We spent the last couple of weeks in Murwillumbah fixing up the bus for the trip. We managed to get a fair bit done on it. We also spent our time relaxing on the property and exploring the Tweed valley.
My eccentric grandfather has decided to build a chalet on the hill a few K's up from the house, it's pretty nice, but heaps out of the way. The photo below is of the out house (It won't be connected to sewer line or anything), the next one is of the view.
It's really a beautiful property.
Anyway, we did so much work on the bus over the past few weeks it was ridiculous. The time finally came last monday to move out and the engine wouldn't start!! It took us ages, eventually we managed to coax it to start by pouring some fuel down the carburetor. We managed to get to dreamworld a bit late and then stayed the night at some tennis courts in Brisbane, then the next morning it wouldn't start again.
It took a while but we've finally figured out the choke's not closing (After rachael almost got her hand sucked into the carby acting as a human choke), So that's today's job.
It's getting to be a definite theme in this blog.
Hervey bay is very nice, it's a bit of a retirement town but it's really nice. Thats usually the way with retirement towns though, they're old enough to recognise the potential in a place and then ruin it for us youngsters by moving in.
here's a picture of the hervey bay pier. It's the longest pier in the southern hemisphere apparently. This is because it needs to be, the bay is so full of sand from frasier island that spearfishing's gonna be off the cards while we're here. The damn island blocks all the surf aswell so we're gonna have to make our own fun. There's some islands nearby which are almost in paddling distance, so we might have a crack at that later.
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