The way to Queensland wasn’t too pleasant for couple of reasons. Once again we had hundreds of k’s through uneventful desert and also our car wasn’t very happy. Somewhere along the way we picked up some really dodgy fuel and every 200 km or so our car choked on it. Which meant that we had to pulled over, jump out of the car, move the driver’s seat, get the fuel filter out, clean it, put it back in, put the seat back in, jump in the car and go on. Despite numerous tank refills the dirt must have been sitting in the tank as it remained a regular cycle all the way to Mt Isa. Also during one of our repair stops Gordie didn’t close his door and a road train went by and nearly ripped our door off. So Gordie spent the evening aligning them back into position where he can close them. On a more positive note we pulled up at a car wreckers in the middle of nowhere as we saw the same model as our car in the yard. There wasn’t much left of it but it had a decent radiator and they let us have it if we pull it out ourselves. As ours may not have much life in it Gordie did just that and we got ourselves a free second hand radiator. Also thank to the hot weather up here we had plenty of opportunities to test out our en-suite camping option.
Cesta do Queenslandu nebyla nic moc z nekolika duvodu. Opet jsme jeli pres celkem nezazivnou poust a nasemu auto se to moc nelibilo. Cestou jsme totiz nekde nabrali smejdskej benzin a kazdych zhruba 200km se nam na nem auto zakuckalo. Takze jsme museli vyskocit z auta, vyklonit sedadlo na strane ridice, vyndat filtr, vycistit, dat filtr zpatky, dat sedadlo zpatky, naskocit do auta a pokracovat v ceste. ackoliv jsme tankovali mnohokrat, ta spina zrejme furt sedi v nadrzi a tudiz jsme tento ritual opakovali kazdych 200km celou cestu do Mt Isa. Navic behem jedne takove zastavky Gordie nezavrel svoje dvere a prohnal se kolem nas nakladak. No a vitr, ktery takova obluda pri 130km/h dokaze zvednout nam ty dvere malem urval. Gordie tak stravil cely vecer opravami, aby mohl dvere zase zavrit. Nicmene melo to i sve pozitivni stranky. Cestou jsme minuli vrakoviste aut uprostred niceho a zahlidli jsme tam stejny model jako je to nase. Po kratke domluve nas nechali ho prohlidnout a objevili jsme na nem chladic v slusne kondici. Nas chladic pomalu starne a po dalsi kratke domluve nam spravce rekl, ze pokud si ten chladic vymontujem sami, tak si ho muzem nechat. Zhruba za hodinu jsme odtamtud odjizdeli s nahradnim chladicem zdarma. V mistnim tropickem podnebi jsme navic meli moznost vyzkouset nasi mobilni koupelnu.
Nejodlehlejsi semafor v Australii
Our new radiator from the blue beauty in the background
Chladic, ktery nam darovala ta modra kraska v pozadi
The result of car frustrations. The book in his hand is the hi ace manual
Vysledek nekonecnych oprav. V ruce Gordie drzi navod k obsluze naseho auta
En-suite van / Auto s koupelnou
Australian outback / Australske pustiny
A hranice s Queenslandem
Wow, you guys have come so far!
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