Sunday, 13 July 2014

Dr Bob - Sunday a day of rest

Duds has found he doesn't have enough power for his fridge so was relieved when two couples who had been using the power points in the camp kitchen moved on today, allowing him to move in, as per photos.


A couple with a Jayco van found on arrival that their microwave had fallen out and something else had come loose so they were waiting an extra week to put the van on the ship back to Cairns at $550.
Loads of washing were done then after lunch a trip to Loyalty Beach and a visit to a few plane wreck sites from WW2.
The bush in this area was literally covered in 44 gallon drum fuel dumps. The DC3 crashed killing everyone on board, so this site is a memorial to them and is a bit emotional whilst the Beaufighter appears to have crashed without any loss of life. The bush here is virtually impenetrable, so I can only just imagine what it would be like trying to find anyone who parachuted out of the plane. Following this trek is was back to camp as it was time to put the roast on for tonight's dinner. I really hate this roughing it!!!! 
At $2.30 for local fuel I found a good reason to empty the jerry-can but still spent a fortune filling the rest of the tanks all the same.
Later in the day I went for a walk along the beach and met a lovely lady and her daughter. If you think we are wimps for not doing the Old Telegraph Track read carefully.
This family got almost to the end of the track but when crossing a river one of the front tires came off the rim, making it a bit uncontrollable, resulting in them falling into a very deep hole which flooded the whole car. After many attempts to pull them out, they eventually made it to dry land, but of course the engine was kaput!!!! and the whole car a write-off.
A Hilux decided not to do the crossing, as you would if you had just seen the previous mishap occur, so they turned around, only to roll-over in another river crossing on the way back and float down the river.

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