It was service day for the van today. I have now done 20,000 kilometres since I picked it up in Perth. I had booked the van into the K-Mart Tyre & Auto in Townsville. We dropped our lovely little camper off just before nine. The guy at K-Mart was really nice but explained that he'd had three mechanics phone in sick and that we'd probably not get our van back until around four. We said no worries to this and he said he'd try and get it done earlier if possible...

We were woken up at just before half seven by the dulcet tones of Frank Ifield singing his classic hit 'I Remember You'!!! It was blasting out from the camp site's own PA. It was kind of like being in an episode of Hi De Hi and how I imagine a stay at Butlins must have been like! I half expected to bump into Ruth Madoc! The fan went back on in order to drown this aural assault out. On the way to the amenities later we were treated to some more country and western...