17th September, 2014

We packed up this morning and said our sad farewells to Dave and Linda at the Halls Creek Caravan Park. We really enjoyed their company and were hoping to share the Tanami experience with them. Hopefully the car is easily fixed and doesn't cost them the world and we catch up with them again some time in the future.

So we retraced the 240 odd k's from the last two days and continued on along the Tanami. Our first stop was the border of WA/NT for a lunch stop and to wind the clocks forward an hour and a half, effectively losing that as travel time.

As we got out of the car I noticed that the trailer end of the Anderson Plug had disconnected itself, probably 200 k ago judging by the damage and all that was left of it was exposed wires. This meant the batteries in the camper weren't being powered and that when we stopped overnight the fridge wouldn't have any power unless we got it out of the car and put it at the back of the camper. Out came the wire crimpers, an old Anderson Plug that I had replaced in Kununnura after the last one fell out and the soldering iron. I disconnected the batteries so I could cut and strip back the wires but had to reconnect the battery wires so that I could power up the soldering iron using the invertor. This posed a new problem as every time the soldering iron touched the positive wires it would spark. Anyway all fixed and I wrapped some electrical tape around it to make sure it didn't fall out again.

Next and last stop for the day was Renahans Bore where we are camped off the side of the Tanami  by ourselves. Where are Dave and Linda?