So we have the van! It didn't go off without a hitch (haha, there's a pun there - pick up involved a lot of work around the tow bar/ball of the car to match the DC035 hitch on the van), but the beast is now home and in the process of being packed. There is so much to learn about the electronics of it all. C4 managed to get a DVD stuck in his player within 10 minutes of being allowed to explore inside yesterday, and the kids spent most of the day in there. It's raining, so it was good to know if it rains on the trip, we could still be comfortable.
Look at those happy faces :)
I lined the cupboards and draws with non-stick matting yesterday, to help stop marks from things moving around in there. I need to buy a few more containers today, and H needs to fit the Clearview mirrors onto the car. They arrived yesterday, as did the walkie talkie things. We've tried to buy second hand and/or locally, so things have needed to arrive by post.
The original plan was Narromine - Bourke - Tibooburra - Cameron Corner - Tibooburra - Innamincka - Birdsville, but I just found this:
from here:
http://www.dpti.sa.gov.au/OutbackRoads/outback_road_conditions/area_4_strzelecki_and_birdsville_track
meaning that it looks like the road we'd take to Innamincka is closed. Since we have left travel so late, and it looks like we'll be doing it ourselves (in a new van, that we don't know the capabilities/limitations of), this makes me nervous. If we can't get into, or out of, Innamincka, does that mean we'll be stuck at Tibooburra until the roads all open?
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