Van service 4th September 2007

Took the van for its service early this morning. The mechanic was really funny about it this morning and said I'd not booked it in. After talking to him I found out he had book ed it in for the previous Tuesday. He fitted us in and we walked into town. Our first stop was at ANZAC hill. A memorial for WW1 and 2. It looked out over the whole town and towards the MacDonald ranges. Then went on the Internet and emailed, blogged and other things. About 10:30 the guy rang and said the van was ready, so we picked it up and did some shopping, then drove to Stanley chasm. A rock formation the locals told us not to miss. It was a nice walk along a try riverbed to the chasm. We took some pictures, did some climbing over some of the rocks in the chasm, then coz it was hot I sprayed Hannah with water so it looked like she had wet herself and then she took the water and emptied it on me. No one could see the water on Hannah's white shorts but the no dark red wee looking patch on my shorts, everyone could see. Its all fun and games today.
After the chasm we were off, we drove north towards Katherine and Darwin, only about 800 miles.
We got about 200km to a road house and campsite when the van started playing up. Its too far to turn back, the van was over rev'ing and when we turned the engine off, it stayed running for about 3-4 seconds. So we decided not to drive any further. We booked in to the campsite, a little disheartened and worried about he van. Rang Dad "the mechanic on the phone" to pick his brains. What he said put our minds at rest, so off north tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed!