Brrrrrrr.....its bloody cold!!!! The idea was to get up
pretty early and get on the water but it was to cold to even contemplate as we
snuggled under the doona. Eventually we got our stuff together and launched
Rufus. For the past 6 months the motor on Rufus has been playing up, with it
spluttering even when idling and it sounding like it has emphysema when I
accelerate. I have managed to deal with it until now using the primer to keep the fuel in the fuel filter up, but with the multitude of
snappy handbags in the area I wasn’t feeling overly comfortable about it. The boys
and I launched and had a troll up and down the river staying as close to the
boat ramp as possible with it giving us even more grief than ever. After a couple of hours we gave up and headed for home
with nothing but a lighter fuel tank and a fair bit of frustration to show for
our efforts.
After lunch I headed up to the shop, yes King Ash Bay has a
shop and mechanical workshop, to see if they had a coupling for the fuel line
as that is where I suspected the problem was. I gave them about 0.0001% chance
of having one...I should have bought a lotto ticket while I was there as while
they didn’t have both couplings they did have one! De and the Boys headed up to
the fishing clubhouse for a game of Bush Bingo while I worked on the motor. I
replaced the coupling and was still having problems so I put my bush mechanic
hat on and decided the only way was to bypass the coupling and plumb the fuel
line direct into the motor...and low and behold it worked!
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| The bingo prize haul....just what we needed in the van! |
I was happy as Larry as were De and the boys as they had
cleaned up at bingo bringing home 6 out of 20 games! Apparently they were
getting some pretty savage death stares from some of the grey nomads who
weren't real happy with their luck! With Rufus now cured of his coughs we hit
the water again with glee! On the way up river another fella had hooked a
groper and was having a almighty fight trying to bring it in. He had been going
for ½ an hour and we hung around for about 15 minutes until he eventually lost
it, but the boys were excited by it.
We trolled along the banks of this
magnificent river picking and choosing our spots in the hope of catching a
barra. A couple of hours later we were still empty handed but had really
enjoyed our time, especially without the stress of Rufus playing up! As the sun
set we headed back and settled in for a
quite night.
Mate what is doing with your new look!
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