We have been packed (almost) for a couple of weeks but at last we are getting to the “last minute” stuff. This includes setting up lights to go on/off periodically in the house, battery charger on Connie’s car and installing Foxtel in the van. I am puzzled by Connie’s last minute desire to mow the lawns (not a mean feat with a hand mower) because I reason that we won’t get to admire the nice appearance for more than a few hours. Tonight is Bernadette’s birthday party which is the last item to be attended to before departing tomorrow morning.
It was cloudy in the morning at Colyton but
it gradually got better as the day progressed. We got away at about 8:30.
Michael phoned within 10 minutes to say “bon voyage”. We drove a little faster
than average and got to Narromine around 4pm. We traveled 416 klms today. The “
The whole day was fine with only a few clouds. We left Narromine around 8:30am and cruised around 95 kph most of the time until we got to Cobar. We covered 267 klm today. We stayed at … caravan park in Cobar because it is possibly the only one, and secondly it is a good park with plenty of grass and well spaced sites ($22pn).The office was closed on arrival but the sign on the door advised us to “pick a site”. The amenities were spotless. Foxtel was easy. The only network I could find was too weak to connect to. I didn’t set up any radios because we only planned on staying one night. There was a large service station on the adjacent corner that was frequented by semi trailers. We shopped at IGA, got some rubber at “Home Hardware” and re-sealed the skylight. Connie did some washing. Before tea we drove up to the local lookout and found a huge open cut mine has been dug beside the lookout (a bit daggy).
We left Cobar at about 7:45 and drove at a
steady 100kph until we had used all the auto gas and then switched to petrol. The
road was fairly quiet and only one stretch was a bit bumpy for a while. We took
a photo of the very sick looking
Connie was up early as usual and did a load
of washing. It is very overcast so far (8:15 local time). It is ANZAC day and
some or all shops are closed. We got 4 cents discount on gas and petrol at the
Woolworths Petrol station. We took some photos of the march in the main street
and then went to a local car show to take some more photos. After lunch we went
looking for a free internet and checked the emails. We also went to the
restaurant at the top of the huge slag heap (beside the railway line and the
main street). We took a couple of pics and had coffee and cake. The weather was
fine all afternoon. Broken Hill exists because of mining – that’s all. We
almost bought more fruit & veges at IGA but somebody told us that there was
another checkpoint before
We left Broken Hill and headed for
We moved the van into powered site No 9 in between showers. There were only short bursts of sunshine and it was generally a cool day. There is no TV or radio at all. The site is surrounded by trees but I still managed to get Foxtel to work. I put up about 100 meters of wire antenna and 40 meters was good. We rang Arkaroola and booked the Ridgetop 4WD tour ($99 ea) for Sunday afternoon and a cabin ($130) for Sunday night. Connie is happier now that we have power and Foxtel, in fact she is talking about extending our booking to 5 days instead of four. The rain was a real dampener for Connie because she doesn’t have her own ham radio!
Still more rain (most of the day). It’s just as well we have Foxtel. Connie did all the girly things and I did radio things to pass the time. I had problems transmitting but reception was good. I removed a short piece of co-ax and the problem was .. .. .. ? We talked to a couple from the Watagans and he was planning to get a “D-tronic” computer chip fitted at Hawker for his diesel Prado. I expressed my usual cynicism and asked him to email me the results when he gets home in September. Wow, could he talk. We postponed the washing as well as the Ridgetop tour from Sunday to Monday because the weather forecast was not good enough. The office told us that the weather forecast was for showers for the next week – do we believe the office or Foxtel?
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The weather is showing signs of improvement with some sunny breaks but the morning was windy. After doing two loads of washing and one load in the dryer we headed off for a scenic tour of the local area. We covered about 100klms of dirt road and visited three or four lookouts as well as two or three gorges. The visitor centre quoted $595 each for a return flight to Arkaroola including the ridgetops tour – a bit rich for me. We’ll stick to our plan to drive there and back. I fitted our spare water filter because the water pressure was so low.
We drove 202 klms along the dirt roads to Arkaroola and found the roads were fairly good. We averaged 80klms/hr and got there with plenty of time for a break and lunch at the resort. The Ridgetop Tour to Sillers lookout was superb – maybe the best I have ever seen. It is apparently used by a number of car manufacturers to advertise new models. The two hour drive along dirt roads (in the back of a truck) was worth it.
