Stopped off at Head of the Bight this morning to check out the whales. There was 1 lone juvenile, and a mother and calf. Just lollygagging and beautiful to watch. The scenery in the bight is breathtaking.
From there to Nullarbor Roadhouse to get some Ice Coffee and a car sticker. $15 for the 3 items. What a rip-off!!!
We stopped at another cliff-top scenic view to empty out and get some more water to drink in the car. While there, Rick decided to have a look underneath to try to identify the worsening clicking noise coming from the front. BAD NEWS!!! The CV boot is completely shredded and a lot of the grease has been ejected. Not far from the border and Eucla, so will try and get it looked at there.
At the SA / WA border, an extremely nice young quarantine inspector told us about the local mechanic - Rod Fowler. Just as well, he appears to be the only mechanic until we get to Norseman. He is also the local RAC agent.
Later - OK - this is not going to be a cheap exercise. The whole axle assembly will need to be replaced. Rod has ordered 1 from Midlands Toyota in Perth and it should arrive tomorrow afternoon. $714 for the parts. He then has to put it in!
From there to Nullarbor Roadhouse to get some Ice Coffee and a car sticker. $15 for the 3 items. What a rip-off!!!
We stopped at another cliff-top scenic view to empty out and get some more water to drink in the car. While there, Rick decided to have a look underneath to try to identify the worsening clicking noise coming from the front. BAD NEWS!!! The CV boot is completely shredded and a lot of the grease has been ejected. Not far from the border and Eucla, so will try and get it looked at there.
At the SA / WA border, an extremely nice young quarantine inspector told us about the local mechanic - Rod Fowler. Just as well, he appears to be the only mechanic until we get to Norseman. He is also the local RAC agent.
Later - OK - this is not going to be a cheap exercise. The whole axle assembly will need to be replaced. Rod has ordered 1 from Midlands Toyota in Perth and it should arrive tomorrow afternoon. $714 for the parts. He then has to put it in!
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