The day for traveller’s maintenance had arrived now we were just over half way through the Wild Adventure.

Nikki from Cairns Mobile Hairdressing was booked to arrive at 9AM and so the guys had planned to get some jobs done around the caravans much to Branch’s delight as things had been a little quiet as the investigation into the Poonami had stalled…. Key witnesses had indicated that the offensive flood had occurred in the larger of the Snowy vans but the owners had attempted to keep ii under wraps (or would that be towels???)….the main issue seemed to be the cleaning fetish which saw a hose used to flush out the contaminated substance from the cassette cavity inadvertently flush it all into the said van…nasty!!

Macgyver tightened some screws and hinges in his own abode with Branch’s help while Dave took another trip to Bunnings for some parts….

Nikki arrived on the dot of 9 and the open air hairdressing begun! Nikki had lived in Cairns most of her life and had some interesting info and facts to share about the area.

She did a great job on all 3 girls’ hair and then Gordie decided he needed a tidy-up as well so Nikki gave him a haircut and beard trim which he was really happy with. If you need a mobile hairdresser in Cairns we would recommend Nikki – a great service reasonably priced!

Meanwhile Rosie had discovered an unusual issue under the Well’s bed – the bed base had partially pulled out from the head of the bed – again potentially due to lots of vibrations much to Branch (and others) amusement….Macgyver, Gordie and Branch inspected the damage. Various theories were put forward including heavy luggage packed under the bed may have been banging back and forth against the cabinetry causing the screws to loosen, and it was noted that one of the gas struts was bent now maybe putting pressure on the whole thing…. Needless to say Dave had now arrived back to discover the inspectors at work and he then went back out to Bunnings to buy a replacement strut while Macgyver et al got to work.

The next job to tackle was the Well’s water inlet so Macgyver and Branch got to it – a simple job putting in the plumbing fitting Dave had bought from Reece Plumbing yesterday….but nothing is ever simple. The fitting was installed and all appeared fine until it was tested with the caravan pump on – and water was pumping back out the one way valve…had Macgyver made an error and put the fitting on backwards????

Alas no – after troubleshooting the issue it was identified that the part was faulty….and on old mate across the way had had the very same issue with the same part he had replaced just the other day….so back out Dave went to get a replacement for the faulty part from Reece Plumbing. It turned out that the part was incorrect – not what he needed as it was too high a pressure – after being given the correct parts required, Dave returned and finally Macgyver fixed the inlet – now the Wells are back on tap.

We made some lunch after the works were complete and then went into Cairns itself as Kerry and Gordon had to sort out their phone issues. Kerry’s phone had been possessed by a little green gremlin who was doing weird updates and she could no longer use it so had to buy another phone and Gordie’s battery was playing up….technology!!!!

While they were sorting their tech issues and having a pedicure (Kerry that is!) we looked around the foreshore of Cairns. The town has beautiful tree filled streets and a great swimming pool right on the beach – which is great seeing swimming in the ocean here is risky with crocs and stingers frequenting the area.

After browsing around we all left and drove out to have a look at Yorkey’s Knob – Rose and Dave decided to head back to the caravan park to see if their parts that Amber-Jane from Snowy River had posted to them had arrived at the office – much to Rosie’s delight!

Yorkey’s Knob was a picturesque beach but the wind was whipping up the waves – Trev and Gordie contemplating a surf…. But not to be…the murky waters hide nasty beasts and the waves were tiny…

Driving home the sun was going down and the cloud formations were stunning…

Sunset on another beautiful day….