We have hooked ourselves up with a 4wd from a Brisbane car dealer – a mate of Dad’s so we got it wholesale (at the trade in price). It’s a 1994 Toyota Landcruiser, a 6 seater. It’s done about 450,000kms but it’s a diesel engine so apparently they can go up to over 1M kms or so we hear.
I flew down from Nhulunbuy to Bris via Cairns (where I spent a happy few hours acquainting myself with the lagoon by the esplanade, a good coffee and the newspaper – perfect!). Brisbane put on a massive welcome for me – I got caught in an absolute downpour which was great for my Nhulunbuy uniform of thai pants, t-shirt and thongs. Over the week that followed, I spent almost equal time between my Dad’s place on Bribie Island, and my cousin Ben’s place in Zillmere...
I helped Dad build a new roof for his shack, and organised the transfer stuff for the car, which was horrendously complicated for reasons I cannot even bring myself to write about now. There were some light patches in the week though – I went out for some great food (Italian and Persian) with Ben and Amanda (his GF), and went shopping for camping and other essentials (a stovetop coffee maker, a Sherrin football, and star anise to name but a few). Anyway, by the end of that week, the car was ready to go on first its big test – the 4,000 km drive to Nhulunbuy.
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