Thread: Bundalenes Daughters 130 repair job

We're back ....................

The trip to Gapuwiyak, Arnhem Land went very well - almost without incident.

We had 2 problems that come to mind - all the lights stopped working at Cammoweal Western Qld, after we stopped for dinner. The problem finished up being a bad connection on the light fuse under the drivers seat. To get going I ran a strap from the fuse to the light switch and diagnosed the problem when we got to Gapuwiyak. This held us up for a bit under an hour.

Secondly the wheel nuts on the rear pas side came loose at Pine Creek, after having driven over 4000kms. We picked up the problem quickly, tightened them without and damage. This was probably due to wearing away paint on the newly painted wheels.

The 130 went very well with exception of the high gearing of the transfer box, which struggled a bit, mainly when we were driving into some strong head winds.


Day 1 there is little to report. We left at about 5.00am from Andrews place in Sydney, drove up the Putty Road, had breaky at Willow Tree on the New England Highway and to a mate's place in Quirindi to pick up 4 x 55watt HID driving lights.

We continued on to Gunnedah, Moree, Mungindi, St George, Mitchell and Morven for tea at the famous truck stop. Here we fitted 2 of the driving lights to the bullbar and drove on to within 5kms of Augathella, where we swagged it for the night. There were lots of wallabies, roos and all manner of wildlife alongside the road at night - didn't hit any fortunately.



Next morning, after a coffee, we continued through Augathella, Tambo, Blackall and on to Barcaldine for breakfast at a great little bakery.



Huge cactus plant near Tambo






Echidna which was crossing the road near Blackall





A 7 meter wide load with a police escort




We continued on to Longreach, Winton, Cloncurry, Mt Isa and to Cammoweal for a truck stop dinner. After tea we crossed into the Northern Territory and drove another 150kms before pulling up for the night on a somewhat secluded spot a bit away from the road (a bit before 10pm)

To be continued

Erich

that caspa just looks the bloody business in that picture

Originally Posted by dullbird

that caspa just looks the bloody business in that picture

It was when I laid hands on it too! It is every bit as good in real life as it is in the posts I can assure you all.

Was Caspa still white when you saw it Dale?

Originally Posted by Bundalene

Huge cactus plant near Tambo

Caspa looks very impressive in this photo! It's come up very well, you guys should be proud of yourselves!

Originally Posted by dm_td5

Was Caspa still white when you saw it Dale?

Like all things that have been through buff wallows: yes - just!

A few more pics from the second day on the road.....


A favourite spot of ours north of Tambo between 2 Qld bottle trees






One of the many road trains. Most of these are 3up but around Mt Isa there are quite a few 4 up ore carriers.





An old car along side the road north of Winton. Anyone know what make it is-was. I have no idea.


Some pics of the 130 between Mt Isa and Cammoweal. We were fortunate with the weather as we had a cool wet spell driving across the Barkley. This is normally in the high 40's this time of the year





To be continued ......

Erich

Welcome back Erich and Andrew, glad all went well

Hope to see you soon.

Baz.