I reckon the only blokes with a worse run of bad luck were Burke & Wills.
Can anyone beat this?
You will recall we were all set for our run along the
dog fence and
Hay River etc.
Well ...........................
5 vehicles planned to leave ........
1st was a week late due to a special fold out tent setup he had made for his Landy tub trailer being 50mm too wide.
Next down is a TDi Disco with a cracked head, so this bloke is stranded in
Tenterfield for a week.
Next comes Doug whose spare wheel carrier on the back of his old Rangie snaps off when he steps down onto it from his roof rack. We are in the middle of Bulloo Downs and 145 Km from
Thargomindah. He badly breaks his arm in 4
places so I make 2 round trips to Thargo, 1st with him and 2nd with his vehicle.
We finally all join back up at
Innamincka (except Doug with the broken arm). We get to
Walkers Crossing where the
Tenterfield Disco driver's 33 yo drug addled, alcoholic spoilt brat son tosses a major hissy fit and his poor bloody old man (who should know better, but doesn't) takes him home.
Down to 3 vehicles ....
Now
mine starts to play up, horribly over revving and knocking something terrible. Limp into
Birdsville, having left our CT at Poeppels Cnr.
Check the oil to find about 7 litres of diesel in the sump ....
Check the injector O rings and they all look fine so maybe a cracked head. Don't want to think about the state of the bottom end at this stage.
We were stuck in
Birdsville until we flew out yesterday via the Isa and the Landy goes out on a truck next Sunday.
So .... can anyone beat that for a run of bad luck.
Cheers
Rosco