Would you learn from previous mistakes ??

Lets rewind…. Easter 2013. A trip over to Brisbane from Innaminka SA, where we decided to stretch the diesel to the next bowser. 40km’s from our destination (dead flat road, no camper, no boat) and the fuel light shines bright. Lucky that day we made our destination before the big Trol decided to die of thirst.

Fast forward…. December 21^st 2013. Coonabarabran to Gilgandra = 93 km and we decided to punch on with a ¼ tank of diesel. Five mountain ranges and 33km into the 93km trip, Matt says “Shit, we are nearly out of juice – we’re turning around”. So back we go to Coonabarabran. Every down hill decent we pick up speed…..110….120…130km’s per hour to hit the uphill incline at 60km per hour without staining the poor Trol.

I think its fair to say we have certainly learnt our lesson FOR NOW!!

As I write this, Matt asks where the nearest Servo is because the tank is 1/3 full with 110km’s to the next main town!! Should we push on?

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We arrived in Parkes from Coonabarabran to find that the Goobang National Park was closed due to recent fires. This was going to be home for the night, but instead we pulled into the Spicer Park Caravan Park for a decent shower and toilets for the first time since leaving home – how spoilt are we!

A lazy coffee for breakfast on Sunday morning after a late night at Spicer Park on Cleve’s good old home brewed Bundy. Enough said! The trip from Parkes to Tocumwal could not have gone quick enough, but we finally made it there and parked up next to the Murray River on the Victorian side of the boarder.

Tocumwal Murray River Camp Site

Our Tassie travelling buddies joined us next to the Murray this afternoon with their three very energetic boys. They are an endless source of entertainment and laughter. Matt can’t wait to get them out in the boating bending rods!

We discovered two things over the last few days:-

1)   Don’t bother replacing a cracked windscreen before a trip around Australia. Trucks throw up very BIG stones!

One O’Brien sticker just wasn’t going to cut it!

2)   Don’t pack a $700 fishing rod next to moving draws. Clothes Draw: 1, Fishing Rod: 0 (or 3, if you count the amount of pieces the rod is now in).

NOT HAPPY about the rod!