We drove along more dirt roads towards
This was quite an interesting day because
we flew over the Wilpena Pound in a small 4 seater and took plenty of photos.
The photos may not be particularly good because of the misty haze. When we
returned to camp we took a shuttle bus up the side of the pound as far as the “
We left Wilpena Pound early and were at Port Augusta before lunch. We booked in at the usual Big4 park. It appears that overnight vans are put on the gravel sites and longer visitors are put on the grassy sites. The first job was to get some food (& things that from Woolies, a couple of water filters from Mitre 10, toilet chemicals from “Top of the gulf fishing and caravanning store”, and arrange for a service for the cruiser. When all this was organized we walked down the hill to the bridge and back. The weather was great but the radio was poor (green whip). When I put up the 2 meter antenna I discovered that a locking bolt had shaken out and was lost and I robbed one from under the bonnet of the car. There is a local repeater. Trees blocked the Foxtel but we didn’t worry because we only planned to stay two nights. The digital TV was clear but only had a few channels.
At the bank of
I have also taken $470,000 from a
Directsaver account 127330429 (in my name) and transferred it into my Super
Cash Management account no 163703083.
I have also taken the remaining $32,000
from my Directsaver account in my name and transferred it into my “Multi
access” account. The direct saver is now closed.
I drove the car down to the
On the phone to St George:
I have opened up an “Express Saver Account”
in the name of Grey Nomad (NSW) P/L which pays 6.15% (calculated daily and
credited monthly). It is for internet access only. BUT I cannot put funds into it until I have received a
“Welcome pack” from St George (being posted to
We took my computer down town to look for a
“free” internet connection. It was frustrating and unsuccessful to say the
least.
I returned the electric heater to Mitre 10
and got another one that was even cheaper – but it works! I filled up with gas
at 59.9 c/l. I found out that the library provides free internet access and
went there to check it out. It turned out that we can use our username &
password with their ISP at many libraries in
We left Port Augusta with an open mind about reaching Coober Pedy. The trip meter is set back to zero. At Glendambo we stopped for coffee and cake then pressed on. We arrived at CP around 3.00pm. There is no water connections at CP but water is sold at 20cents for 30 litres in the main street. Our tanks have been full since Broken Hill. I spent a couple of hours trying to get Foxtel to work and gave up. I also set up the 2 meter antenna and discovered that there is NO ham activity near CP.
I picked up a new LNB and a patch lead for the sat dish. After fitting them I discovered that I was pointing 33 degrees W of N instead of E of N – what a wanker! I then got Foxtel up and running. The amenities are closed for cleaning for 3 hours! We did the town tour for $40 each from 1:30 until 6:00pm. It included “The Breakaways”, the dingo fence, underground house, opal shop, underground church etc. Joe had left a message on my phone to say he would be on 7.075 later tonight. We got back around 6:00 and had pizza for dinner. I tried to set up the BuddiPole antenna and finally gave up. I made one contact on the Barrett mobile to VK3. By the time I had the 7 Mhz whip set up it was around 11:00 pm. I watched Foxtel until 2:00 am.
The ham radio was DEAD this morning. A leisurely walk around the shopping centre and lunch back at the van took us to 1:30. It rained until late at night.
We have decided to stay until Thursday morning and so we are having a lazy day today. The weather today is great – full sun but not too hot. Connie paid $50 for her gas bill at the post office and I withdrew money for each of us from the ATM. I searched the caravan for the network card for the Pioneer computer and cannot find it - which means EchoLink may not be realised on this trip. I put up a length of wire which can be tuned with the manual tuner and cope with 400 watts I presume. We watched Costello and his budget speech on Foxtel.
We left C.P. at 8:00am and got a riggle on. We arrived at Erldunda around 2:30pm. We noticed the cloud cover increasing as we went North. The landscape also became noticeably greener. The water at Erldunda is bore water and should not be drunk without boiling first. This will be a one night stand so we didn’t bother with Foxtel. Today we traveled 489 klms. The trip total so far is 3666 klms.
We arrived at
Connie did the girls things (hair &
eyebrows) and I updated photos and diary. The day has started off looking
brilliant. Later in the day we took some pics from Anzac Hill and then decided
to drive out along the
It is Mothers day but Connie still got up at 6:30 and did 2 loads of washing. It may be a lazy day today.
