to be starting a new adventure again!
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nd their son Geoff and granddaughter Bluebell were visiting as well as Wibby, Charlie and Sahara who we met last time! Made sure we got a few pics this time! It was lovely to stop in and see them again, but had to get on our way to try and find Wallaby Way (Finding Nemo) for Rachel Stevenson. We had googled it and found there w
as a Wallaby Way not too far off the highway for us to make a detour, so off we went! We drove for a while and found it, but could not believe it when there was no street sign!!! I was so gutted as I was so looking forward to getting a photo, but it was rather funny, so we took a photo anyway! After our little detour we set off for the Gold Coast and found the campsite we had booked. We had decided that the Gold Coast would be the best place to sell the car as we had spent a lot of time there and knew it well. We had booked two nights in a campsite and then our last two 
nights in a hotel in Surfers Paradise which we got a great deal for, and the thinking was we would hopefully have sold the car and tent etc by then! We set up the tent, checked the Gumtree website to see how many people had looked at the car, and used a white glass marker thingy to write 'For Sale' on it, hoping to get some interest that way too! We went out for a lovely meal and a few drinks with Kelly and Sam which was lovely and so good to catch up with them about the last few months! 
Absolutely fantastic! Love the read. Some amusing bits too. You are going to return a changed couple. GRAND! XX