The escape committee had been meeting under the over of darkness for YOL (year of lockdown) and undetected by the scrutiny of the government virus guards. We were lucky, as to have been caught would have resulted in anal covid checks by the evil Dr Carrotfinga. That would have been fate far worse than the glorious death of Steve McQueen in the film of the same name (Escape from Colditz for those under 50 ) .
So at dawn on the 26th February we slipped into the gloomy emerging light having said a quick goodbye to Georgia . (in reality it was a civilised 8am departure because Kate needed a stiff coffee but that doesn’t fit the story ).
Despite the searchlights that penetrated deep into Victoria from Parliament house in Melbourne we were tucking into sandwiches at SeaLake around lunchtime , by 5 pm we had Mildura far behind us and began to approach the South Australian border. This border had been closed for 2 weeks on the back of the Victorian 5 day snap lockdown .
The border seemed deserted , had the virus cleared out the guardians of this sacred divider? We sped past signs about the consequences of smuggling grapes over the border. Then we crossed the border , “FREEDOM” I raged to the sky . We turned a corner to see the large complex of the border station.
Did we have any dangerous vegetables or fruit in our possession madam
Yes we have some tomatoes in the fridge ,
Didn’t you see the signs banning them ?
Well yes but my husband said …
Next thing Kate is being marched off to be interrogated by the Produce Police .
Only a warning. Kate is made of steely stuff so when she was asked the question “And what do you intend to do with these cherry tomatoes? She didn’t provide the answer in her head and heart which involved the guard being stretched out on a sun ravaged desert field and cherry tomatoes being fired from a paintball gun into the valley of no return . Instead a cool calculated “eat them “ . This was duly noted and we were released.
So the 2021 escapee escapade is underway !
Hi Gary & Kate
Hope you aren’t being tailed by Boarder Control …… be careful with those Toms!!
Hope you are all well, looks like you are still enjoying life on the road – we are hopefully coming out of a long ‘lockdown’ over here and endured a muddy and wet winter
looking forward to a beer – maybe in a pub garden to start with!
All the best
mike
Hi Mike I know the Uk is doing it tough but all the signs appear good. We have our fingers crossed for you and of course the beer garden !
All in a normal day for you two really😂Thanks for my Mother’s Day present that was very prompt. I can confirm there areno food items hidden in the jewellery.