Parts run

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Day 52
And were off and running, Mt Isa here we come. We spend all morning on the highway and arrive at about 3:29pm with parts shops closing at 3:30, we order our brakes from autobarn to the tune of 114 a rotor and 70 for pads. A bit of a ding in the pocket book. They will be in Tuesday. Alrighty, its not dark out for once so we look for a caravan park to be in town so we don’t have to drive this beast anymore than needed as the brakes are a constant scream and the whole rotor is torn to bits.. shes been getting hot. Our first Stop Copper caravan park, We pay for 2 night and head to the tent area… tent area my ass… its packed with caravans with no room for us, and on top of that we read the rule sheet that is handed to you after you pay, no wrenching… what, damn we need to pull wrenches. Sean goes in for a refund, after a short feud sean has his money back and the lady argues that no park will let you fix your truck but they did in cairns, anyways we leave and go the the next park, and the lady is trying to talk to her husband behind the desk, and he keeps telling her they don’t have a reservation. Huh? I don’t understand, he gives us a map of the tent area and we walk out, about 10 seconds later he comes out, rips the map out of my hand and sends us on our way, no wrenching allowed.. what? How did he know? The owner of copper caravan park was generous enough to call ahead to all the other parks in town to tell them about us. So after driving 20km our of town to the Lake Julius Turn-off basically we camped at a truck inspection station. We all huddled into Seans tent and watched Reno 911 A good laugh was needed and it eased the situation, sleeping on the side of a highway is nerve wracking. I didn’t get a good sleep since I woke with every car that pulled in, listening for people and doors.

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Photos

funny
Its gonna eat her!!!

landflat
and there was nothing

lunch
Lunch

train
Road train

camphigh
pretty close

campohigh2
Highway camp