update to threads 88351 and 88344

Earlier this week I posted these two threads and I wanted to update them. Briefly, we were in outback Normanton when we found our windup caravan wouldn't wind up, and then I was asking for the fastest route to drive to Darwin.

When in Normanton we spoke to the van's manufacturer in Perth andafter discussing a few things, in the end he said that we needed to take it up to Darwin to the coromal dealer there. They are tricky to fix apparently so we didn't want to take it to anyone else.

We got to Darwin from Normanton yesterday after driving through some fantastc spots we would have loved to spend more time at but that will have to be another trip.

The four of us spent a night at a cabin in Normanton and then two more in the car (not fun!) at Hell's Gate and just north of Mataranka before reaching Darwin. We left the van with the dealer and luckily have friends to stay with otherwise this would have proven to be an expensive wait!

Hope to hear back from the dealers soon once they've looked at the van.

Thank you for all of your suggestions and numbers.

Second post was a silly question as I had no reception to check any answers, but I didn't think of that!