Collect our camper 25th July 2007

We got up early to take the car back for 08:30. When we got there we had forgot to fill up the tank. So off we went in search of a petrol station. When we got back it was a different guy, not the owner. We told him about the crack and he had a look. We told him that it wasn't our fault and the chip was there when we picked the car up, even though it wasn't. Our excess was 500$, but with our magic we ended up only paying 100$. Fantastic!!
We checked out of the backpackers and rang about picking up our camper. They said it wouldn't be ready until about 2pm. so we had to hang out at the backpackers pool and TV area. We rang and sorted out our insurance, which we think was pretty cheap compared with the UK. We collected the camper and went food shopping. Spent over 150$ on the things we needed and off we went on our first big drive.
Our plan was to reach Airlie Beach, but because of the late start, we only got to Mission Beach. We arrived after 6pm and most of the camp sites were closed. We found one in South mission and hooked up the power for our first night. We got chatting to our neighbours that were really nice and maybe a little drunk. We tried to cook our first meal and the man who had sold the camper didn't tell us we had no gas. So our neighbours told us about the camp kitchen with all the things we needed. So Hannah cooked her special Hannah surprise ( a really nice Thai style curry).