I tried once again to move the super fund
money into the new Express saver account and nobody at St George could tell me
why. I told them. I finally got to complete the welcome pack at the B of SA in
Today was a full day. We left on the Emu
Run tour to
We filled again with gas and are already
topped up with petrol. We went to the B of SA and tried to transfer the super
funds again but failed. It seems that Jennifer somebody at Business banking in
We traveled to Devils Marbles and set up camp in a freebie beside the huge rock formations. This rest area is OK for one day only because there is nowhere to go and only rocks to photograph. The weather is starting to improve day by day.
We were up just after sunrise and walked to
another cluster of rocks about 4-500m away. After breakfast we head off with no
specific destination. Just after threeways we struck up a radio conversation
with Andrew & Jennifer. We stopped at Barkly Homestead for lunch and the
caravan park looked very good but their auto gas pump was broken. We decided to
continue on petrol and pushed a bit hard until we got to the “Avon Downs”
police station rest area. It was a good one and we stopped there. The days trip was 500klms and the total was now 4961 klms. We
talked to Andrew and Jennifer over a beer for half an hour. I put up a long
wire antenna and it seemed to work great – with numerous foreign stations but
poor reception from
It is only 260 klms to Mt Isa. The road is
very good but there are some road trains. At Mt Isa we were surprised by how
cold and dull it was. We stayed at the
Ah! Sunshine again. The trip meter now shows 267klms and the total is now 5229klms.
Connie did two loads of washing. I had a badly needed shave and then we went to the information centre to find out what we could about Lawn Hill. I am confident that we can take the caravan all the way to Lawn Hill but Connie is apprehensive. I found a chemist shop still open during the afternoon and found a box of chocolates and licorice. The assistant wrapped them for me. I had a problem storing them in a cool place and finished up giving them to Connie after tea. Radio was hopeless.
Beautiful weather! Connie is 63 today and Connie made sure that I knew that I was 64 – actually my throat made me feel like I was 104. Jullie rang and told me to fill in a tax file number declaration form and post it to her. She told me that our R.O. at St George is Nicolette Aquilina (02 9893 6015). Connie applied for a senior health care card today at Mt Isa. I posted the TFN form to Jullie. We went to Townies Club for tea and it was a good meal. I filled the water tanks.
When I woke this morning I could hardly talk or swallow. I decided to go to a doctor before we left Mt Isa. We got away at around 11:30 and stopped at Cloncurry. We had no problem getting to Burke & Wills roadhouse in the late afternoon. The caravan park area was not glamorous but it was the first time we used the amenities for showering. There were only an odd few taps in the park but somebody suggested that the water wasn’t good enough to drink anyway. Foxtel was a bit fiddly but finally worked. Optus C1 is four degrees to the East of B3.
The drive from Gregory Downs to Adels Grove was a complete mystery but most people were suggesting that it was OK for a caravan as long as you slow down on the rough patches. It turned out to be just that – OK as long as you slow down on some patches. Near the end of the drive a rock broke one of the water fittings and we lost about 1/3 of our water. Some sticky tape and a piece of plastic hose made a temporary repair. I tied a rubber mat and a large piece of shade cloth under the tanks to try to protect the plumbing. It was VERY dusty. Road trains caused a complete 1 minute blackout with the dust. Adels grove supplies no power. We ran the generator for a few hours. The water is heavy with calcium. Radio was hopless again (just asian voices).
Today was set aside for exploring Lawn Hill. We did two walks – one around the top of the “Stack” with panoramic views of Lawn Hill and the other along the fast flowing creek with its “cascades”. The water is apparently flowing continuously from the Great Artesian basin. I really wanted to have a swim but the bottom was rough and unpredictable and we didn’t have our swimmers. Back at the van Connie did some washing by hand and I updated my diary. We ran the generator for a few hours. The Lawn Hill/Adels Grove visit was interesting but not worth the dusty uncomfortable drive.
We got away at 7:00am and stopped at Gregory
Downs for breakfast. The plumbing survived the trip back from Adels grove. We carried on via the
Before Rick & Brom left I took a couple
of pics of them between their motor home and our caravan. Richard (0418 427777)
& Bromwyn (0418 555133) headed on to
We headed for Hughenden. I set up Foxtel very quickly and put up a HF whip. This is the place where the railway siding is just across the road but makes no noise during the night. Even the galas don’t start making a noise until after breakfast. When we drove around town (just a few streets) we met up with Richard & Bromwyn again and they camped behind us at the park. I spoke to three aborigine kids outside the “FJ Milkbar”. I bought a bottle of port at the pub in the main street. Richard came into our van and we tried to find some free internet, but failed. Next door has an electrical problem in his new Jayco Expander. The problem turned out to be a blown 60amp fuse on one of the household batteries. Radio was useless.
