On the weekend I spent a few days at the lovely 4wd park Levuka in Northern NSW. Believe it or not it actually was nice. I love that my mobile does not work there because it is out of range. I also love that you can still have an open fire there so even if it is freeze your bum off cold your front bits are warm. I also love that the next town or Urbenville is tiny and consists of no more than a pub, a general store, a post office and only a few hundred residents.

My hubby likes it the most. This time we were in the new 4wd that we purchased about six months ago, a Landrover Discovery. The list of broken things are extensive. An aerial, back bumper, an indicator, a dent in the rear back quarter and a bent steering arm protector. But I am OK with it all. You see the Disco has hail damage, so the reality is she is ugly.

Our friend Jim came for the weekend and was a favourite with the ladies. Not because he is cute, but because his car is. It seems that middle aged women love jeeps, who knew! All round as you can see it was good muddy fun

About two years ago my hubby decided that I needed something very special for my birthday as I was turning the big 30. I had asked for all the usual things, you know a pony, a little vespa scooter, smelly old retro furniture.

Instead he bought me something that went against everything he stood for. He bought me a 67 VW Beetle. Initially it was an old girl by the name of Beatrice. I loved her because she had the smell of 40 years of bum and degrading vinyl. I was so nostalgic, it all took me back to when I was 21 and went and purchased my first beetle, a 61 named Bertie. Bertie also had an odd smell and like many beetles would work his windscreen wipers when he felt like it. I loved that car

But then I met Betty. Unlike Beatrice here cancerous rust was minimal and she came in the sexiest colour in the world. Flat Black sprayed on with paint cans. I fell in love and suddenly it was over for Beatrice and my affair with Betty began.

Two years on and Bad Betty still has a few issues but what 41 year old woman doesn’t? Most of all she’s mean and sexy and I love her. I also love hubby for making her happen at last.