THE WALLABY TRACK WITH LIONEL MUSSELL
DRONE ON!
Drones seem to be the 'in
thing' – my friend, Rob Tudor,
has one and took some great
aerial shots of camping by the
side of the lovely Gwydir River
at Bingara, NSW, while waiting
to attend the 11th national
muster of the Australian
Caravan Club.
The property next door to us
is for sale and the real estate
agent was taking pictures of
it with a drone recently when
he flew it into a tree on our
property and had to get our
permission to come on to our
place to retrieve it. He took
some great shots of our place
as a thank you – only trouble
is that I now want a couple
of extra storeys built on my
house so I can sit up there and
soak in the wonderful view
that includes Lake Lonsdale
and the Grampians.
TRAVEL PLANS FOR 2018
It's a bit early to make plans
for next year but with the
12th national muster of the
Australian Caravan Club being
held in Denmark, I have been
working out a few mileages
to see what route to take.
Okay – that had you thinking
I was off to Scandinavia but
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LIONEL DISCOVERS DRONES, MEETS
OLD FRIENDS, AND EVEN SOLVES
WATER WOES IN HIS MOTORHOME.
I'm talking about Denmark
in Western Australia and the
choice is to go there as part of
a round-Oz trip or to go north
for the winter as usual and then
go across to Western Australia
and back.
Surprisingly the mileage
works out to be pretty much
the same so the circular route
is quite attractive.
A drone's-eye view
of the Gwydir River.
SURPRISE, SURPRISE
On my way home from the 11th
national muster, I made Peak
Hill Caravan Park, NSW, my
first night stop. Imagine my
surprise to find my Tasmanian
mate, Bernie, already there,
staying three days. He hadn't
planned to be there but it was
great and of course we went
out to dinner. There were
prawns in the special fried
rice, prawns in the sweet and
sour prawns and prawns in the
satay king prawns. Good job
we both love prawns!
a warm – if short – shower,
the pump stopped working.
I traced it to the pressure switch
as it worked when the switch
was bypassed. I rigged it to get
home by leaving it permanently
connected and controlled its
use by turning it on and off
with its switch that's fortunately
conveniently located on a
switchboard inside.
Once home I ratted the
pressure switch from a pump
that had previously failed,
WATER WOES
The flow from Yemmy's shower swapped it over and - hey
presto - I now have water again.
head had always been a bit
weak so I took out the in-line
See you down the track.
filter and it improved greatly.
My glee about this was short
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lived as one day after I finished