5am we set off for Canberra. After dropping the children off to grandparents we picked up brother-in-law and fellow rider Damien and his family from their home and set off for the trip. Stopping along the way at Caltex service stations for our petrol thanks to the kind donation of petrol vouchers from the Country Woman’s Association. Thanks ladies.
At 2pm, 90 km before Gundagai Damien noticed what he thought was bird droppings on the windscreen. I took a look and noticed water coming from the bonnet. It looked like it was coming from the windscreen wiper jets. Tony then realised the van was running very hot! We came to a stop on the side of the road and realised the water tank had split at the top. We phoned the RACV and didn’t get an answer. Fortunately we were carrying drinking water. So Tony waited 10 minutes for the van to cool down, refilled the water tank and left the cap loose so as not to build up pressure, hoping the van wouldn’t heat up and possibly get us to the next town. Fortunately it got us further than that as the only mechanic we found couldn’t supply us with a replacement tank. We made it to our Motel in Canberra at 5:40pm without the temperature dial moving at all and no extra water needed as yet. We are hoping it will get us home as we have to order the part from the manufacturer.
We have just finished dinner after a shop at the supermarket next door and after securing the bikes for the night will be retiring early.
The agenda for tomorrow is for Tony, Damian and their Pit managers myself and Damien’s wife Debbie to register in the morning, get photo taken and collect passes, set up tents and equipment and Tony and Damien to do a couple laps of the track to become familiar with the course. We then have a briefing at 2:00pm. The remainder of the day we plan to rest up before the race the next day.
We will try to put up photos tomorrow. Unfortuanately it took quicte a while to set up the Internet tonight and now it is not so early to bed.
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