Last week's update

Thursday 7th May. Update.
Still at John’s on Saturday 2nd May; pulled a lot of stuff out of container to re-arrange so all possessions fit. Took all day.
Sunday, after looking at John & Glenda’s new shop, then a quick stop at Mum’s, we set off towards Melbourne at 3pm. Made Bordertown 6.30pm and stayed in a motel for the night.
Next morning, Monday 4th May, we left Bordertown 9.30am to Melbourne. The drive was good, until we hit the freeways just outside the city. Very confusing to me.
Made it to Roberts RV Centre at 4.30pm. Looked over our Winny. When they closed for the day, we hopped in the car intending to find a bed for the night, but the battery was DEAD! We ran across the busy 3 lane highway to a servo, but they couldn’t tell us anything about the batteries they had for sale, so we ran back across to the car, measured the battery, wrote down the codes, ran back across; they still couldn’t help us. Actually, the young lad looked as if he wanted us to just go away. Luckily, a taxi driver came in and said go down to K-Mart. By this time it was dark, we were frustrated, tired and hungry. We trotted off down the highway to K-Mart where a helpful young man found the right battery for us. After paying for it, we put it in a shopping trolley and wheeled it back to the car, around ½ km, I think. Rick took out the dead battery, put in the new one, and action!
We drove a couple of kms the other direction to a caravan park hoping for a cabin for the night. (by this time it was around 7.30pm) Office closed and NO vacancy. We then stopped at La Porchetta restaurant for food, where the nice waitress phoned a hotel for us and booked a room. So we didn’t have to sleep sitting in the car, whew. Odd little room though, but comfy enough.
Tuesday, we went back to the RV place and sorted out more things. Transferred some $$$ to their account so they could add the extras we wanted; bull bar, tow bar, bike rack, solar panels and reversing camera. Then we went for a long walk in this picturesque (not) industrial area of northern Melb.
We have been given use of an old rental winny parked at the back of the RV centre, free, while they finish our “home”. Wednesday we went to the bank to get a cheque for full payment, then just hung around reading and relaxing. Now, Thursday 9.30am, our Winny is almost ready. Waiting on a couple of parts for the tow bar. Soon, Jared will take us through everything and show us how it all works.