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We did not go to town for the Tamworth Country Music Parade as it was over 30° before 9 am. We booked tickets to see the Hussy Hicks on Saturday afternoon, so we took Bluey to town for an outing to pick up the tickets. I tried to order coffees at DECO, but left whenContinue reading “Golden Guitar Awards”

Our AC has continued to perform as expected, without water pouring on us from the roof. We will still research the best replacement option as this unit is seven years old. I waited until this morning to put out the awning and fit the water hose, drain, and shade screen. I thought it would beContinue reading “So Far So Good”

This morning the temperature in Tamworth was forecast to reach 40°, so we decided to head home, as we could not cope with our watery AC. By the time we packed up the car and van, it was 28° at 9 am. As we were driving off, our neighbour told us that Capital Caravans atContinue reading “AC Repaired?”

Last night’s show was a fund raiser, with entertainers and musicians donating their time. Ticket sales and raffles raised over $20,000. This was the ninth year the event has raised money to employ breast-care nurses. Kelly Brouhaha, Lyn Bowtell, and Ashleigh Dallas were my pick of the performers, together with the host Darren Carr, whoContinue reading “Another Hot Day”

The mobile caravan repairer was late arriving, but he did manage to feed a wire about 150 mm up the two drains. The AC ran for about 7 hours before a slow drip started again. I should have asked him to give me a short length of the wire he used as it was strongContinue reading “More Rain in Bushtracker”

Bluey and Leo have spent time together in the motorhome, but always with one or more humans. Tonight, we left them alone for more than three hours, and they seem to have been well-behaved. They were both crazy with excitement when we got back from seeing Amber Joy Poulton’s show. Bluey has only eaten twoContinue reading “Left Alone”

We were up early to quietly back the Bushtracker up slightly higher on one side using concrete papers. The idea was to have any water in the AC drip out the other side, not onto the IR controller. That worked, but it became clear that both drains are blocked! I went up onto the BushtrackerContinue reading “Heat Wave”

We turned on the air conditioning in the Bushtracker, but within an hour water was dripping into the van. I went back up onto the roof and may have unblocked one drain as there was water on the roof on that side. I could not get my fingers into the gap between the air conContinue reading “Air Conditioner Still Dripping”

Bluey walked about 2 kms with us this morning. With his harness on, there is no pulling; he just walks between us on a slack lead. Our replacement rangehood external cover arrived today, so I fitted the new one in the shade under the awning. The other fan was in the sun so that canContinue reading “Air Conditioning Problem”

We took Bluey for a morning walk around ANZAC Park, picking up takeaway coffees from the nearby Humble Cafe. This cafe is located several blocks from the busy retail area and has a distinctly local clientele. Several well-maintained Victorian and Federation homes enjoy views across the park, and others are located on surrounding streets. ItContinue reading “Stormy Weather”