Waving goodbye to Caiguna and watching the petrol price climb- $1.95(one of the joys of going outback) we headed off expecting to get to Eucla or Bordertown for the night.
A stop for morning tea has become a ritual for us when on the road, it gives Les a rest from driving and Sam can have a good wander around. We had pulled into a cosy roadside bay when none other than Geoff and Jill pull in. They were expecting to head to Eucla for lunch and then go further before stopping for the night as they were trying to get across to SA at a faster rate than us. After another good chat we headed off separately, Geoff and Jill going first.
Needing fuel we stopped at Mundrabilla to top up (grabbed some awesome chips while we were there!) and only 35kms from Eucla saw Geoff and Jill in a parking bay, we presumed them to be having lunch, so with a toot and a wave we sailed right past and didn't expect to see them again that day.
Ignoring the bad reviews about Eucla we had a look for ourselves and were very happy with what we saw, water views, clean amenities and good TV reception. Booking in for 2 nights we set up the TV to get the first day of the Ashes Test which was starting the next day, when you wouldn't believe it.....Geoff pulled in on his own. It turns out that when they had stopped for lunch Jill had noticed smoke coming from one of the vans wheels......they had seized a bearing and it needed repairing before they could continue. Geoff was organised enough to be carrying a bearing kit but the nut had seized on so tight be needed more tools to get it off before any repairs could be done. They are RAA members so armed with some tools we could offer him, Geoff headed back to the van (and Jill) to continue with the repairs whilst we organised the local RAC man to go out and help. We didn't see them again that day but they knew we were staying on for another night and promised to let us know when they were ok, which happened at 1pm the following day.
They were back on the road and full of jokes about the experience, Jill hadn't wasted her time and had re-done her hair colour whilst stranded. Parting ways again they headed off to get some more miles under their belts whilst we settled in for more cricket and a much needed rest day.
THE VIEW FROM OUR WINDOW AT EUCLA CARAVAN PARK
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