This morning Lisa and I headed into town at Tamworth to get
the rest of the birthday presents for Madison, Chelsea and Katie. I am so tired!
I feel like I have hit a brick wall, or someone has slipped me a couple of
sleeping tablets. I’m not sure if it is physical exhaustion or the post holiday
blues already hitting.
We returned to find Col upset that it had taken so long at
the shops. I had completely forgotten the headlights weren’t working (it wasn’t
a simple fuse), sorry Col. 
After a very quick gift giving for Madison 10yrs and Chelsea 1yr we did a racing departure, arriving home right on dusk.
Total kms: 6,500km
Total fuel: 916L
Total fuel cost: $1,478
Average Fuel Economy 14L / 100km
The following week:
Peter lost his hiking boots. He last remembered them in
Bourke. He phoned Kidman Camp and sure enough, there they were. She plans to
post them to him.
Col pulled the headlight switch apart. A metal contact was
worn away. He had to replace the switch.
Peter dropped the T Van back to Newcastle. The lady wasn’t
too worried about some damage on the van. She said “you expect worse than this
in the Outback!”
We had a lovely baked dinner here with Peter, Pockrans and
mum and dad as a welcome home.
Peter went and spoke to the boss at the workshop in Tamworth
that set up and wired his car for the trip. The boss was shocked by Peter’s story
and somebody’s skills will certainly be reviewed. He was horrified by the
potential danger the Freeman family were placed in by the less than
satisfactory job done on his vehicle. Peter was reimbursed $400 to cover the
Ceduna bill and they plan to do a thorough check of the entire car.
The T Van people got in contact with Peter to let him know
that he still had their coupling attached to his car. He will post it back.
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