Dramas!!

We set off for Childers to finally get the rego for the van, taking the econovan for a run. We got about 1km up the road and Al said, "There's something wrong." Then we could smell burning rubber.

We crawled back home with the overheated wheel, and took the Tarago to Childers.

The lady at the Court House couldn't believe the trouble I'd had trying to register the econovan early, until I told her about the Government - trying to debate what to do with the CTP charges.

Then she understood the delay. We had to do an *estimate*, second guessing what the government was going to decide with charges. Then she wrote me a letter, explaining WHY I needed an early rego, and a certificate to prove I'd paid.

At home, Al has taken the wheel off to see what happened to the van, and is in the process of eliminating causes.

I suppose it was just as well it happened now and not when we were loaded up ready to hit the road. Which we should have been already. :-/

....there and back again...

Off we go again to Bundy. THIS time to do the eelctronic set-up stuff so we can use the laptop in the outback, and charge stuff from the Van through the lighter connecty things.

I've got a portable DVD player, but the battery is not working. I've never used it, so I guess that could be why.:-/ I've tried recharging it, but NOWHERE in the instruction book is it even mentioned let alone tells me how long it needs charging for. I'll take it anyway - we can use it if we're hooked up to 240volt power.

Talk about baby steps!! :-/

Damn. I forgot to edit the photos and cut out the black bits. We went to Bundaberg yesterday to get more stuff. It took ALL day. It takes forever to find what you are looking for . We did notice a huge difference in prices so it does pay to do the legwork.

I bought a table from our local hardware for $60.00. The exact same table was $115.00 at the camping shop in Bourbong St.!! What a mark-up. Needless to say we bought nothing there. The drinking water hose we bought at Bunnings for $20.00, was $30.00 there. So we figured everything else would be overpriced too.

I had to buy a little step stool to get up into the van more easily and that took hours to find. The fire extinguisher was easy - and fairly reasonable too.

...and we haven't even got half the stuff yet!!

Getting Ready

Spent all day today with the Charity Golf Day for the Dallarnil Lodge. Ended up doing the cooking! Me - a useless cook - never mind, all I had to do was turn over the steaks. Everybody enjoyed them so they must have been good.

TOMORROW , we can start on our list of things to be done. Everything just takes so long. I have to register the Van early cos it comes due when we're on our travels, and I can't do that till Tuesday. Our tolls have to be topped up, and I have to learn to use the mobile phone. So far, my texting is crap!

here 'tis. Our home for the next few months, and hopefully our little van will get us to new spots.

there and back again....

ahhh. I've found you. I need to have a blog for my trip and thought I'd reactivate this one - if i can remember where to find it. Then I can give eople the URL, and they can see where we are. :-)

Maybe. If i can work out what to do.