After tea we walked around the almost
totally deserted shopping centre and we came across three female hospital
staff. One of them (Sheradine) was black and explained that she was a drug
& alcohol councilor. Because I showed some interest in the Aboriginals, she
invited us to come to her place at
We said goodbye to Richard & Bromwyn
who were heading south via Winton. They had come North
along this same route. Hughenden to
I rang Sheradine and excused ourselves from
the BBQ. There is nowhere to buy caravan parts in
We discovered that there is a leak
somewhere in the toilet canister and this explains the smell we have recently
noticed. I washed out the canister housing from outside and discovered there is
no drain and so some water flowed onto the floor under the shower. It was a
good Thursday morning. The internet is still not working in the caravan park. We
drove 13k out of town to see the local weir. I opened up my radio amplifier but
couldn’t see any blown fuses or other problems and closed it again. We went to
the RSL for tea and the meal was average but was also cheap. Kath & Rod
from next door were also there. The
This will be a quiet day. I left a message at Thetford and they are supposed to call me back. Connie did the girly things and I opened the amplifier again but still cannot see any problems. I put up a 10Mhz dipole (maybe it will work better?). This trip total is now 6947 klm.
Only an odd shop open in
This was a very lazy day. I bought a
crossword puzzle magazine from the office. It was a hot day. A grey nomad told
me that
We moved on to Rockhampton which was a
short run of 135klm. The weather is starting to cloud over a bit. I phoned UHF Communications
but they are too busy to look at the amp. I phoned Lee Andrews and he convinced
me to send the amp to him. I posted the amp via registered post (No.
RL44908861). We collected our mail from the post office. Our site at the
Connie returned some Flake fish to
Woolworths because it smelled too much and returned a phone card because it is
awkward to use in public phones. I went to a doctor and found out that I have
brochitus. The doctor prescribed Roxithromycin and charged $58. The chemist told me that the lack of bulk billing
is common for QLD ! I filled out the Medicare claim
and posted it from here. We walked the full length of the
I posted the papers to Nicolette for the Express account and emailed D.Messnerco to fill him in with the details. The park provided a sausage sizzle in the evening but it broke up when the showers of rain became a nuisance. Connie made coffee back at the van. Joe is not on air tonight however I finally had a brief contact on 2 meters with Felix, vk2fuq at Ingham. Jullie rang to advise that the water rates have arrived. There is currently nothing exciting on at the movies in Townsville.
It rained consistently during last night and it was a little cooler this morning.
The crosswords are bloomin hard. We went
for a drive around the harbor and up to Castle Hill. I had forgotten how
spectacular the views were. We had dinner at the Seaview Hotel on the
We went to the markets at Flinders Mall.
Connie rang the caravan park at
We went to Woolies and the A shop. At 8:00pm I went up to castle Hill and the radio was great – but fading was a problem. Joe will be away for a couple of days.
We found a plumber who sold the fittings used in our plumbing and bought a new elbow plus a few spares like another elbow, tee and joiner. Connie went to the new P.O. and IGA. I replaced the broken elbow and filled the tanks with water. I also purchased a 7 pin flat socket and fitted it to the A frame so the electric plug can then earth out all the caravan driving lights. Tonite we will see if they still flash when using the radio (but I forgot).
A piece of wire in the trees around the caravan seems better than the 7mhz whip. The lights on the caravan still flash when transmitting – how can this be when all the wires are grounded at the A-frame?
The weather bureau forecast rain and/or showers for today and they were nearly right – the temperature is just a little over 20º and cloudy. The Yaesu FT7800 has been of interest in the caravan today. Connie paid her car insurance at the CastleTown P.O.
It rained quite heavily during the night
but I didn’t wake. We went to Molly Molloy’s pub in town for lunch and found it
to be very good. After lunch we went to the OmniMax theatre in the Reef HQ
building and watched a show called
We had a lazy day and a drive around Townsville. It was a surprisingly good day in spite of the weather report. An evening meal for $5 provided by the caravan park was enjoyed as we sat around the camp fire.
