Heading North

The caravan is hitched up and we are on the road heading for the Northern Territory, and the warm weather. We reached Glendambo for the first night after starting out at 7:30 am, just as the sun came up. The pic shows the outback from the Navara window near Pimba

First destination is Alice Springs, we expect to be there by Wednesday. We will stay there for the trials and then move further north.

Point Lowly

We went touring along the coast on our day off from trialling. The pic shows the cormorants near the lighthouse at Point Lowly.
The trip home became a bit exciting when the electric brakes stopped working. It looks like the brake controller is on the blink because the manual over-ride works, but the normal braking does not. It is quite noticeable when you suddenly find you have 2 tons of caravan with no brakes pushing from behind, especially when some boy racer cuts in front of you at the traffic lights. The next trip will be to the Northern Territory in a couple of weeks, so I will have to get them fixed. Kathy is looking at doing some modification to the Annex as the wind caused the walls to flap because we could not tension the walls. Just extending the side wall so that we can wrap it round the awning poles should make it a lot sturdier.
The BBQ worked well and the Barossa Red was perfect.

Whyalla

We are in Whyalla for the dog trials. Our plans to go to WA had to be abandoned due to Hannah getting SRMA (See Tiffany's Blog, link on the left of the page).
The Supreme has been parked under cover since Easter, so we are still testing out the new van. The Ego Mover has been installed, and we are now able to move the van in to its parking space just with a remote control button.
The BBQ that was installed in the van will get it's first test at cooking tonight. The pic shows the BBQ out in the open just in front of the annex.
Tiffany is competing in Excellent Jumping and Agility while Hannah is having her first attempt at CCD. Check the dog blog for the results later.
The reverse cycle air conditioner worked well last night in Port Germein, it was cold outside, but toasty warm inside and stayed warm all night.
Well, time to open a red and fire up the BBQ.