Our trip is getting closer. We went to Gympie over the weekend to meet up with everyone who was coming. This way we could organise who's bringing what.
We lobbed up there, a little after 9am at the workshop.
One of the guys who's coming along, is a mechanic. He's offered his services to tune up all the vehicles. So Chris took up that opportunity and boy was he glad about that. A few minor problems could have turned into a few MAJOR problems down the track. So he was very happy that it was looked at. And one of the other guys who was getting his truck tuned up as well,....well, he's in for a whole new engine. He WAS going to wait until he came back, but there's some major problems with his valves, so now he's at home doing the mad scramble trying to get a new engine put in AND tested before the trip.
Us girls?....well,...there was a mall just two blocks away, so we covered the mall from one end to other. And then we went into town to do some MAJOR retail therapy. We found lots of bargains.
Later that night, we stayed at one of the couple's home. They put on a WONDERFUL B.B.Q. We had two roasts with all the trimmings in a 'bush' BBQ. ( a 40 gal. drum) It was quite cool that night, but a good time was had by all. Chris and I slept on the floor in the loungeroom right next to the combustion heater. (oh yeah!)
Next day, back the trucks went to finish their service.
Chris was very impressed about the machinery they used, and also, the Scout's performance.
Oh!....and on the way up to Gympie?, we came up with the name Virgil for the Scout. Yes, yes, thank you,....I picked it. Chris is still deciding if he wants....oh never mind, who am I kidding?....I LIKED Virgil....I just shortened to Virg. LOL Well, let's just say it's undecided for the moment. Anyway, Saturday, us girls headed back into town for more retail therapy and to 'do' morning tea. A cup of coffee and caramel tarts. Oh yeah!....my kind of therapy!
We headed out of Gympie around late lunch and went off the beaten tracks, heading for Toowoomba. Virgil did really good! We bounced along and I DO MEAN bounced! And the views were great. I was hoping we'd see some deer, but it must have been too early in the day yet. Ah, well.
It was pretty fun travelling off the beaten track like that. It gave the Scout, I mean Virg, a chance to show off.
We had to stop along the way as the other couple we were with, had something hanging off their chassis. When we stopped,...there were cows in the paddock who came running over to the trucks. They thought we had hay or grain, I guess. It's a bit unnerving to have large bullocks running at you. I'm just glad I stayed in the truck.
Well, the weekend finished off with us visiting friends in Toowoomba. We stayed at our old family friend's house. We had a really great visit. We stayed up to 1:30 in the morning, talking and talking. I could have talked all night; there was so much to catch up on. And we went to Sizzler's in the morning for breakky. I have never eaten so much! Toowoomba FINALLY started serving breakfasts in their restaurants! And with all the people I saw in that restaurant, it definitely was worth it. And a couple of hours later, we caught up with another friend and 'did' lunch. We were STUFFED! Whew! Chris and I didn't need to eat anything for dinner. It was so good to catch up with friends this weekend, AND meet new ones.
We have worked out what we DO need to take, and just how much room we have. So there's some adjustments to be made. Apparently, the temperatures in the desert can get down to -15 C.
........... Long-johns.....check! ......Ugg(h) boots........definitely check!!.......
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