THE WALLABY TRACK WITH LIONEL MUSSELL
It was amazing what they did to me . Eric , who has a lot of my rellies at his place at Officer , Vic , took out lots of wiring that he said could be dangerous if I had a crash and he also wired my alternator output to my new ‘ house batteries ’ through a relay that meant it only charged while my engine was running . He said that would stop my own battery from going flat if Lionel or Murphy left something on .
Tom , one of Eric ’ s mates , fitted me with a battery monitor and smart charger for when I was plugged into power .
Lionel ’ s friend , Lazo , who is great with woodwork , built me some cupboards and a sink with a draining board , plus a little drawer unit and table .
Then Lionel bought a fridge for me and they fitted it where the ambos had a large , clumsy cupboard . I heard them say it ran on 12 or 240V , whatever that means , so we would be able to bush-camp .
Lazo ’ s wife , Deirdre , made me a complete new set of curtains and I was beginning to feel rather smart .
Apart from the little try out in the bush in Gippsland , our first real outing was to an Australian Caravan Club muster at Phillip Island and all the members were very impressed with me .
By now , I had a nice , new roll-out awning that Lionel had fitted by his friend Andrew of The RV Repair Centre , Vic . Andrew also arranged for me to be wired for 240V so Lionel could plug me into mains power in caravan parks .
It was raining on the Monday morning when everyone was packing up to go home and Lionel was laughing as he didn ’ t have to get out in the rain to hitch up a caravan – it only took a few minutes to have me ready to roll .
To be continued …
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