12th Sept - FC...

Have a bit more encouraging news by email this morning National Truck Spares in Sydney have a water pump. Sent them a photo to confirm the correct one. Freight by AAE is the only way to get it here... So $490 + $190... With a lot of luck it will get here Friday... so have paid the rent til then. Really unlikely tleave Friday... But day by day is okay!

And Ray, Mr Koolah Kampers has found stock in Japan and one in NZ (for NZ$1775 FOB!!) So there are options at least , if we need plan C... Or are we up to D?

Meanwhile it is stinking hot. Here our new thermometers have made 40, but wherever the official FC temp is recorded it has only made 39!!! With the fridge going flat out and vented into the bus, the aircon is just keeping inside the same as outside. At least it cools overnight.

We have another set of new neighbours with a 9m Misubishi Fuso bus towing a Suzuki Jimny on a two story trailer. The top deck has a serious fishing boat on its trailer. All hydraulics for one person loading!! Must be close to 4m high... It's 4.1 (max legal is 4.3...) and cost $35k... Great bit of machinery.

We have gone to the pool for a plunge. It is cold, nice and cold, but not too cold. We are saved.