Re: Swap Meet - Canberra Australia

Posted by Ozstatman On 2007/10/28 9:46:36

Just remembered another little incident, about when we pulled into the rest stop to replenish our water supplies on our way to Canberra.

On opening the trunk the rear license plate literally fell off. It was held on only by one screw, the other screw and the two retaining nuts having deserted their posts. So using bushmen's clips, ie pieces of wire appropriated from the fence of the rest area, it was secured in place and we continued our journey.

It wasn't until I'd finished appropriating the raw material for the clips which involved walking through long grass, that my brother said he was keeping an eye out for black snakes, a large, very venomous and aggresive snake! I thanked him for that! Although now conscious that a little earlier I had headed into the bushes to point percy, at what I imagined was porcelain, but could well have been a snake!