Evil Oddie

Luke and Scott went to drop off the Jeep early this morning and we waited for them to get back before we started breakfast.  I was catching up on blogging, so Alex and Garry cooked pancakes for breakfast.

The boys had to move the water reserve for the windscreen now that the skirt has been removed from the Challenger.  They were doing that while we were having breakfast.  Seeing that this was taking a while, I went to go do the washing.  When I got there, I met a lovely lady that had been waiting there for ages.  Another lady was using all 3 machines and she had more loads to go.  The lady that was waiting told me that they had come through Nolan’s Crossing yesterday and got stuck.  She said that the water was up to her waist in her Nissan Patrol.  I asked if the people in the Cherokee were still there when they went through and she said yes.  They were still bailing out water from their car.

I came back to camp without putting the washing on.  When I told them that the lady waiting told me that someone was using all 3 and had more to do, Glen got cranky and went up there.  The nice lady was gone by then, but in Glen’s words, a large woman was up there hanging up her sheets.  Glen asked her if she was using all the machines to which she said no.  Glen said to her, well my missus said that someone was and  I think that that is pretty rude.  He checked the machines and they were all in use.  I just decided I’d do the washing later.

When the boys had finally stopped fluffing about with the Challenger (11am – I’m not good at waiting) and we were on our way to the tip!  The road is very rough and the shrubs are close to the sides of the car.  Glen says on the way that we should celebrate that we haven’t killed each other yet!  When we got to the carpark, I asked Glen if he’d disconnected the winch.  We’d heard stories of the locals getting your winch and then putting it over the top of the car and hooking it to the back bar.  They then switch on the winch and it opens your car up like a tin opener.

We started the 15 minute walk to the Tip. Take your time during the walk as it is quite steep and rocky.  I took lots of photos – the view was fantastic.

How far are we from Brisbane?

When we got to the tip, there was already a tour bus group there and another on the way.  So I put in dog quickly for a photo and then we started with our photos of us.

When it was Glen & me, he hugged me and said “Should we do it? Should we tie the knot?” I said “Are you serious?” and I started to blubber.  Glen got on one knee and asked “Will you marry me?” and I nodded yes.  All the tour groups clapped and cheered and the guys that we were on the trip also knew that this was going to happen.

We all made the TOP!

We took lots of other photos and then took the long way back to the cars.  We went to look at the Somerset ruins, the graves and the other stuff on the east coast side.  We took the beach track and it was really pretty scenery but very soft sand.

Glen defiling Somerset Ruins

Dog with millions of crab balls on the beach

When we got back to camp, Glen and I called our parents to let them know.  They don’t have payphones here, all you can use is 1800 REVERSE.  So our olds had to pay to find out – haha.

We had Peanut Butter Sausages for dinner.

Funny Sign at the Croc Tent