22 Dec to 2 January
As we entered Adelaide, apart from navigating our way to the Caravan Park, I was also on the lookout for a 4WD place to buy a new VSR (see last post). So when I saw a sign ''dual battery specialist” I didn't hesitate to swing out of the peak hour traffic and into the small yard. On hearing my problem, the proprietor began a long story with pictures, the short version being that the type of controller I was using was no good and ruined batteries and that I should buy a $500 device he stocks which is fantastic. I was convinced, but also thought it unlikely the next buyer of Twiggy will be. Anyway he agreed to install it for a minimal cost so we proceeded to operate. Unfortunately the fantastic device, once installed an hour later, didn't work. Another 2 hours on and two more fantastic devices tried and still no joy so we raced off to try to check in to the caravan park before the office closed, with the non-working device on board but not paid for, and a promise we'd sort it out in the morning. Of course it was a simple wiring mistake and the specialist rang up to tell me so while I started cooking dinner in the dark and the boys put up the tent.
Next morning we picked up the girls from the nearby airport, did our shopping and were looking forward to a relaxing day when we found out that the caravan park had put us on a site where we couldn't extend. Not feeling like packing up just to move site, we had a frantic morning getting everything done and packing up to leave. Maggie and the kids packed up while I drove back to the dual battery specialist to have the magic device correctly wired and to pay up. All done, we picked up few a few more supplies and wended our way south out of the city, down the Fleurieau Penninsula to Deep Creek National Park.
After pitching our first camp as a reassembled family on cobblers hill, we drove the 4wd track down to blowhole beach.
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| From Blowhole Beach |
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