Pancakes were supplied by the park for breakfast! There will be no sun today by the looks of it. We are getting to know more of the people here – but we are leaving Wednesday. We strolled around the markets at the Willows shopping centre and then the Riverways (pools etc).
We did a “town tour” and saw a lot of things again - plus a few new things. It poured with rain nearly all day. We have extended our stay until Monday morning.
The intention was to go to the
The weather is still dismal and cool. We
picked up our mail from the P.O. We went to the
The weather is still showery, overcast and very cool. We spent most of the day in the caravan. Today was the coldest day on record (13.9ºC) for Townsville.
We saw that the clouds in a nearby mountain
range were lying at the bottom of the valleys instead of at the top of
Boredom is definitely setting in – we spent an hour walking around Bunnings and a lighting shop – why?
We didn’t stray far today. We walked a
kilometer or two and back. I spent some time packing up some radio stuff and
then spent some time trying to make my computer run a bit faster than a snail.
I got it to work by disabling
The drive to
It rained all night. Luckily we were on
site 41 which was clear of trees and we had no leaves on the car and van.
Mandy at Andrews Comms rang Mark and found
out that my amp will be returned to Greystanes today. I told her firmly that
the date that they had recvd it was NOT 13th June as she claimed,
but was actually 6th June. My receipt shows date posted was 4th
June. I told her that I had been getting the same response from Cameron and Lee
every time I rang. She promised that it would be posted today and would address
it to Proserpine P.O. The Grey Nomad in the next caravan told Connie that his
TV played up badly last night … ! It’s hard to imagine
what could have caused it so I installed a TVI filter. Today is supposed to be
the last day of poor weather and tomorrow is promised to be sunny. We drove to
It’s show day in
We drove about 170 klm to the
We drove to
It was maybe the warmest day we have
experienced for about a month. We drove a couple of hundred klms today and
visited
Another real nice day. We got some groceries, Connie deposited $1 at CBA. I found a socket to fit to “gadgets”. We had a nice meal at Prince of Wales pub.
We had a very leisurely drive to Seaforth (less than 100 klms). We carefully picked a site for maximum sun because there is no power or water or generators. Even showers have to be paid for. Sixteen dollars a night seems excessive but the park is pleasant I suppose. I put up the entire 60 meters of antenna wire with some onlookers. The trip meter is now at 8,403 klms.
John & Val next door are very savy with solar panels and rely entirely on solar power! It is becoming apparent that my rooftop solar panels are doing very little. The batteries are getting low. We walked several klms North along the beach to a causeway that goes to a very close island. We have paid $74 in all – for 1 week.
We went into Mackay and did some shopping. We also purchased a 130 watt solar portable package. I spoke to Joe for 10 to 15 minutes tonite. The 130 watt solar panel supplies 6 to 8 amps all day because we move it around. The panels on the roof only start to become effective in the middle third of the day – not cost effective at all.
The mornings have been cold but the days really good. We played solar panels most of the day.
Val and John next door are technically savy. They are also going to get a new caravan by the new year
The solar panels have fully charged the batteries and they have shifted into the absorption phase.
We took another drive into Mackay to get autogas and groceries. I packed up quite a few things before tea so we can get an early start in the morning. This morning the temperature in the van was 9.9 degrees
Luck at Carmilla. We found site 1 and 2
both empty but the wind was icy cold. We took site 2 (
This morning the temperature in the van was 10 degrees. We drove 26 k to have a look at Clairview. The park is pretty fair with a reasonable beach and fairly good amenities. Today was a very sunny day but certainly not hot. Joe gave me the best signal report he has ever given me – 5 to 10 over 9.
Today was another very sunny day but certainly not hot. In fact the wind made it very uncomfortable. Joe gave me great signal reports again – 5 to 10 over 9.
Cold and windy.
Cold and windy.
The first thing we did when we awoke was to
discuss moving to Clairview where there is power. It was quickly agreed that we
could not stand any more of the cold nights without power. At Clairview it
seemed so much better. Connie did washing and I updated this diary. It was not
worth putting up antennas for one night (we are booked into Rockhampton on
Monday. A huge fifth wheeler came in and parked just a little way across from us
and the fellow has had a couple of
A couple of hundred klms down the road we
came to Rockhampton where they have just recorded the lowest temperature ever (maybe
we should head for
We collected mail from the P.O. and I paid my ham radio renewal and the $45 super levy over the net. I noticed that Olah has missed last weeks rent and the water payment. Michael has been unemployed for 2 years and has a solicitor to fight Woolworths. He will bring rent and water up to date on Friday 20th. I put up 60 meters of wire antenna and spoke to Ray VK4NET on 14 Mhz then 7 Mhz. Connies cold is revitalizing and it is back to the pills. Our plans are to leave the caravan at Boroma and go to look at Kedron on 6th Aug. We should be home on the weekend of 10/11th August.
