Cold As!

While we are finding the cold a challenge, we at least have a warm van thanks to our diesel heater. Some of our Roadie friends are here in small campervans with no heating.

After breakfast we drove into town to buy the papers and have lunch at the Orroroo pub. A couple of Roadie friends joined us for what turned out to be a very disappointing meal.

I hosed the dust off the solar panels on top of the Bushtracker to improve our chances of having them recharge our batteries. To further boost the batteries I got the generator out of its storage box and found water in the bottom of the box. After my failed attempts to start the generator, one friend cleaned the spark plug and another started the it. We ran the generator until it was out of petrol. Tomorrow we will have to connect the Toyota and caravan to boost our batteries.

The sun was out most of the afternoon. While it is too low in the sky to quickly charge our batteries, Tilly finally enjoyed some time outside in the sun and out of the wind. When it was time for her to go back inside she found a warm spot on top of my clothes. The sunset was impressive.

One of our Roadie mates has been studying photography and taking lots of photos, such as this one of me and Blue sitting with Merryl who came all the way from WA for this four day get together. Merryl’s partner died a few months ago, and Merryl can no longer drive after suffering strokes. Her daughter has never been on an Aussie Road Crew tour, but she drove her mum here so she could catch up with the friends she has made.

Beccy suggested our hosts invite their local friends to this evening’s concert so we had a larger audience. During the concert a couple of Roadie latecomers arrived with their huge van. They had been delayed due to poor health.

The concert was great but it was a struggle to keep warm. I ended up wearing two pairs of socks, thermal leggings topped by thermally lined jeans, a long sleeve thermal top, merino jumper, fleecy jacket, a down vest, two down jackets, gloves and a beanie! For part of the show I had Bluey on my lap. He had on two jackets and I covered him with a blanket. He hates being left in the caravan at night and lays quietly on my lap during concerts.