Warning the following blog contains nudity...lol
Today bought a few issues and surprises. We had a relaxed start to the day and James decided that he would get the Twine Shower system finished and going so we could use it. The plumbing was going well and the hoses that took us so long to find worked out perfect but it was while I was under the car I noticed that our front passengers shock had no bolt or bush in it. It was kind of just dangling there doing not a lot. Now we had heard a noise coming from under that side but ever since we have had it it has made a noise so we thought not a lot of it and James had even had a quick look but found nothing. So you can imagine his surprise when I pointed it out. So we finished what we were doing packed up the tools and headed into Gladstone to find out the nearest mechanic or suspension place at worst it was going to be 140kms back to Launceston. The ladies at Gladstone were not a lot of help but I was sure someone in Scottsdale would be able to assist us. On our travels I asked the help of Marcus and again he has proved how much of a great guy he is. Within minutes he has a name and address of someone who could help us (THANKS MARCUS). So Don at the BP servo put together a new bush and got a bolt to fit and put it all back together. Now this all wouldn’t be so bad except the suspension is only 1 month old so we will be calling them on return and getting them to fix it properly for FREE. It was just plain stupid that it would fall out so quickly.
Anyways we then headed back towards camp but took a detour and headed northwest of where we are camped to Cape Portland and into Petal Point and Little Mussleroe Bay camping areas. When we got down to Petal point there was not another soul to be seen and the water at the beach was just so clear so we decided that with the car on the sand it was time for a quick swim. Though we had left all our gear back at camp we figured you can’t let a little thing like lack of swimmers get in the way of a good time. Well it was very cool so we didn’t stay in long and then found some rocks to sit on to dry off before re clothing and heading on to further look around. The views off the top of this area were amazing you couldn’t get any further north in this part of the world or you would fall into the sea. We then had a look at little Mussleroe bay and had we seen it first we would have swam there it was so protected and just as nice and the camping area near is our pick of camping for next time it is beside a shallow clear blue lake and was stunning.
We headed back to camp and put on a fire started cooking the lamb stew and had our first HOT showers off the Twine which were a real treat. Now we are going to sit back relax listen to the waves and keep warm by the fire.
Us2martins fixin and explorin in Tassie.
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