THE WALLABY TRACK WITH LIONEL MUSSELL
FIRED UP!
LIFE’S BEEN BUSY FOR LIONEL, FROM
‘ESCAPING’ A BUSHFIRE IN VICTORIA TO
DEALING WITH THE NEFARIOUS MURPHY…
What a busy month! I attended the 10th
anniversary muster of the ACC Gippsland
Gypsies at the lovely Glen Cromie Caravan
Park on the banks of the Tarago River, Vic. The
anniversary was going well, although we were
near the Bunyip State Forest bushfires that have
been in the news lately.
On the Sunday morning, the sky was full of the
smoke from the fire and the owners of the park
asked us all to leave. They had experienced a
similar fire a few years back and lost cabins in
the blaze. Fortunately it didn't reach the park this
year but better safe than sorry.
The highway back to Melbourne was closed and we
had to travel via Korumburra – a good thing from
bad as I have friends there and was able to spend
the rest of the day with them. Doug cooks a great
barbecue, though he lets me cook my own steak!
Red tape has lead to the Korumburra,
Vic, dump poing being locked at night.
Doug is a member of the Korumburra
Showgrounds Committee and was partly
responsible for getting a dump point installed in the
showgrounds, help ed by a subsidy from the CMCA.
Unfortunately, red tape has meant that the
dump point has to be locked at night. Numerous
approaches to the council have failed to get this
ridiculous decision reversed.
MURPHY AND THE ELECTRONICS
Murph had a hand in wrecking my van’s telly and
antenna! TV reception was very patchy. I was
getting a few channels from my little interior
antenna but none from my mast one.
Help from a few friends didn't solve the problem
but by then the constant changing of the antenna
broke the inlet on the telly. A visit to Big W saw
a new, slightly larger set installed but by then the
external antenna was tested and found wanting.
Mr M was gloating by now but continued his
nefarious activities by causing my van’s ‘through-
the-wall’ connection to fail as well!
It’s now fixed and a plate made to support the
bigger telly to the swivelling wall mount. A
new antenna has arrived and, after a marathon
struggle, it all works. Thank you, Murphy!
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