So today we left Wodonga, heading to Griffith in the Riverina. Just to ensure we had everything serviceable for the 3+ months ahead, we stopped for a free camp in Lockhart at the Racecourse/Showgrounds. This was to ensure all our batteries and ancillary systems are working when we really hit the outback!

As we were staying at the racecourse, we did a lap around the track, about 2.5 K’s. It was the Lockhart Invitational for visitors, Andrew and I as the young colts with Susan and Sue as the old Nags. Susan threw a fetlock and retired after 2 furlongs, whilst Sue, Andrew and I lasted the distance, although Sue nearly retired because of all the bindis on her shows! Luckily I was there to remove them after the race, even the Queen does not get looked after as well!

We’ll it was good we stopped for a free camp, as we discovered our van batteries were basically “cactus”. No power overnight which meant no heating, so we froze until morning when I could get the generator going and get some power into the van. So new batteries are on the shopping list for the van when we get to Griffith, this is after getting a new 3rd battery for the Cruiser in Wodonga. A couple of days into the trip and we’ve had to replace 3 batteries, hopefully we are set now!