Well we are now well and truly on our way to Brisbane. We left Kalgoorlie on Wednesday the 15th of Oct and 1st stop was Cocklebiddy for the night and the next night we stopped just before Penong in SA. Next stop Whyalla!!! But not before car trouble...................It was 5pm on Friday and we were 70kms from Whyalla just passed Cowell and the engine light came on and it was blowing out black smoke, we stopped in 36 degree heat in the middle of nowhere and there was oil in the engine bay. Thank god we have roadside assist, so a quick call to them and out they came an hour and a half later from Whyalla and they checked it out and said they would follow us into town. Car ran like a dream (as always) lol, no smoke no nothing hahahaha. Anyway by the time we got to Deb and Pete's it was nearly 8pm, but was so good to see them and Ziggy. And Deb was doing us dinner too so that was wonderful :)
Went into the Mitsubishi place in the morning and couldn't get booked in til Tuesday so we had a weekend of sight seeing, Andrew gave Pete a hand with some work around the caravan park, went to the pub for dinner a couple of times and a quick go on the pokies hehe.
$283 later the car is fixed and the problem was when we had the service done in September they had overfilled the oil !!!! so they drained 1.5 litres out lol. I emailed Rockingham Mitsubishi and they have credited us back the $283 so that was good of them. So all is now good :)
We had such a great time with Deb and Butt Monkey (Pete) hahaha and Ziggy but it was soon time to leave :(.
We left on Wednesday the 22nd and followed the Murray river, boy there are some beautiful places there. Stopped overnight on the river bank just outside Waikerie just stunning. We have spent the last 2 days here in Buronga Riverside caravan park (best caravan park we have ever stayed in and only $29 a night for a powered site). Mildura Victoria is on one side of the river and the caravan park is in NSW on the other side lol. Went on a Paddle steamer river cruise up the Murray today and through a Lock, which was really good and interesting.
It has been so hot for the last week and a half, I don't think the temp has been below 33 degrees, the aircon in the van is getting a workout lol.
Well it's 9.30 so I better go as Andrew is snoring his head off haha and we are on the road again tomorrow off towards Dubbo to go to the zoo :)
I will try and add a few photos to this post, if they are not on here you know I can't remember how to do it hahahahaha!!!!!
Love and miss you all.
The two of us xxxxxxxxxxxx
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