EO mateship again to the rescue

Willem's detractors have never had the priviledge of meeting him and their judgements of him are not based on personal knowledge. I know he does not suffer fools easily and that would probably put them in the box that they need to be in.
Good on you you old donut muncher.

Geez, I can't believe the lengths ol' Trucky will go to in an effort to get someone to camp with him ;-). Hope he is having a great time.

Just a public thanks to Willem for helping me out at an ungodly hour the other night.
I am doing something privately as a thankyou, but I will thank him again here.
I read these pages all the time but haven't had the chance to meet many of you lot yet due to work arrangements.
I rang Willem for some advice ( he did not know me at the time ) and he opened up his tyre stack for me. (and the coffee pot)
I had one tyre separate and one blowout on a trip down the Barrier Highway at about 95 Kph. I wont get into the brands of tyres but they were about 35%. :-(
I am lost for words at the help and advice I see and get on this site.
Is it the Aussie thing or the 4WD thing or both?
Whatever it is the helpfulness and friendships seems to transcend all boundaries.
Thanks again Willem.
Dave

It's good old fashioned Australian Mateship!

That's what it is!

Cheers

Brian

Willie's a good bloke and all but I think there is a good point we are missing that we can laugh about now. That is: it's gonna be fun hangin it on truckie when he gets back.
Wonder if willem said "that question has been asked 5345135435151315135 times, do a search of the archives and you will find your wallet"

Sorry, couldn't help myself,
NickR

I'm not surprised to hear this. It seems to me that those who get dumped on most are actually those who would give you the shirt off their back.
Nice to hear some good stuff about forumites for a change.

Anyway, Willem knows a thing or two about missing wallets :))

Sounds like Truckster imbibed too heavily in the Prickly Pear juice and suffered a bit of memory loss leaving Peterborough without all his goods and chattels!

You naughty Bugga, JohnR.......lol

Thanks for all the nice words fellas.

I am back home. Trucky and I did a run through Brachina Gorge and Bunyeroo Gorge today. I left him at Wilpena turn off so he and Cammo could go and do more touristy things. I came home via Quorn as I had to see another mate there about some tyres, lol.

Yesteday at 850metres ASL Trucky says over the radio 'Geez there is a funny whistling sound coming from the GU's engine. So I get out and he drives back forth past me but I hear nothing. We continue. Trucky mega worried as there have been a few mishaps on this trip. Then Cammo solves it. "Hey Dad, the noise is coming from the snorkel!". Trucky had the snorkel cowl turned backwards and the change of the breeze up there in the sky made a hissing noise across the cowl....LOL

We made a few phone calls from the summit because we could find a CDMA tower somewhere and walking back to the GQ I see another plurry flat tyre.....bugger!!! It was only a dodgy tube I had inside the very worn Roadslipper as I discovered when I repaired the tyre yesterday arvo.

Seeing as I had to run the mission of mercy I decided that we should make a trek of it. We camped in Parachilna Gorge on Wednesday night. Brilliant clear skies and a Mopoke nearby calling for a mate. We did the Mount Gill Track on Warraweena Conservation Par yesterday. Saw heaps of Roos, Emus, Feral goats and fat sheep, despite the terribly dry conditions. The 35km track took 5 hours with plenty of low range driving and tight turns and twists around big River Gums . Twas a perfect day with good weather and we had a great run.

And Dave, always happy to help out. Thanks to you and the missus for the slab mate, I will sink a few tonight!!!!!!

Cheers

Hook line and sinker ... TOLD YA WILLEM!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahahahahahahahahaha