Wednesday, September 11, 2013
The drive to Adelaide was easy and the roads good. We arrived in the city center of Adelaide before the banks closed and in time to pickup our Australian banking card. This meant we could get money from local ATM machines without significant transaction costs.
Unfortunately Sterlin decided to breakdown, right in the city center. We were stopped in a no-stopping zone and Sterlin was definitively stopping. In fact, he was not starting. Stephen quickly diagnosed the issue as a bad battery and proceeded to swap the dead main battery with the working auxiliary battery. Ten minutes later we were on our way again, albeit with only one working battery. If picked the perfect place to have this issue, as Adelaide has a chain of Battery World shops which sell batteries in the same size as we have in Sterlin. It took three stores mind you, but we found a replacement. Sterlin’s battery is not stock standard in Australia. The new battery was installed in the basement of the Hilton Hotel. The hotel’s basement can accommodate cars that don’t fit the height restrictions of the standard car park. We weren’t the only 4WD with stuff on the roof in there.
