And so it began, the countdown to what would be the best trip of my life which was about to start on the next morning and all I had to do was get my things ready that I wanted to take with me. I couldn’t wait for the day to end so that I could go to sleep and wake up and leave for Ulladulla. I had been to Ulladulla once before when I was only 4yrs old and my mum told me that I loved it and never wanted to leave. Well I was now the time of the year where our whole family would go on holidays together to a chosen location, and this year it was my choice so obviously I chose Ulladulla.
It was now 7:30pm and I had finished packing so I thought that I would make myself a quick dinner and sit down to watch some television for a bit before going to bed. By the time I had made myself some scrambled eggs and heated up some baked beans, settled down in the lounge chair and turned the TV onto the right channel it was just in time for How I Met Your Mother’s new double episodes at 8pm.
As soon as the episodes had finished at 9pm I went up to the kitchen and washed my plate and fork up, then went down to my room and hopped into bed ready for some sleep knowing that when I woke up the next morning I would be setting out for Ulladulla. But there was one problem; I had no idea what the hotel looked like or what the name of it was. So I got my iPhone off my bedside table and rung my mother to find out what the name of the hotel in Ulladulla was so I knew what to look for when I drove into Ulladulla. After a 10 minute talk to find out the name and location of this hotel in Ulladulla I finally went back to bed at 9:15pm and fell asleep really quick.
“Buzz-Buzz, Buzz-Buzz” went my alarm at 4:30am. I was still very tired from all the packing I had done the day before but as soon as I remembered where I was going today I was as awake as I could ever be. On that note I had a shower, got dressed, made myself some toast, brushed my teeth and picked up my suitcase and put it into the boot of my car. After I had placed the suitcase into the boot I walked back up to the front door and locked up the house then went back to my car and got inside, turned the car on and set off for a long 230km drive down the coast of New South Wales which was supposed to be a total time of 3 hours and 14 minutes.
And I’m off and on my way down to Ulladulla ready for a great relaxing week with the family. But just as I thought I was on my way to a perfect weekend I got a call from my Uncle who had his car brake down on the Princes Highway near Thirroul. Him, his wife and two children were coming along to Ulladulla as well so I lucky for them and me they were broken down on a road in which is was going to drive down to Ulladulla on anyway. So off I set on my trip again but this time a stop in Thirroul to pick up family members.
With 85km down and 145km left I had to stop my trip with a pit stop at a McDonalds in Appin. Seeing as though I was having a toilet break I thought to myself “Since I’m here I might as well have a food and drinks break too”. And so I did, then I once again set off for Ulladulla and soon to pick up my Uncle and his family who had broken down near Thirroul.
“Turn left in 2km for access to Thirroul” I read out to myself aloud. As soon as I saw this sign I took the exit off The Princes Highway that was to Thirroul and pulled over to the side of the road where I called my Uncle to find out just whereabouts he and his families car had broken down near Thirroul. My Uncle replied with “We actually had someone jump-start our car and we are now on The Princes Highway again on our way there”. When I heard my Uncle reply to me with that message I was stunned and confused in why he didn’t let me know that he had gotten help from some stranger and were all on their way to Ulladulla again and leaving me in Thirroul ready to pick them up and all go there together. “Oh well see you there then” I replied to my Uncle and hung up my phone and got back into my car and started the engine and was off once again.
50km left till Ulladulla and I was singing along to the CD I had put into my car’s CD player. I decided to switch over to the radio for a second and heard the radio channel’s traffic reporter say that there was a big hold up on the Princes Highway 43km outside Ulladulla. ”Oh crap” were the first things that went through my head as I knew that there was no more turn-offs till Ulladulla so I was going to be sitting in the hold-up most likely all the way into Ulladulla. I was not very happy about this at all!
Will this turn out to be the best trip ever?? Find out what happens next in Book 2 of the Road Trip Series!!
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