Today saw Donna jump ship as she decided she needed some air-conditioned comfort and she joined the Ned Kelly gang for the day. This left Wiggo, Patty & JoJo in Car4744 & Wiggo decided it was the girls turn to drive again so Patty took first shift with JoJo taking over after lunch.
The roads were a shocker today with ninety percent of it corrugated. It shook every nut & bolt loose in the car, and a few of our bones as well. We were even called upon to help fix a car broken down on the side of the road. As always JoJo was hands on, helping out wherever she could. The best piece of advice we were given 'if it can't be fixed with a hammer then it's not worth fixing'. Advice that JoJo took to heart. It wasn't long & the car was back on the road.
After thinking that we had made it to day 9 without any real issues, trouble struck & we blew a tyre. Not to worry, Barney was on hand to offer he's advice & assistance to Wiggo to change the tyre.
Not more than an two hours later & we blew a second tyre.
After such a horrendous start to the day it was great to find a creek with clear running water so Wiggo & JoJo, along with a few other 'bashers' took the opportunity for a cool down.
One of the teams decided that their car needed a cool down as well and drove their car into the creek.
The car was towed out & went onto finish the bash without any problems.
With no more spare tyres it was a slow trip into Mareeba as we could afford to blow another tyre. It was dark by the time we got to the Rodeo Drive In and set up camp. We had a wonderful dinner, a hot shower & settled in to watch Grease.
Can't wait to bring you our final day of the 2013 bash.
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