How to get our lost bikes from Port Augusta back to Melbourne? Happy to pay
Submitted: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 22:19
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nicki
Hi there, this is a last ditch effort to try to get our bikes back
home. We lost our 2 bicycles still attached to the bike rack and inside specially made covers almost at the start of our Big Trip around Oz last June. Found by the side of the road, they have been languishing in the
Port Augusta police lock up for lost items.
We have tried to to advertise on community internet notice boards (no responses) and carrier companies (quoted more than the cost of replacing the bikes) to get them back
home.
We are happy to pay up to $250 for some one who is traveling this way from
Port Augusta some time in the next little while to return the bikes and bike rack to us in
Melbourne or we could pick them up from somewhere near the city where we live.
Maybe someone would like some petrol money for a trip where they have space to throw a couple of bike and bike rack in the back of a ute or truck. Not sure how we lost them off the back of the campervan so wouldn't recommend using the bike rack as it may be defective.
Sorry for the long winded plea. Have almost lost hope we'll see the bikes again.. Further details provided if anyone can help-or even just suggest another possibility we haven't thought of.
Thanks for reading this far..
nicki
PS the trip-we took our time, 9 months- was AWESOME! Loved the country, the
places, the people, the fellow travelers..
Reply By: Ron N - Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 22:53
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 22:53
Nicki - Put an ad in Gumtree, under "Community" section. There's all kinds of people looking for assistance with moving and transport there.
I bought a big old trailer, made from an old International Ute tub, from
Adelaide, and put an ad in to get someone to bring it to
Perth.
I bought the trailer just to acquire the rare ute tub for ute restoration.
Within a week I found a bloke who was moving back to
Perth from
Adelaide, and who had a huge TV to take with him, that wouldn't fit in his Commodore. He was looking at buying a trailer.
He contacted me and we did a deal where I paid him $300 to get it to
Perth, and allowed him to carry what he liked in it. He rolled up ahead of schedule, and was very happy to get a large part of his fuel cost refunded, as
well as get to move his big TV.
The transport companies wanted between $800 and $1200 to transport the trailer, so I was pretty happy, too.
Cheers - Ron.
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Follow Up By: nicki- Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 23:10
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 23:10
Ron-we tried Gumtree-but they re located the ad-without our permission-in the transport or cartage section from the community section, No response. Maybe worth another try if we can insist they DON'T move it! Thanks for the good luck story. Thats what we were hoping for.
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