We paid a visit to 'The Croc Tent' before saying good-bye to The Tip and heading back South.
We fuelled up at Bamaga and dropped by for a look at the crash site of the DC-3
We chose to just drive down the Telegraph Road and not do the 'Track' again so we could knock over 500km or so and get in to Musgrave Station for the night. How things change?!
The corrugations on this section are horrendous an absolutely belted the hell out of everything. We didn't know until after we had crossed the Jardine River on the ferry again that the shocker mount weld on the camper had broken loose. Close inspection showed a very poor weld and it was not surprising that it broke.
The coil spring was still there luckily and had jammed itself between the wishbone and the chassis. We manager to get it back out and refit it knowing the safety chain would limit the travel and stop it happening again.
Well that didn't work and after fixing it twice more we decided to have a go at welding the shocker mount back up on the side of the road with some bush mechanic skills. We pulled the batteries out of the car and trailer and made up a makeshift welder with the jumper leads. Out with the inverter and I drilled a new hole for the safety chain and we were on our way again.
I managed to get a reasonable weld and it held all the way to Bramwell Station. We'd only covered 200km for the day and arrived in the dark.
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