Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Great Central Road Day 05

Short post - long day.

Continuous rain !

Spent all day sitting inside. Read two books already.

A few short walks in little breaks. I would only get a little way and somebody would ask about the truck and then we'd have the guided tour. I am not complaining - it was nice to have people make appreciative comments - and I've run out of business cards as I didn't think to bring extra.



















Now you'll have to admit that is not the most appealing environment in which to be stranded.
One of my little walks managed to produce this sight


















It's interesting that one of the information people mentioned that on average 25% of people saw rain on the rock. That's higher than I imagined.
Even these little guys were a little bedraggled.























Attention was diverted however by the arrival of this guy.


















It turned out it was hired and he wasn't very happy with the level of maintenance which had been performed. Nothing wrong with the basic mechanicals but the fit out was not holding up all that well. It was parked like that the whole time as he was a little scared about the area to the front where there wasn't quite as much blue metal on the ground. Needless to say off bitumen was off limits. I hate to think what the insurance would be!

It's predicted lighter rain tomorrow and heavier the day after . . .

What to do ?? What to do ???

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