Camping at Glen Innes minus 8 degrees celsius.

When we arrived last night there was already frost on the ground, that was a fair sign we were in for a cold night.

By morning our suspicions were confirmed. Ice inside the van on the windows and anything metal. The van is insulated with block our curtains and Richo and have lined most internal surfaces with headliner material (fluffy stuff, not Austin Powers fluffy but warm and comforting) its warmer inside the fridge at the moment!

Portia the chihuahua at age 14 and a half has developed a drinking problem. Frantic bursts of guzzling are quickly followed by regurgitating most of what she drank. So imagine her utter disgust when the water bowl is frozen solid, can't be replenished cos the tanks solid too.

That's not snow, too cold for that, what you see are frozen ice crystals inside and out on the front screen until about 10 am. Normally we park facing east so the rising sun melts the frost as soon as it is able. We couldn't park this way as the exit would've definitely been to icy to leave until the frost thawed. 

Yep that's -5 degrees inside, minus 8 outside. Camera, gps, phone all shut down with the cold, even the butane gas cans wouldn't light. So cold cereal with CADA, yoghurt and orange juice for breakfast. Luckily it was kept from freezing by storing in the fridge.

Finally warmed the camera in a pocket and then had ample time to take photos because the car wouldn't start. Frozen diesel seems to have been the culprit. Richo kept leaving the door open and the icy wind whistled through the van. This is the same person who thought a Doona was surplus to our needs. The requests to shut the door became less and less friendly until he was threatened with being locked out. Seems his sense of humour wasn't frozen but his reasoning ability definitely was. We sent him off fishing, he didn't catch anything and came back soon after. Door open again!!! You have got to be kidding! By now even Tilly was giving him dirty looks, At least that worked and he finally left the door shut.