Monday 18.01.2016: Where does one begin - the dedicated traveller checks their vehicle thoroughly before all road trips, ensures every mechanical and technical aspect of the motorhome is in pristine working order - and then there are the Leyland Sisters! Yep, did make an effort and booked the motorhome in on departure day to have the pre-ordered windscreen wipers changed! Arrived at the mechanics at 9.00am:
1. Wrong wipers.
2. Ring Mercedes - correct wipers, but still cannot fit them!
3. After an hour, return home to pack the motorhome for departure. Received a call, may be able to modify and fit the wipers.
4. NO - need a completely new fitting, will not even note the cost of this exercise!
5. Oh, have to order the replacement, "ha, hope it doesn't rain in Tamworth!"
6. Checked the gas bottles at home and discovered that gas was leaking from one of the cylinders. 'Swap and Go' a full bottle believing it to be faulty and had the smaller one filled.
Good to go, but by the time we exited LTP it was midday! So much for an early start. We finally arrived at the First Fleet camping area at Wallabadah ($10.00 daily donation), and proceeded to set up - it was then discovered through the highly sophisticated water and washing up liquid test that gas was actually leaking from the fittings and not the cylinders. Okay, how does one keep the food frozen with no gas. It was at this point that Carole threw a major "hissy fit" believing that Sybil had burred the fittings when changing the gas cylinders. Did keep fellow travellers entertained and overall it could be understated that the day had not run particularly smoothly!
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