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Hi guys,
Wow, the preparations for this trip have been hectic to say the very least! Found out 2 days prior to commencing the trip that the brand new suspension airbags on our '89 Toyota 4 Runner (lovingly known as The Beast) had failed and we needed to take a 200 km round trip to have them prepared. All good, or so we thought, until we got home and tried to adjust them and found they were still leaking air! Another 200km round trip the next day (when we were supposed to be heading off) and the problem was finally fixed. Guess what? The airconditioning belt broke during the trip to get the airbags fixed...not great news but we were still able to drive the car, just not use the aircon. The extra day for trip preparation was great though and we were a lot more relaxed when we headed off this morning.
It was really raining hard all last night so were very excited to do our first water crossing 100 metres from our front gate! All was going well until Smiley looked at the elecric brake controller to find that it wasn't working after being checked only a few days ago...grrrr. Drove to Heywood so dad and Smiley could have a tinker and they got it up and running - legends! Made our way through to South Australia and got as far as Millicent when the temperature gauge started to go haywire. Ok, is this car cursed or what? Called RAA and found that the problem is either in the water pump or the thermostat so we are stuck in Millicent for one night at least. Luckily we upgraded our RACV cover to Total Care so we have been put up for the night in a nice, big family room. Sure feels luxurious compared to our wee camper. Kids have a room to themselves, good heating, Nickelodeon on TV so it's pretty easy to turn this negative into a positive!
We shall have a couple of cans to celebrate being stuck in Millicent and ponder what joys tomorrow will bring.
Nite all
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Pooky Love it!!!!!!!!!' lol
Kazza Hehe farout!! Hope that's the last of bad luck :-/ things goes in threes :)) xxx
pauline Omg things can only get better go dandies!!!