van pick up

26th April 2009
Well it’s was finally time to pick up the van after the incident couple of months ago. We flew from Coffs to Sydney then on to Tassie on Anzac day. Left Coffs around about 4.30pm and arrived about 8.30pm. We had a short stopover in Sydney, only about an hour as the plane from Coffs was ½ hour late. Spent the night at Hobart Central City backpackers, not recommended, as they supplied us with single bed blankets to fit the double bed, make it a bit tricky. On Sunday morn we checked out the Hobart markets again, and then we caught the bus to Oaklands to pick up the van. After a chat to the mechanic he was quite happy with the mechanical side of the repairs. He told us of an electrical problem he had yesterday when he took it for a test run. He ‘sort of fixed the issue’ but left us in some doubt as to whether it was going to be ok. Anyway had come too far to hang about so off we went to spend the night at Deloraine, in a lovely c’van park next to the river. A couple of hours on the road and all seemed ok. We booked the Boat to return to the mainland on Wednesday night so we plan to spend a couple of days, North and East of Devonport. The weather is fresh, Bonnie would say cold, but I am hoping for snow.