We had assumed that Tim and Bec with the kids would be well on their way south so were not expecting them to walk in to Winnebago when we were back to pick up the van. However, they had decided to upgrade their vehicle, which is no longer suitable for travelling long-term with two young children and had gone the whole hog and bought a Longreach -- a beautiful Winnebago model, but rather larger than what they had and therefore the whole deal hinged on Tim passing his MR (medium rigid) licence to allow him to drive it. This is the next stage up from our LR (light rigid). We spent quite some time with them as they booked into the caravan park we were staying in and we agonised with them. What if he didn't pass and had already bought it? Should they buy it anyway and get someone to accompany them further south where he could take the test again? We could only listen and sympathise with their quandary and put in our tuppence-worth where we thought it might help. Anyway, Tim sat his test yesterday and passed, so all the agonising is over and we are so happy for them. We are hoping we will meet up one last time before they go south and we go back up north.
We are marking time at the moment until we can get into our Dingo Beach house. It has tenants until the 28th but we feel we really need to see it properly and stay in it even for just a week as we probably want to sell it. That way we can really assess its state and see what needs to be done. It is keeping us late for getting up to the Top End, however. Just today, we got a surprise phone call from Winnebago offering us a new, very sturdy tap, in view of all the bother we have had! They have finally decided to ditch Dometic because of all the problems so many people have had (how many times have we asked ourselves why they didn't do just that?) and although they cannot replace ALL the faulty ones, they consider that we deserve one. It has to be installed by a Winnebago dealer, however, and since they are thin on the ground in this part of Australia we will have to go back to Townsville. It is not a big drama as we have to go back up that way anyway when we leave Dingo Beach. It will be worth it to have no more tap problems but will add another day before we head west.
At the moment we are in a little place called Midge Point, just south of Proserpine. We used to sometimes come down this way when we were at Dingo but we have not seen the caravan park until now. It is really delightful, very close to the beach and full of birds, which of course pleases us. We have no fixed plan of where we will go next.
We are marking time at the moment until we can get into our Dingo Beach house. It has tenants until the 28th but we feel we really need to see it properly and stay in it even for just a week as we probably want to sell it. That way we can really assess its state and see what needs to be done. It is keeping us late for getting up to the Top End, however. Just today, we got a surprise phone call from Winnebago offering us a new, very sturdy tap, in view of all the bother we have had! They have finally decided to ditch Dometic because of all the problems so many people have had (how many times have we asked ourselves why they didn't do just that?) and although they cannot replace ALL the faulty ones, they consider that we deserve one. It has to be installed by a Winnebago dealer, however, and since they are thin on the ground in this part of Australia we will have to go back to Townsville. It is not a big drama as we have to go back up that way anyway when we leave Dingo Beach. It will be worth it to have no more tap problems but will add another day before we head west.
At the moment we are in a little place called Midge Point, just south of Proserpine. We used to sometimes come down this way when we were at Dingo but we have not seen the caravan park until now. It is really delightful, very close to the beach and full of birds, which of course pleases us. We have no fixed plan of where we will go next.
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