Tues, 10th Dec, 2024 Muirs Bridge Rest Area by Frankland River, west of Rocky Gully to Cosy Corner East campground, west of Albany, WA (Amanda & Trevor in Albany)

17 degrees in the closed up camper. Overcast. Forecast for max of 21 degrees in Albany so on with the jeans and jumper!

Back onto the Muirs Highway and east to Rocky Gully. Pulled over and rang Wholesale Auto in Melbourne to get some help from the Tech guys. We did the computer bit first and sent them the file. They will get back to us. We had changed the lockup so it won’t come on so that has stopped a lot of heat and hopefully nothing has broken off into the automatic! They just said to watch the temps and stay out of 4^th gear if possible.

Continued on the highway to Mt Barker where we stopped for a cuppa. Blue sky ahead as we continued south on the Albany Highway. Steve watching the temps etc as we are pushing a head wind so that’s not helping.

Got a text from Amanda that the ship had docked and they were allowed to disembark so we headed down to the foreshore. Can’t miss the ship.

We found a spot to park near the Entertainment Centre and walked towards them and met them on the footpath. So great to see them both again after all these years - must be 30 years.

Walked back to the camper to show them our home then around to a cafe for lunch. Very windy. Chatted for ages then wandered along the foreshore to the Brig Amity - the replica of the ship that arrived here to establish the first European settlement in WA. Steve took a photo of us. Amanda & I were in Miss Cairns in 1981 - just a few years ago! (I forgot my camera but had my phone at least)

Trevor realised the canon was aimed up at their ship so we had fun taking photos - just need to photoshop it with a big canon ball!

Steve and Amanda steering the ship.

Back into town and up York Street. Lovely church.

Across the road another church has just been sold. I wonder if it will end up as a shop or home. Offers over $1million!

Great photos of Albany 1966 and 2022 at the Real Estate though the reflection made it hard to photograph.

Meandered back to the ship by 4pm - they sail out tonight and head to Melbourne. It was a Sydney to Sydney cruise including Bali. Was great so far except for all the coughing people who won’t wear masks! Said farewell and hope to meet them somewhere with their van or see them at their home in Melbourne.

David and Terry rang to try out Terry’s new phone as his old one was dropping out on him. It is the same as David’s and he has put it on simple mode and Terry seems happy with it.

Back to the truck then through town to the cheap fuel station and filled up. Headed west and down to Cosy Corner East campground to park up for the night. We got the same spot that Bob & Margaret parked in just a few weeks ago when we were there.

The Tech guys sent a text through to say the computer part of the automatic appears fine so we will ring them in the morning to sort out getting a new torque convertor made up as Steve can now smell the burnt oil. Will go back into Albany tomorrow and get oil etc so he can change that and get any bits out. The automatic hasn’t made any funny sounds so hopefully Steve caught it in time and no major damage has been done.

Very windy still and the sky is covered in cloud again.