We are meeting friends here so its only 188kms from Bowen but it was too far to go without a stop, hence two days in Bowen.
Warren had rung ahead and booked at McKay as it is a long weekend. We got going at 8.15 and jyst before 9am on an overtaking lane, there was a noise. Oh, no, we had blown a tyre, same tyre as last week but of course, the spare was on there.
As there was no where to pull off, Warren drove down to the end of the overtaking land, stopped and put the hazards on. It only took about twenty minutes to change, I am getting quite good at getting the spare off and wheeled around ready to put on.
This was not just flat, it was completely buggared, with strips of rubber and wires showing.
We drove back into Bowen and had all three tyres replaced as the one we bought in Cooktown was a stopgap which would get us out of trouble. It was a car tyre but we need light truck tyres for the camper trailer.
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