I was recently privileged to attend a very productive and meaningful two week course at RAAF Wagga (unlike the many other courses I have been coerced into attending!). I drove from
Adelaide to Wagga and back again, and during the two weekends we had off, I drove to the coast to see family.
During this little trip into the countryside, I saw quite a few interesting things...
* The six German tourists (male, sadly) in their hired camper which had shed a dual rear wheel near Picton. Nobody hurt, no great damage, no
sign of six wheel nuts.
* The Falcon towing a large, dual axle caravan with three tyres, the
forth having conspired to destroy itself over the preceding 5-odd km. HOW he didn't know this is beyond my comprehension as the shredded
Dunlop was the lead tyre on the drivers side. The issue was communicated up the road via UHF but I don't know what the end result was.
* The sheer number of people who do not wave to others. Come on, folks, it doesn't take that much effort!
* The sheer number of car and caravan sets looking REALLY low in the rear end.
Check your towball weight!
* The immense storm which rolled across the
Hay Plains. When I left
Hay I had a stiff wind from the NE. When I got into the storm front it went from afternoon to midnight within 2km with a gale wind and driving tropical deluge rain. I heard on the UHF that the two B-Doubles behind me were having a ball with the cross winds.
* Having dinner at
Balranald after said storm. The town had no power at all until very late that night, so the
Services Club was doing take aways and was taking orders by gas camping light!
* The friendly interaction between all the truckies on UHF 40. Oh the memories of 27MHz CB from years ago!
The next "big drive" will be house moving at the start of next year. Thankfully, the Department of De Fence will pack up the house and we are happy to drive and take it a bit easy on the trip. But hopefully we'll get a few more friendly waves!