It did not take long to discover that the Turbo/LPG conversion has made an incredible difference to the pulling power of the Landcruiser. The additional horsepower means that far less gear changes are required in order to maintain a constant speed. On the F3 freeway the improvement was particularly noticeable, even in in 5th gear, allowing us to cruise quite comfortably with a fully loaded caravan and roof-rack.
A fairly uneventfull trip north via Raymond Terrace, a late lunch break at the 12 Mile Creek rest area between Heatherbrae and Karua, then on to Taree. Incidentally the latter two locations are now by-passed by the Pacific highway. Our planned overnight stop was Swan's Crossing, which is 15km west of Kew, via Kendell.
Darkness closed in very quickly around 5:30pm, resulting in us not quite making Swan's Crossing in daylighsing one turn-off we were able to do a 5 point U-turn with the assistance of a farmers driveway only a short distance after the missed turn. Not being absolutely sure of the road we stopped momentarily to check our directions when an old motor home pulled up beside us. They were also heading for Swan's Crossing and knew the way so suggested we follow them in. This we glady did and they were able to show us a very good camping area away from the main camp area. It was quite cool by this time so we were happy to retreat into the caravan and start preparing dinner. As we have not yet connected the TV etc. we spent the evening listing to ABC radio while playing a few games of Rummy.
Turned in relatively early (for us) around 9:30pm.
Tuesday 29th April.
We decided overnight to stay here for an extra night which will give us the opportunity to sort things out in the van after a hurried last few days, and to have a fairly relaxing day in this picturesque location. There is a lovely creek running beside our camp which has very good running water should we need it.
Another very cool night.
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