Brian spent some time on the phone organising as much as we
can for the ‘Great gearbox Repair’ with Russell in Canberra and the man in
Darwin. It all looks a little more positive and maybe even the timing will be
OK for us. I have booked extra days in Darwin from 23 May and the car is
supposed to go in on 24 May. So…… while the car is having it’s operation, we
might hire a car and do Kakadu sans caravan leaving it safely at the van park.
That should free up some time for us when we return from our trip home and
hopefully with the car and it’s new gearbox we will be able to get to
Kununurra. So today we cleaned the car and the caravan, did a little bit of
shopping and had a caravan lunch break. As it’s our last day here, we just had
to hit the hot springs again. We splashed, floated, swam against the current,
washed over the weir and generally had a great hour or so. Back to the van park
and the real pool so we could do a few laps before we retired to the van for
champagne and nibbles.
I have lost my faith in BMWs. Perhaps you should have bought a Toyota. Your journey would not have that Aussie relish without heat, breakdowns, sickness and 'slabs' as you call them. What are they, drunkards? Indigenous or Poms? Couldn't have been anyone else, could it?
ReplyDeleteAs soon as you mention that you've got a car problem, everyone wants to tell you their horror story. None of the brands are immune: Toyotas and Nissans feature as prominently as anything else. And, most of these are brand new, $80,000+ rigs. I don't think it matters if its brand new or 20 yo, what matters is that you MUST have a plan to handle the situation when it arises, and that in itself isn't just a matter of getting yourself and the vehicles to 'safety', but includes dealing with the fact that your fabulous new vehicle may well be considered worthless and consigned to the omnipresent scrap heaps.
ReplyDeleteA 'slab', for our friends overseas, is a carton of 24 or 30 cans of beer.