We spend two
nights at Tannum Sands and there we got to experience the start of the summer
heat. So we decided to travel south and to head north again sometimes in the
autumn. Our plan now is to travel south and get jobs.
We drove 662
km the first day of driving south. The car handled the heat very well. But
right before we came to Murwillumba long queues started. We were driving in
2km/h for more than 2 hours. After that the car struggled with the heat and we decided
to stop along the way to let it cool down a bit. Then the blinkers stopped
working, closed circuit after one part of the lights electrics melted. So after
sleeping on a free camper spot we went to an auto mechanic in Tweed Heads.
There we got help and on Monday we have an appointment to get the blinkers
fixed and a full service on the car. We have learned that air conditions in
older cars doesn’t work as good as newer ones, it’s more like it doesn’t work
at all, hehe. So when they put A/C in the car ad when we bought the car they
used the term A/C to its widest extent. So when we got two days to wait for our
car appointment we drove to Nimbin again thinking Tweed Heads was too big a
place as we were looking for a smaller and calmer place to be.
Car repairment,
Tweed Heads, 04.12.2012
It was summer
in Nimbin also, so hot that we spend the time swimming in the pool, drinking
cold beverages and sitting in the shade looking at all the people enjoying the
skating park there. The skaters impressed me, skating in the heat, I had
problems just thinking without breaking a sweat. So our activity level wasn’t
high this weekend, but we enjoyed our stay there very much this time as well. I
just love the atmosphere in Nimbin, everything is so relaxed and lay-back
there. We woke up 05.30 on Monday, packed our things and headed in to Tweed
Heads for our car appointment. First we went to a car electrician and they did
some testing and change a part and then the blinkers were working again. Then
we went back to Tweed City Auto and John that had helped us on Friday. He made
time for a quick check-up on our car even though he was fully booked and very
busy. He checked the car and fixed some small details. He said that the car was
in very good conditions for its age. Then we got some tips on what to look out
for in older cars and how to drive wisely in the heat. For all this work and
service both days and the car electrician’s services it cost us all together
under 80 dollars. That surprised me, because Australia is according some
experts I saw on TV the third most expensive country in the world after Norway
and Switzerland. In Norway you won’t even get to know the name of the person
who is fixing your car for 80 dollars…
We got on our
way again by 11.00 and had our coolest day driving so far, we drove totally 630
km this day and it was cloudy all the way. Sweet! We stopped and slept in
Forster, beautiful area right before Port Stephens. We are planning to drive a
bit along the cost today if it’s possible before taking the motorway through
Sydney.
Pebbly Beach, 05.12.2012
We drove 360
km yesterday, slept in a town called Bulli, drove 200 km today and are now
camping at Pebbly Beach near Durras North and Durras South. The beach is a part
of Murramarang National Park. The nature never stops to amaze me. We have been
driving along the North Coast and South Coast these days and this is really a
scenic route. One view after the other takes your breath away. We have just
been walking along the Pebbly Beach, it’s so beautiful here. The nature is so
grand that it makes me emotional. I just stood on the beach looking at this
amazing scenery wondering why nature isn’t used more in health work. When you
are places like here it touches something in you and it’s really impossible to
be sad, angry, depressed, hateful or any other negative feeling. What I felt
standing there was calmness, gratitude, humbleness, love and I was totally at
ease (as in the opposite of disease). There are also a lot of kangaroos here,
we have just seen a few yet, but the few we saw were grassing right beside our
campsite. Tomorrow we are going hiking to see more of this park and wildlife.
06.12.2012
Freezing two
nights in a row, have we made a wrong decision heading south?
JT
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