Day 2 greeted us far to early, due to a magnificently zealous RSL crew whipping up bacon, eggs, sausages, porridge and toast, at 5:30 am. After the morning brief from James we were away, and greeted by a flock of emu’s on the side of the road.
Today we left in our “buddy teams”, and it did look fantastic looking behind and seeing a convoy of shitboxes with their headlights on.
Filling up for petrol in Mitchell
Filling up with petrol somewhere
The Dolly provided it’s usual excitement, needing to be constantly kept moving, or given the occasional rest along the trip. Still, the journey to lunch was pretty uneventful. After lunch however there was some excitement. We left the rest of the group behind after Blackall as we wanted to go and stop at Barcaldine and see the Knowledge Tree – or more what is left of it as it is dead. On the road to Barcaldine there were heaps of emu’s (and road kill!!). As we were slowing down admiring one, we noticed a shitbox catching up to us. Suddenly there was a massive cloud of blue smoke. We doubled back to help them. However their shitbox – Ted Dancing with Wolves – was terminally damaged as the conrod decided it no longer wanted to be with the rest of the engine and filed for divorce. Game over man game over. As more help arrived we left them and took off to see the tree of knowledge.
A random emu
A bottle tree - cool
The dead Knowledge Tree
We then caught up with the Dolly, which was in its usual position on the side of the road with the bonnet up. The Mario Speedwagon caught up with us, and, with the rest of our buddy group further up the road, we cruised on into Longreach.
Our dash board friends
Just out of Longreach we noticed a cat urine smell in the car that went away after a couple of minutes. An inspection at the campsite at the end of the day identified the problem. Coolant belched out of the radiator cap (!!!!!) and went all over the engine bay. So, the cat pee smell was actually coolant. Spewing, I thought we had goosed a cat!
The source of the cat urine smell
That night it was pre-dinner drinks at the Qantas Founders Centre, followed by roast beef.
The dudes from the Red Dirt Roosters joined us for dinner and entertained us with the high jinks – see the video below.
Some stats for Day 2:
Kilometers travelled: 613 km
Road kill – 7000 dead kangaroos
Coolant consumed by the Dolly: 300 L
Female boob flashing encounters: 1 pair
Emus: Lots
Number of dead shitbox: 1
Number of overtaking moves by the ‘rona: 0
Number of overtaking moves performed on the ‘rona: 6 x 1023
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