Up relatively early and packed up heading for home. Drove into Tenterfield and had brekky at the bakery before pressing onto Casino and then Lismore. The closer we got to the coast the more people and traffic we came across. We finally got out onto the M1 for what should be an easy run home. But Shane's tyres had other ideas. Just before the big tunnel through a hill, south of the Murwillumbah turn off, I got a call on the radio from Shane that he had a tyre going down. Luckily there was a a pull off point where we could get off the road to see what was wrong. One of the remaining good tyres had a split in the sidewall so he had to replace it with one that that had several plugs in it and was slowly leaking. He pumped this up and we hit the road again. He made it to Ron and Jo's with 20 psi still in the tyre. I got home around noon and unpacked the car and camper, while I was getting some clothes washing done, my first hot shower in a week or so was very relaxing. I set the robot to vacuuming the camper and settled down for a lazy afternoon.
I was away for 10 days, covering around 2900 kms and averaging 12.8 l/100 km. Highway driving was around 12-12.5 l/100 km while the sand driving with very low tyre pressures was up around 15 l/100 km.
Even though it was very hot at times it was still an enjoyable holiday away from the crowds.
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