About 18 months ago I was sitting on my lounge in New York City combing through these pages trying to learn as much as possible about how to outfit our camper trailer and 4wd for our trip in Australia. Originally planned for 3-6 months, we are closing in on the end of our 15th month on the road and 50,000km behind us.
We were beginning our journey on the Tanami week before last and stopped for lunch at Wolfe Creek Crater. There are no picnic tables there, so we were sitting on a picnic blanket when I noticed something under the trailer didn't look right.
My husband went to investigate and sure enough the bushes on one of our shocks were destroyed. Another bloke came over and confirmed our suspicions. They both had a look like we had a real problem... We were 200 kms out of Halls Creek with some heavily corrugated stretches between us and a service station.
"No worries" I said. We had a spare shock. My husband didn't believe me because it had been buried deep in our spares for the last year and he was pretty happy when he successfully pulled it out.
An hour or two later, we were back on the Tanami and headed to Alice Springs. There is no way we would have had that spare if not for this site, so big THANK YOU to all who contribute their experiences here.
For the record, we now have a spare shock, set of bushes and a spare set of nuts and bolts for the shocks too... Just in case.
If anyone is interested in the rest of our strange journey on the Tanami, we posted it on our blog.
http://milesfrombrooklyn.com/2015/10/02/midnight-on-the-tanami-part-one/
Thanks again for all of your help!
