Van Purchase

17th July
The finance came through yesterday and all was OK for us to start are looking in earnest. On checking a couple of sites I had studied before, I had found a van that would suit us down to the ground, but, wouldn’t you know it. They had a holding deposit on same. Well on looking this time it appeared to be on the market again. It is a Jayco 24ft6in Heritage 2005 Great news now that we had money lined up. E-mails were sent back and forth and it seemed as thought every thing was going very well. Unfortunately, when we took in to account that there was no annex walls and we had to get the van up to Cairns included in the loan, we found it was out of reach. I sent an e-mail to the sales guy Peter and explained that we had only X amount and thanked him for his efforts and help but Karma is Karma and we were not meant to have the van. To cut a long story short Peter spoke to his boss and they agreed to come to terms with us. All we had to do was have a look at the van.
Again to the rescue came our new friend Kym, from
“No Boundaries” ( http://www.noboundaries.com.au/ ). He agreed to go and have an unbiased inspection of the van on our behalf. This saved either Fae or myself the time and expense of a trip to Brisbane. The report came back favourable and honest, so the purchase is going ahead. I think Peter was a little taken aback by Kym’s professional approach, but after I spoke to him and told him of Kym’s report and that Kym found Peter quite a likable guy he changed his mind!
Well guys the deposit has been paid and the annex is in the process. It looks like we shall have the van up here with in four weeks. Yahooooo! I would like to highly recommend City RV Centre, Loganholme Q’ld. As a reputable dealer from the professional way they have helped and handled our purchase.


20th July
We went and said G’day to Maria at the beautiful Lake Placid caravan park to day. We were interested in the park for a while now as on every occasion we have visited it has seemed quite and friendly. Maria sent us on our way with a plan of the park and a texta pen to mark any site we may be interested in. There are several sites booked for years in advance (says volumes about the park) and Maria is very protective of her guests. We made a decision on our site and it was available. A large site with room to move, under nice shade trees Great! Fae was even starting to organise where things would go.
The van park is at the end of a small road to Lake Placid. A very leafy park with updated amenities and a beaut community kitchen and pool, the staff could not be friendlier or more helpful if they tried. Even putting your van on site for you if you don’t trust your self. That’s service with a smile.
http://www.lakeplacidtouristpark.com/index this link should get you there if you are up this way.
OK that’s all for today, I will update as it happens so you that are interested can “follow our story”.