Darwin With Caravan

The caravan is in Darwin. The pic shows it set up on our site in Coolalinga. The annex side is up, the extension at the front is blocking the afternoon sun and the shade cloth at the side protects the fridge and the side from the sun. Much more comfortable than the tent, and the dogs have a big run in the shade behind the dog fence.
The total cost of repairs came to around $5000, including flying up a new spring, replacing failed bushes, re-setting the springs and towing to Threeways where we picked it up. Re-setting the springs was the critical part as the sagging springs caused all the problems in the first place.
The caravan shop here had a tube for the interior light that had blown in Ipswich at half the cost advertised elsewhere, so at least that bit saved us some money :-).
Now we are waiting on getting the air conditioner repaired. It breaks down once a year and decided that Darwin would be  a good place for this year's holiday. I called two air conditioner repairers from the Ibis Aircommand (the manufacturer) web site, but obviously they don't work week ends in Darwin, so we will have to wait until Monday.
Big decisions coming up now. We are due to leave Darwin for Perth on 5th August, but our confidence in the caravan is at an all time low. The man next door came from Perth and said the roads are good. We have to be in Perth for October,  but if the van breaks down again on the North West coast we would not have enough money to repair it. The temptation is to go directly back to Adelaide, get the van thoroughly checked out then dash across the Nullabor for our commitments in Perth.