Dalby, Queensland

Tuesday June 13th saw us well and truly begin our journey home as we bid farewell to our last longer stay on this journey. We plan on taking about 4 days getting to Mudgee where we will spend a few days with Justine. Our first stop was Dalby where we booked into the Dalby Pioneer Caravan Park for a couple of days. The park is quite dated and the roads in particular could use a bit of work. That being said the staff was lovely and the amenity block was next to new. The park appears to service a number of permanent residents, workers, and overnight caravan stops. The amenities were kept spotless so 4.5 Stars!

We booked in for two days to get some laundry done and get batteries charged, water tanks full etc. Sandra got straight into the laundry while I did some electrical work on the car as our Anderson plug to the battery pack and caravan appears to have quit working entirely. After a bit of experimenting I determined the Solenoid that passes power through from the Alternator when the car is running wasn't working.

Wednesday morning Sandra resumed her laundry while I ventured into Dalby to find an auto electrician. Found Dalby Auto Electric with no problem and luckily they weren't busy. The young electrician confirmed my diagnosis and replaced the solenoid. Also replaced a fuse that I had damaged during my troubleshooting the previous day. All working in less than an hour! Another short stop at Jaycar to replace a broken lead to my voltmeter. New leads $19.95...new voltmeter c/w leads $9.99????? Purchased an upgraded voltmeter for $24.99 with better leads and more functions. Something I actually use quite a bit with the caravanning and 12V batteries etc.

Sandra got all her laundry done and the weather stayed good enough that she was able to get everything dry. We did a bit of a walk around the local area in the afternoon before getting packed up for the morning. Not a bad stopover as Dalby has pretty good services and shopping options.