On the road again... again!

Lulu rides again! But first, a quick overview of our time at Rolleston. Three nights in all were spent camped in the machinery yard owned by Greg aka Crusty our friendly tow truck driver. And why wouldn't he be friendly, he made about $1000 from RACT towing us around! He even let us off the $100 that RACT wouldn't cover. He wasn't a bad bloke and we appreciate everything he did for us. Our fellow campers were numerous and liked to take a dip in the evenings, much to our inconvenience.

Still we got along very well. Cant say much for this next fellow tho who didn't appreciate Bronson getting too close with the camera!

We took in the sites of lovely Rolleston on day 2. Took us all of 5 minutes to walk from one side to the other. And back! Unfortunately the local eatery "Corrugated Cuisine" had closed it's doors so we were unable to sample whatever road kill they may have been serving. We did manage however to trap us a few nice big red claw crayfish which we had for an entree last night. Then this morning it was time to load Lulu back onto the truck for the 140km trip to Emerald and salvation!

Yes, it was raining. We feared that the rivers may have risen enough to trap us in Rolleston but it was not to be and we finally made it to Repco in Emerald where we bid our farewells to Crusty and his rig. We picked up our new coil from Repco, bolted it in and turned the key. Nothing! Turns out the old one was fine and the problem lay somewhere else. Bugger. We were now stuck in Emerald and every mechanic was booked solid until after Easter. A final phone call and a quick explanation of the problem had a helpful mechanic telling us to replace the condenser and points. Luckily Repco had the bits in stock and after fitting them Lulu was up and running!

A very happy Bronson showing his relief in spite of being saturated. So, off to the Supermarket for supplies and then we got the fudge outta there before we could be flooded in. 170kms later and we're in a free campsite located at Duaringa about 100km west of Rockhampton. We'll make our way to the coast tomorrow and push northwards despite the threatening weather. Looks like we're in for alot more rain but we shant admit defeat just yet. Stay tuned for more soggy adventures!