Monday, October 21, 2013
It’s been great, all of it! The camping, driving on remote roads, catching up and staying with friends, visiting and re-visiting places,….
We arrived in Sydney on Sep 1st and fly out of Perth tomorrow, Oct 22nd. Destination: Indonesia. First stop: Seminyak, Bali. Flights and first 3 nights of accommodation are booked, after we’ll play it by ear.
Our dear Sterlin gets dropped off later today to sail straight to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It proved too difficult to try and get him to Indonesia. We will re-unite in about 4 weeks time over there. Before being shipped, Sterlin underwent a service at a gargage that specialist on Land Rovers. So, Sterlin now has new air filter, new oil filter and new oil. The gargage felt the oil leak from the transfer case was so minor, that they did not even consider repairing it. Which is good and bad at the same time. When I picked up the car, the person taking my money said the car was in “immaculate condition”. Now that is not something you hear everyday from a work-shop. We travelled nearly 8,000 miles or 12,500 Kms on some pretty nasty roads, and it seems Sterlin didn’t skip a beat. Well there was that issue with the auxiliary battery, but it seems to have fixed itself. Asking a fridge to remain cool in 40°C temperatures is probably asking too much. And it should be noted that it took several days to clean Sterlin in preparation for the customs inspection in Malaysia.
