Monday 19th: Woke up to a frosty morning.
Frosty morning.
The children ran down through the paddock to see the horses, in their pyjamas!
Have you heard the one about…
… and he said “stop horsing around!”.
We drove from Three Waters to Dubbo. The road wound its way through the Great Dividing Range through some of the most breathtaking scenery we’ve seen on this trip.
We had a bit of a scare when Mitzi’s warning lights (engine, ABS, and Traction Control) came on. The same thing happened near Katherine, and when we had the car checked they said that the car was fine. The engine light went out after they had checked the engine. So today we stopped, switched off the engine then restarted, the ABS and Traction Control lights went out but the engine light stayed on. So we drove on to Dubbo and set up the trailer.
Tuesday 20th: Up very early and took Mitzi to the garage to have her engine checked. The problem was a faulty sensor. The mechanic plugged his laptop in under the Dashboard, ran some checks and updated some software. Voila! Problem solved.
Today was the longest driving day we’ve had on this trip. We drove to Ouyen in Victoria to see Linda and Danny, who used to be our neighbors in West Harptree, in the UK. We arrived at 7:30PM, very tired but delighted to see our old friends.
If you are still with Linda and Danny say hello from us!
Another set of fantastic photos.
Love
Mum
Nice to read about the rest of the travels. How is Perth? We’re in Darwin and it pouring rain. Hoping he wet season hasn’t arrived early!
Keep an eye on that abs light issue if you still have the car. One day in Broome the abs, traction control and handbrake lights all came on when I was driving our mitsubishi. Shortly after there was a long loud beeping tone and then all the brakes failed! Managed to stop the car ok and get towed to the garage. Turned out the relay switch had flipped upside down and water had got in to it. We were lucky we were in Broome!
Take care
Helen