The day began early as everyone had differing plans for the day….

The Weiss camp were first cab off the rank leaving at 0630 bound for Rockingham and a van brake check…

Next in line was the Wells who took off in a bit of a hurry and made a sharp turn down the wrong road in the caravan park… causing the van to jackknife and break the precious Pearl’s right taillight….

Branch was left to pick up the pieces…. After gathering them he put them into a cliplock bag hoping to do the repair when we caught up with them in Yanchep this afternoon…

The Wells were on a mission to get to George Day (?Graham/Greg?) Caravans to have the BMPro looked at…

The Hunters took off next on their way to catch up with Kerry’s relatives in Perth where they were staying 2 nights and meeting us at Green Head on Wednesday….

We were the last to leave and drove out on the way to our next campsite in Yanchep – Henry White Oval – just north of Perth where Matt and Sharon would rejoin us,

We stopped at Mandurah for lunch – driving over the beautiful waterways into the town – reminiscent of Noosa waters….

The wharf area had many cafés and eateries but Trev was keen for fish and chips so we went into Cicerello’s – no. 1 for fish and chips….

The fish was very fresh – we ate sitting next to a lovely aquarium with many clown fish (among others) – very cute!

After coffee and icecream we got back on the road hoping to reach Craigie by 1400 as we had booked in to have my camera cleaned after what we think was a sandfly managed to get inside when I changed a lens inside the van…

We booked the camera in to Allcam to get cleaned – Thomas Klose was very helpful over the phone when I called and he was happy for us to drop the camera in today…

Driving over the Swan River into Perth CBD we realised how much smaller Perth is than Sydney but very well laid out.

The freeway took us straight through Perth without a hitch and we arrived at Allcam https://www.allcam.com.au/ just after 1400 – Thomas was great and said he could have the camera ready by 1730 this afternoon – which worked out well…

We left the camera with him and drove on to our campsite in Yanchep National Park.

On the way nearing the national park we could see an ominous sign in the distance – was that a bushfire??? Hopefully not near where we were camping….

Dave and Rose had already arrived after a dream run in Perth…. Violet from BMPro rang at the right time while Steve and George at the caravan place were installing the new link box so they  set it up with Violet/ Damian giving details over the phone… everything now works (as has been working for the last few days) so hopefully this will be the final episode in the “Bluetoothgate” fiasco!!

The Wells had an exceptionally great day despite the bad start as they managed to source a new taillight from a wrecker for half price ($300 instead of $600)… and the wrecker was located only moments away from George Day…. Meaning they got to the campsite at lunchtime!

We arrived next and set up – as Klaus and Beryl followed soon after with also a positive outcome for their brakes – all good – the squeaking is probably just dust as the brakes are OK.

Branch had a very satisfying afternoon – after checking in on the Weiss brake situation, he moved on to the Wells Camp…

Branch brought out his repair kit but it was to no avail – Dave put a lid on it and produced the new taillight… Branch felt quite rejected as he had gone to a lot of effort to pick up the pieces and prepare some repair equipment…

Anyway he had a great time helping Macgyver adjust his Anderson plug… (NOT the Anderson plug??)…

Klaus and Trev sorted out their carry-on luggage together…. Visiting the local “Dumpex” as Rosie would put it!

Matt and Sharon brought up the rear arriving about an hour later…

Trev then drove back to pick up the camera…Klaus went along for the ride.

Those left behind went for a walk to explore. Henry White Oval Campground was a fantastic campsite – big level and private sites with lovely bushland around filled with grass trees, banksias and gums…and lots of kangaroos…

There was a section of the bush where they had some koalas – we saw 2 that were fast asleep but very healthy looking!!

After a barbeque dinner we sat around for a while having coffee and planning the next day’s drive….