Autumn in St Kilda

Lots has been going on since my last post!
On Saturday, Luke and I came to St Kilda, a small beachy town on the suburbs of Melbs, to view a campervan (called Autumn, hence the blog title - don't worry, I do know that it's Spring here).
We liked it so much, we came back on Sunday to view it again. On Monday we confirmed that we wanted it, which was very exciting but slightly nerve wracking and yesterday we cleaned it with the current owners (a Spanish girl called Laura and Venezuelan girl called Beatriz, AKA, Bea), bought our stuff over from the hostel and officially moved in!

Autumn (the camper) is a 1989 Nissan Urvan pop-top camper. She's old but in great condition. Recently serviced, the mechanic recommended a few oil leaks be sorted which the current owners have booked in for next Monday. It should be finished on Tuesday, which is when we intend to hit the Great Ocean Road and of course, finalise on payment!

Autumn the Campervan!

After cleaning Autumn and sorting out a few other bits and pieces we met up on the beach with three of our English friends from the hostel. We had a BBQ on the electric BBQs on the beach and drank super sweet wine (the cheapest we could find). The sunset was amazing and we can safely say it's the first time we really felt like we are living the dream out here.
The sunset was beautiful and the white sandy beaches were just a glimpse of what's to come as this was just an outer-city suburb beach.

Luke, Vicky and Dave

We slept in Autumn last night. It was a bit cold as we only had a couple of blankets (we're off to get bedding in a bit) and woke up this morning next to a park where we went to freshen up. We made tea and porridge on our little gas stove which was such a novelty!

Making porridge in the camper

We looked like proper hippies as were a bit disorganised with the morning routine and left going to the toilet a bit late only to rush there in our jammies and jumpers. We'll get the hang of it soon!
We have become scavengers and second hand store hunters. They're the best place for pots and pans, jumpers and plastic containers, not to mention cutlery and curtain hooks!

We're currently logged into the internet at the local library - we get an hour free WIFI a day. Luke is potentially arranging a work meeting for this week. We need to find a carpenter to help us fix the legs under the fold out bed but we may run out of time today. We succeeded in our day's mission of finding a laundrette and will complete our itinerary once we have bought our bedding. I guess carpenter and long boards can wait for tomorrow... We need to get used to having lots of time for these things!