Crookwell

We left Pejar last Friday for Crookwell where I got a new tyre on the bus. 
On Saturday we towed the Leyland with the Denning and a short rigid bar between for about fifteen kilometres over dips, gullies and along bush tracks to where it will sit whilst it being repaired.
Towing that bus was an experience that I will never forget!!!!!  My thanks to Alan for steering the old bus.  At least I could see where I was going.
This was the first opportunity for us to test our new batteries and solar panels.  The whole thing works splendidly.
At this time we also bought a 3kva generator which has already proved its worth in that we don't have to turn everything else off to run the air conditioner.
I can't believe how much better the bus runs with the new turbo.  We are probably looking at a 50% increase in fuel economy, and about one and a half gears better in power.
Ordered a flat white at the Gunning Cafe where we were presented with 25% froth, whereupon, Maureen took them back, and when they were remade were exactly the same (don't some people get it!).  The coffee beans were burnt too.
We stayed at the truck stop at Gundagai, and when I went to the back of the car the next morning I found that the cylinder head from the Leyland was still.  So we had a quick trip back to Bannister to put it in the bus.  A round trip of 350 kilometers.
We stopped overnight at Narrandera and tried their bakery where a customer recommended the 'bee sting', they were filled with custard and apple which was sensational, but their choux pastry was stale.
Because of the flat countryside the trip to Silverton was a doddle and we arrived Wednesday lunchtime

Back at Pejar

This Turbo hangs over my head like a thundercloud! We took "Moonshine" from St Ives to Marulan upon a recommendation about a Detroit mechanic, but after talking to him for a while, the "beware" signs flashed and We travelled on to "Pine Ridge", a beautiful propety 20 km north/west of Goulburn which is managed by my friends and sometimes travelling companions Darryl And Colleen.
There I took the turbo out and took it to Sydney for a reco. It arrived back today and I hope to fit it tomorrow. In the interim I have had the chance to do other stuff to the motor which is allgood
Went to the flicks few days ago and saw 127 hours .................. go see it
Its good  to see the dams full and the Hills green again.  That claypan that Kim Beasley stood on is now under 30 metres of water - lapping the spillway.
Unfortunately, the bus has eaten up a lot of our time,. so we have to take the most direct route to Broken Hill  for although the official date is not until the 28th,  we have set a deadline of the 15th March to be in Silverton ( to be ready for the full moon on the 20th)
If we get away by Friday we can still look around Bathurst and Dubbo and a few other places.
We are gettting quite excited at the prospect of the reunion.
I might have to get a job on the way over to pay for the diesel the way prices are going ............or better still, send Maureen out ot work.
Seeyas later