Off we go to Melbourne, the Great Ocean Road, Kangaroo Island, Adelaide, the Barossa Valley, Broken Hill and across the top of NSW via Cobar and Moree to the Sunshine Coast of Queensland. From two weeks in our favourite resort there, we work our way down the coast, staying in places such as Kingscliff, Clunes, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie to visit lovely family and friends before landing in Newcastle for a few days to see more loved ones, including my wonderful mother.

This trip is for Jon and me– tailor made for us, by us, starting 4 days after Jon’s 60th birthday. We will no doubt miss ‘Rockview’, our friends in Cooma and especially our darlings, Charlie and Jeni, but we are more than ready to hit the road and get outta town!

Friday 11 May 2012

The Importance of Corned Beef


Some people just don’t get it. I must admit that I haven’t always been a devotee, but now, I’m hooked. 

The importance of the freshly made corned beef, pickles and lettuce sandwich cannot be underestimated. It signals a day of road travel where the breaks are not dictated by the location of the next Maccas, the one that you wish 30 mins later you’d never seen. The corned beef sandwich is made for a day when you stop the car only when you feel like a break. You stretch your legs a bit, open a thermos of tea and perch on the bonnet, munching on your sandwich as you look out at the horizon and sigh.

I wonder if this new found appreciation is a function of age. Who cares? I just know that Monday will be a good travel day, not just because it’s Day 1, but because Jon is cooking corned beef tonight, ready to make our sandwiches.

It’s that simple.
Corned beef with Shakespeare at Stratford on the Avon River
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7 comments:

  1. Mxxx15 May 2012 at 17:16

    Hope those corned beef sandwiches were delicious. Where did you stop to have them? In Melbourne yet? Missing you already on Scrabble.Mxxx

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  2. curlyone15 May 2012 at 21:48

    Nothing better than a corned beef and pickle sandwich on fresh bread with lots of butter. I vaguely remember those days. Hope the trip is going well.

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  3. Mark Isme Friend17 May 2012 at 19:27

    Have you made your own pickles and bread too. that would be totally earnest.

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  4. Jan18 May 2012 at 16:24

    Totally earnest and not a little worrying!

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  5. Jan18 May 2012 at 16:26

    Yes SSV and SSM - most delicious. Seems so long ago, you know how it is on the road, time takes on a whole new life.......ha ha. (we are veterans of 5 days' worth!!)

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  7. Jan19 May 2012 at 17:17

    Margaret, we stopped at a town called Stratford and yes, it was on the AVON River!! Had a beautiful little park that was part of an Arts Trail of Shakespeare's works. We ate near the shipwreck from The Tempest!

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