Newcastle – a day trip. When we got going on the main road to Newcastle we had a recurrence of a flappy, bashy noise that initially made itself known as we were finishing the drive to Shoal Bay. We thought it was something loose on the caravan but no – it’s the car. We diagnosed the noise as we drove along. It didn’t get better or worse in time with anything the car was doing, accelerating, braking, turning, gear changing and all that – but seemed to respond to air currents. Eventually we traced it to the left rear mudflap/wing assembly and something has definitely come adrift there. So, no major issue as yet but something that needs fixing before we go much further.
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Across to the Coast
Monday 16th July, Cowra and it was cold to start. -5.4°C when we woke.
Not much was open for coffee in the morning so we took off on a surprisingly hilly leg through Blaney to Bathurst. I was tempted to take a run around the Mount Panorama road race circuit but with the caravan on the back .. No. Hanging out for a coffee and maybe some raisin toast, we were displeased to find we bypassed the town centre!! Oh well, on to Lithgow.
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