1st - 7th September

Monday 1st

Ross took the Disco in to the mechanics today to see what they think before we leave on our trip- guess what??!! They reckon there is still something wrong with it!! AAGGHH!

Still not 100% sure, so they have disconnected the oil cooler to see if that is the problem. Ross will take it back tomorrow for them to look at and decide whether to take the head off.

Tuesday 2nd

Well, it wasn't the oil cooler, so the head came off! Damn - more delays! They have sent it away for testing.

Got a phone call from Fred and Jude today. They have left already and we will have to catch up with them somewhere along the line, but they have had a delay themselves with a broken windscreen and they have to wait a few days for it to turn up!

Wednesday 3rd

Got a call from the mechanics today and the head is kaput. We need to get a new one, but a brand newie is $5000.00, so we shopped around and found a good second had one for $1600.00 - much better. Ross will pick it up in the morning and put it back on and hopefully all will go smoothly and we will be away by Friday. I am not getting my hopes up at this stage, because nothing has gone to plan so far!

We also borrowed a projector from a friend of Dale's (my brother), and put a piccie of Australia on the side of our van so we can keep a record of where we have been - looks great - takes up the whole side of the van!! We also had our web address put on the back of the van as well as our UHF channel (40).

Thursday 4th

Ross decided to send the new second had head off to be tested before he puts it back on the car - hate to go through all this again.....

Friday 5th

The head came back and has checked out fine, but the gaskets haven't turned up because the courier company went on strike! It's a conspiracy! Looks like we are here till next week now.

Sunday 7th

Father's day. We had a whole bunch of family around for a BBQ lunch - we had a great day. I think there were about 18 of us all told.