Monday we had the car serviced at the local Nissan Dealer. It's the first time we have taken it in to Nissan-we've used small local blokes previously. Our last 3 services were $150, $159 and $199. As this was a big one, we were expecting it to be pricey, but both almost passed out when it was nearing $700 (and that's after a 10& discount for being Big4 members!) No more Nissan dealers for our Nivarra!
Tuesday, we packed up and took the van down to an auto electrician to have the 7 pin plug replaced. That was a pleasant $50 and made us feel a bit better. Oh, and the insurance cheque for the broken TV arrived in Warrnambool on Monday according to our neighbour David, so that was good news too.
It was so sad leaving Kununurra-it's been a lovely park to stay in. The lake is a wonderful place to sit and watch the sunset of an evening and lots of people did just that. Everyone would wander out and sit or stand and chat, so like Port Smith, it's been very friendly.
We've back-tracked 100ks to come to Wyndham. It's out on the coast west of Kununurra and although the drive was beautiful, the town really isn't. It has a few local scenic attractions and is a good place to visit El Questro and a number of gorges from. The park is shaded and has a pool, so we have taken advantage of their "pay for three, stay 1 more for free" offer, but I think that will be enough. One of the caretakers tried to coax Russ into staying an extra night so we could go to the race meeting, but I think we spent our allowance on the car and van this month. This coast line is famous for some of the biggest salt water crocodiles found in Australia, and although there are plenty of mud crabs out there, those crocs and the big tides are probably going to deter us. The weather is warming up too-around 36 lately through the day and not going much below 22 at night. I don't mind the warm days now we are always near a pool, but I wish the nights were a little cooler.
Last night on the recommendation of people we'd met in Kununurra we had barra and chips for dinner. One of the park caretakers sets up a mobile food van between 5 and 7 pm to sell his barra and chips. That's all he sells and he claims that the $15 serve will be enough for two to share. He's right, we got 3 huge bits of barra in a lovely light batter and a huge serve of crispy chips for our $15. Russ saw him cut the filets fresh from a whole side of barra and it was almost the best fish and chips I have ever eaten-just about worth coming to Wyndham for!
We had planned to go out to El Questro today, but the place is so quiet after Kununurra, we slept through til after 8 and have been to slow getting up and going, so we've changed our plans and will try again tomorrow.
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