The last few days have been interesting, after leaving the lookout and driving around Wyndham Point I discovered that the engine was overheating. The temp guage was through the roof. After pulling over I found that the radiator had a leak in it and that it had been losing coolant over the last week or so. Initially I thought that a hose had burst and I managed to blow fuses for the fridge getting the replacement hoses out. I filled the radiator up with water and kept on going, keeping one eye on the temp guage. We managed to get to Doon Doon road house where we stopped for the night to see how it was.
After pulling the radiator from the car I found that it had multiple leaks, several of the quite fast. After trying several methods to block the holes (including gasket goo) the owners of the road house put me onto Stop Leaks, which worked like a charm. I need to put ~1.5L of water into the radiator every morning but it will work well enough to get us to Darwin. Looks like I’ll be working there for a while to get a new radiator.

Bungle Bungles

Yesterday we visited the Bungle Bungles, walking amongst the sandstone domes and through the gorges was spectacular. It was hot and I am starting to wish that the aircon worked in the car, it would make getting to sleep easier at night. The 55km drive into and out of the park was fun, with lots of dips, turns, bumps and hills. It was similar to a rollercoaster at some points.

Last night was difficult to get to sleep as the car was hot and no breeze was around. Today we are going to journey to Halls Creek for a few days and visit Wolfe Creek Metorite Crater while we are there. I’m still enjoying the travel and waking up with the sunrise every morning to new scenery is nice.