Returned to Base

We are back home again, and straight back into the routines. Dog activities on the week end, training on Monday and Tuesday and Rotary tonight.

Several things have come up after the 12000km trip. There is a lot of work to do on the caravan, some of which will be expensive, some will be time consuming and some are just fixing poor design.

Good news is the van and Navara  drove very well for the entire trip returning a much better fuel consumption than we have ever had, thanks to Turbo Tune fixing the air flow monitor, and Complete Laser Alignment Service for getting the caravan wheels pointing the right way. Mt Isa to Alice Springs (1500km) did 16.5 litres per 100 km on this trip, on previous trips it was in the mid 20s.

Road rules about lane markings vary from state to state. In Queensland a single broken line means " Do not overtake", a solid line next to a broken line means "Overtake with caution" and a double solid line means "Overtake anytime as it is not possible for anything to be coming from the opposite direction". No wonder the Bruce Highway is considered one of the most dangerous roads in Australia. Not blaming all Queensland drivers, it is just that Queensland seems to have far more idiots with driving licences than the rest of Australia.

Next trip will be just a short one into Victoria for a couple of weeks, dog trials again.