After moving on from Talem Bend we headed for Dublin, north west of Adelaide, but as we approached along the freeway coffee beckoned so we pulled over just before the Adelaide Hills. Just as well because after an inspection of a bent bracket on the ‘A’ frame link points it had bent some more so I decided to unhitch the car and have Dianne drive behind until we got to Gawler on the other side of town to have it repaired and if youv’e ever experienced the descent into Adelaide 6 km’s of steep, steep downhill, well I ‘m feeling pretty lucky. The mobile internet has been so useful since starting, we located an Engineering place in Gawler. When we arrived there he realised he couldn’t help us and redirected us to another place around the corner. I had to get Dianne to ring the office number as there was no one to be found. The lady that answered said she was in town at the moment and they were far too busy do anything for us. Just at the same time, I finally got the attention of someone, a fella looked up and pointed to an old fella down the back of this huge shed. The old bloke was more than happy to help. I walked out 10 minutes later with the job completed all for 10 bucks courtesy of this beautiful old man ( probably her father) who would have to have been 85+. Then we headed for Mallala.
Stopped at Mallala footy ground for the night so I could repair and refit modified bracket in the morning (as it was already scotch time). (picture is their beautiful oval - the dogs enjoyed running around there). We met some other travellers here. Bob and Heather were heading for Coober Pedy to meet some friends and travel the Ann Beadell Highway. They had a throw together set up as they just sold their other camper. They had a Landcruiser tray with a cub camper trailer attached on the body. It suit their purpose for this trip and it actually wasn’t a bad set up.
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