Day 86 – The fridge needs to be fixed

Monday, 20 September 2010

We had to take the fridge in to be looked at this morning, as it is just not working properly. Not only does it not freeze anything, but even the little bit of margarine that we have left would not reset after going soft. We kept it in the camper trailer (the enclosed bit where we sleep) since we arrived here to keep it out of the wind and the sun to see if that helped and it hasn’t. Have no idea how much this is going to cost, but they said a 48 hour turn around, so we should get it back Wednesday morning. So for now we are using the esky Nathan found in Broome with a bag of ice. We got our 9kg gas bottle refilled for $39.95, takes first place for the dearest! I asked at the IGA out of curiosity when I bought the ice and it would have cost $48 there! Holy crap. That is 3 times what we pay at home.

We took the kids for a play in the park at Town Beach. The water park was closed for maintenance, but the kids played in there all the same, it just didn’t have water spurting out of all of the equipment. The view from the playground is awesome. The wind is blowing here as well so I guess there is just no getting away from it.

When we got back to Quondong, we went for a swim and a walk north up the beach. We found Adam and Linda had found a nice little place to camp up this end of the beach, and they are quite sheltered. We chatted to them until just before the sunset and then hiked it back up the beach to camp before the sun went down. It is quite a fair walk especially with two children that don’t want to walk! I did make it back just in time to grab the camera for sunset after leaving Nathan and the kids on the beach as Elokin needed to do a poo urgently.

Expenses to date:

Diesel             2484.19 L      $3805.97       13224.9kms

Petrol boat     115.08L          $175.82

Gas                                         $140.45

Take Away                             $194.85

Groceries                               $1534.38

Ferries & Permits                 $320.00

Accommodation                    $464.60

Parts & Repairs                    $562.90

Until next time…. Happy and Safe Travels.

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