We need even more shopping! Connie & I walked 4.5 klms.
The Streetpilot is dying. It randomly loses sight of satellites.
We drove to the top of
Dick Smith had to copy the CD because it was warped. I had to use the internet at the 10 pin bowling alley to get the files from the internet. I installed the ActiveSync and the update software but now I need the internet again to download the database of “safety locations”. Having commenced driving with it, I decided that it was nowhere near as good as the Garmin. I took it back to Dick Smith and changed it for Garmin c510. So far I have not had to install any software or download anything.
The Garmin seems fine. This was a very lazy day and warmer than any days in the last month or so (29 degrees in the van). The vacuum cleaner shop provided our internet services. I have a “stylus” that I must return to DS for the Nav6000. The Compaq is running very slowly and msconfig had to come to the rescue.
We drove about 100 klms to Calliope to the freebie beside the river. It was quite good and worth a couple of nights (maximum allowed) next year.
We drove about 276 klms to Maryborough and The Wallace caravan park. The park is very good at $22 / night (7th night free). The place was pretty well packed but I managed to get up about 35 meters of wire antenna. A German/Russian tried to get me to show him how to use a scanner but it was too complex for me. I have remembered that I have to get some mail (Kedron) from Rocky to Maryborough.
Today is warmer than it has been for a long time. By 10:00 am we were in T shirts. We had a pub lunch and Connie made an appointment for a hair do locally for $50.
We did a large shop at Woolworths. Paul in the office was supposed to ring a tour operator and reserve a couple of seats for us for tomorrow at 2:00pm
Today was a shit of a day. The woman in the
caravan behind us complained about interference with their TV last night. I
blamed her antenna but she claimed it had always worked brilliantly – it’s a
Winneguard. We found an unsecured internet network just up the street and I sat
on it for an hour to update the EVO. I also checked email and updated Orbitron.
I went to the
We drove to
We went on a 90 minute cruise along the
local river area then wandered around
Connie had an 11:00am hair appointment and I got the Foxtel co-ax fixed. We did more shoppingat Woolies. I went around to meet vk4tpt and he was a grub living in a pigs stye.
We got an early start and headed down to Coolum. We had no problem getting a site but the place was chocker block full that night. Foxtel was simple. Kedron has declined to get interested in my caravan so I cancelled my appointment to visit their factory.
Vk4tpt had rekindled my interest in
Echolink and I recalled that I had set it up before we left
In the wee small hours Connie got an SMS from Josette who has just had a baby boy. Today is even warmer than yesterday. I cleaned the solar panels and put on a pair of shorts for the first time in months. We drove to Maroochydore and Connie finally found the ¾ jeans that she liked – but size 10? I spoke to Joe via the local repeater and echolink. We went to the local bowls club for dinner and Connie realised that the jeans were too big.
We drove back to Maroochydore and changed Connies jeans for size 8 and they look great. Back at Coolum we sat on the beach for an hour.
Today was a little cloudy but very nice. Connie made her usual phone calls in her new jeans.
It was a very cool night but we got an early start in spite of this. The drive to Jacobs Well was the busiest (traffic wise) that we have seen for months. The caravan park has been improved with a refurbished toilet block and laundry. Some roads have been resealed too. They still feed the birds at 4:00pm and many left their signature on our caravan. The 2 hours of email seemed to get used too quickly but I did manage to renew my subs to MacAfee and Anonymizer (on the Compaq anyway). There are plenty of local digital TV stations but I couldn’t find a “free” internet from our caravan.
We spent the morning exploring Tamborine mountain and eating fudge while Boroma worked on the van. Boroma had finished the warranty work by early afternoon. They also gave me a quote for replacing some of the siding with holes in it.
We drove to
Day 109 Wednesday 8th August
Day 110 Thursday 9th August
Day 111 Friday 10th August
We arrived home about 4:30pm