Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Sorry for the delay!!! Fraser Island

Sorry again for the two month delay, but here goes...

Phil's parents, Maria and Neil, arrived in Bundy in early May. From there we went to Fraser Island which was awesome. We were staying in the gorgeous Kingfisher resort and we all enjoyed the nice layout of the place and the food, (you could say it was to d-d-d-die for). The second day we all loaded up in the car and went out 4wd-ing. We got bogged in the sand almost straight off, but lowered the tire pressure and got out (with the help on an Aussie) no prob. The big problem came as we were leaving Lake McKenzie parking lot; when Phil turned the key - nothing, just some clicking sounds. We popped the hood and everything seemed fine, but maybe the constant bumping on the rough tracks had loosened something or killed the starter motor? The only way to get moving was to roll-start the car, it wouldn't even jump start! We had to scrap our plans of heading up to the wreck on the coast on the third day and we had to let Big Red idle on the 45 min crossing back to the mainland. Anyway, we got to Hervey Bay and had an auto electrician take a look... it turns out our new car had a "kill switch" which immobilizes the car so no one can steal it - a handy feature, especially when you know about it!

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