My base at Erldundra
Mackenzie : Today we went to the truck hall of fame again and went to a caravan park called Erldunda. We set up the van and played at the park, then we went for a walk and had a look at the emus. We went back to the van and played and did some work and drawings.
We packed up this morning and paid our electricity bill. The electricity meters in this park are amazing, apparently they are around a lot in the territory but this is the first time we have seen them. They have a digital readout which gives you the amount of credit you have, you buy a card like a phone card and top up your meter. They were introduced as people were running up huge electricity bills, not paying and then having their power cut off so at least this way they are using and paying as they go. So we didn't have to buy a card, they stock up the meter with credit, you read it and read again when you leave and pay the difference, what a great system. We headed back to the hall of fame, 3 days in a row, we are becoming a regular. I decided I couldn't come all this way and not see my uncle's frame for myself so Fletcher and I went in, I had every intention of being 5 minutes, Fletcher had other ideas and started to tell me stories and get in trucks and then I started to get hooked reading everyone's frames, this place is not just for truck enthusiasts its for anyone, I could have stayed for hours. We went out to have a look at the finish line of the Finke but it was no place for a caravan & dog and people with no idea what they are doing or where they are going, we would just have to read who won what section. We stopped at Stuarts Well to see Dinky the Dingo. Dan had told the kids about the dingo who played the piano and they have been looking forward to seeing him. He has only just retired :( we missed him by 4 weeks, he is now 13 and full of arthritis and unable to get up onto the piano. He was rescued as a pup and the mans daughter use to play the piano, Dinky began to sing along with her and it wasn't long before he was playing himself. So Dinky and his owner have moved into Alice, selling the roadhouse and both retiring 4 weeks ago, we are sorry we missed him but glad he is still ok. We got to Erldunda in the afternoon and couldn't work out whether to keep driving or stay the night and head off early, we decided to stop as we are still both not 100% and could do with the rest. We booked in and had the choice of sites, great grassy drive thru sites. We didn't bother hooking up to the water as its bore water and undrinkable, at least these guys have signs up and don't encourage you to drink it. By late afternoon the place was packed and vans and campers were even setting up in corners, car parks and at the end of the laneways. We still had heaps of room on our big grassy site but we are glad we got here early. The smell here is pretty bad, it comes and goes, we cant work out if its the bore water or septic, we seem to have that bore water smell imbedded in our noses and are looking forward to some fresh drinking water and our van tank is as good as empty. This park has a pool, basketball, a playground and lots of emus.
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