Seems a bit of a cheat to do a Sunburnt Express blog when it’s up on the trailer but I am going to!
The Prep and Pack Up began in our heads a lot earlier than Tuesday but with work, last minute vehicle Rego for movie props, school and our Central West Car Club car show on the weekend before, we got loaded and packed the night before! (In the routine we are most familiar with). The house and dog sitter arrived and took over for us and we got on the road.
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First essential stop was all of 9km down the road at the ‘Prov’ for a coffee for Dno in Millthorpe.
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Then another 10kms to Blayney to check on the load and do the normal nervous journey outset wee!
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The next stop was at Repco in Cowra for a trailer pin because the other one was a bit loose.
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Then pushed through to our first official stop at Caragabal. Bird mural, check out the old store building and say hello to great Uncle Victor on the war memorial plaque.
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Love your recounts Hayley………
Gotta ask, what is the purpose of this expedition?
Caught Deano at Old Bar on his bike……was great to see his smiling face again.
(25-10-2023, 07:18 AM)Oldman Wrote: [ -> ]Love your recounts Hayley………
Gotta ask, what is the purpose of this expedition?
Caught Deano at Old Bar on his bike……was great to see his smiling face again.
Heading to Adelaide for the Bay to Birdwood event but also a few other reasons which will become apparent ?. Stay tuned for more updates ?
From the website for those that don’t know about Bay to Birdwood….
The iconic Bay to Birdwood is one of the world’s great historic motoring events and has been a standout fixture on the South Australian events calendar since 1980.
Thousands of spectators line the 67 kilometre route to view the passing parade of historic motoring from West Beach through to the National Motor Museum at Birdwood in the Adelaide Hills. Held annually, the Bay to Birdwood is a citizen-collector historic motoring event that draws participants from around Australia and the world to celebrate all things vintage vehicles.
(25-10-2023, 07:48 AM)Quombi Wrote: [ -> ]Heading to Adelaide for the Bay to Birdwood event but also a few other reasons which will become apparent ?. Stay tuned for more updates ?
From the website for those that don’t know about Bay to Birdwood….
The iconic Bay to Birdwood is one of the world’s great historic motoring events and has been a standout fixture on the South Australian events calendar since 1980.
Thousands of spectators line the 67 kilometre route to view the passing parade of historic motoring from West Beach through to the National Motor Museum at Birdwood in the Adelaide Hills. Held annually, the Bay to Birdwood is a citizen-collector historic motoring event that draws participants from around Australia and the world to celebrate all things vintage vehicles.
Ahhhhh, thanks I’d not heard of the event.
Enjoy !
I tried to get a photo of the first Adelaide road sign we came to and got it…. sort of…… Made Dno pull up for the next one ?.
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Pulled over on the Hay plain (biggest flattest area in the southern hemisphere) after we started hearing a noise and feeling a slight vibration. One of the wheel bearings on the trailer was on the way out, so traveling prepared Dno changed out the inner bearing. I took up my normal roll of assistant mechanic, photographer, nature watcher, boredom buster, mum and nurse.
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Yes, Tess stacked the scooter off one of the concrete truck dividers and scraped up her hand and knee. Dno finished finger packing the bearing with grease only to realise it was a Ford bearing not Holden (no wonder it failed). Luckily he has put both sets in the spare parts department box so we where covered. Reverse, repeat and repack and on the road again in 40 minutes. We made it to Julie and Dads at Robinvale for a lovely meal and soft bed. But not before having to negotiating the very narrow gateway with the ‘help’ of the nextdoor neighbor who didn’t speak much English!! Anyway after negotiating some closely parked cars, jumping the curb and doing a 20 point turn Dno got it in with an inch each side to spare. Just what you need after a 10 hour journey!
Ahhhhhh….the Hay Plain…..the worlds most boring run !
Up and away from Julie & Pop’s with a quick stop in at the auto shop for another spare trailer wheel bearing. Headed south west to Ouyen for first stop and wander. Onwards through the Mallee country, or what’s left of the roadside mallee vegetation. Another silo photo. Dno thinks we should take photos of unpainted ones instead! ?. Lunch stop at Murrayville Railway station (we won’t go into that but it started with extracting steak from a freezer amongst the 1970’s souvenirs and getting an electric frypan out of the cupboard). Another stop at Tailem Bend and ‘wowed’ at the ‘Uneek Animal’ display. Especially the contrast between homemade, bunnings plastic and petrified roadkill exhibit’s. Across the mighty Murray (3rd longest navigable river in the world. Just over 2500kms in length. 16th longest in length) and touchdown at cousin Russ and Bron’s at Happy Valley for a few days.
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