Revisit John Forrest NP

29th July 2014

Today we moved the van from Caversham to Forrestfield in preparation for taking it to the nearby caravan service centre on Thursday prior to flying to Sydney.

We are having the van raised by 100mm so it has better clearance over low obstacles like speed bumps and high kerbs.  There are also a couple of warranty issues to be fixed. The service people have kindly agreed to deliver the car and the van to a storage facility opposite their premises and have it back ready for us when we return on 29th August. We have also arranged with the caravan park a return to the same drive through site we are on tonight as it will be after dark when our flight arrives back.  The park has great facilities but is the most expensive we have been to so I'm glad we're only here for 3 nights in total.

John Forrest NP

We spent the afternoon in Bunnings followed by John Forrest NP again where we walked another section of the old rail route.  Bunnings was necessary as yesterday we purchased a mobile 80w solar panel which can be used to top up the car or the caravan battery; we needed a long chain and padlocks to ensure it does not get stolen. Although the 80w solar panel on the roof of the caravan works well, we are concerned that when camping in the southern forests it may be impossible to get enough sun on it.  Now we have solved that problem and can also use the panel if we remote camp in a tent to charge the inverter, fridge, lights and so on.

Park resident who wanted to share lunch!

In the NP there is a big flock of noisy red tailed black cockatoos which live in a particular area; they were in the same place when we walked there last week.  The creek seemed higher today with lots of small rivulets running into it.

Plenty of water at Hovea Falls