We were up early as we were wanting to make it into Alice Springs while the shops were open. Shane need some bump stops for his front suspension and my UHF Antenna was failing apart. The run is was pretty easy although there was still plenty of Bull Dust meaning we were well and truest spread out on the road. The rising sun hitting the hills along the road was pretty spectacular.
We got into Alice at about 9:30 am and Shane went straight to Repco but no luck, he believed that the bump stops off a Toyota 80 series would also fit so off to the Toyota dealer, but there were none in Australia and would have to be imported from Japan. Meanwhile I went to TJM and while they would sell me an antenna they couldn't fit it until Monday, so I'm going to have to some dodgy repairs to it. I have a hand held 5 watt unit so I could be with that it it is not fixable.
Shane then tried the wreckers and couldn't find exactly what he wanted but ended up with bump stops off a 100 series landcruiser that he thought would do the trick. I waited for he and Brett at the Hungry Jacks where we had an early lunch and coffee. We decided to check into a caravan park for the evening so headed off to the Big4 Park and checked in. The hot shower was great and while doing my washing I cooked up a Masaman curry in the Thermopot so we would have a dinner ready to go a bit later on.
I also topped up my water tank and had a Magnum at the caravan park shop.
We were going to go out and refuel and do some shopping but we were too lazy.
Shane ended up fitting his new Toyota bump stops so he is ready to test them out tomorrow when we head out to Haast's Bluff. Brett is going to have to head back to work on Monday so tomorrow will be our last day touring together for this trip. The dodgy job on my antenna probably won't last long but hopefully will be fine on good roads.
The curry was great and I have leftovers for another easy camp dinner. With no camp fire to sit around we ended up going to bed early.
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