Thierings on Tour

There’s not too much positive to say about these days, so I’m going to lump them together for the first time this trip/blog.
The initial car fix didn’t work, so it was back to the drawing board and more phone calls to find a solution. The Lovells rep had a helpful idea of taking out the spacers from under the coils, so all our hope was on this as a solution… this car has become one of the biggest money pits with about $8K spent on it already this trip between services and all these repairs and spare parts.

It meant that Chris was out organising car stuff and the girls were going rather stir crazy at camp. 
Work has been super busy, so trying to juggle meetings, emails and the kids has been a bit of a challenge. The playground and pool were our saviour, we painted nails and tried to make it work.

I won’t lie, between dysfunctional parental communication, the car stress, work, homework and tantrums and life on the road is suddenly a big mess (for the moment at least). Here’s hoping there are good times ahead again… Especially since the next few weeks are meant to be Ningaloo Reef and I really don’t want to miss that!

However putting it in perspective, we are one of the lucky families. A family next to us appeared to be without a car for a while, waiting for parts for 3 weeks in Karratha. We saw them head off, but then heard later that someone saw their car on fire a mere few hours later. A day later there was a post on a caravan page with the photo of the car – how devastating for them 😭I can’t even imagine…

So I guess sitting idle in Karratha trying to find a solution for our car troubles is a small price to pay as long as we get back on the road safely.

Kms travelled – minimal around town