25 April 2012

Day 1 - 24th April 2012
Started the day off on the wrong foot with a minor technical hitch. Brake lights on the van wouldn't work. After rewiring the plug and not finding anything other than a dicky pin on the moulding of the plug. That was fun in the dark! All was good and got away at around 0600 about an hour later than we intended.
Had a good run. Happy with fuel consumption - averaging 14.5 litres / 100 km fully laden.
Pulled up stumps at the rest area on the banks of the Boyne River. Rocked up at 1745. We covered around 900 km in the day.
This trip is a dry run for us in preparation for our trip to The Kimberley and NT later this year, so we timed ourselves from stop to build the house to feeding our faces. I laid the foundations and wired it while Judy built the roof gave it a lick of paint while putting dinner on.  Within 30 mins, we were eating.
Looking forward to a solid night's kip.

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