I Have A Game For You All.

[DaveW]

See if you can find a place called Cocklebiddy.

When you find that, you will know where I am right now - looking at a huge sky full of stars.

With a broken Landcruiser, waiting for my brother to come from Perth and get us.

[woolysheep]

Found it...Cocklebiddy is a small roadhouse community located on the Eyre Highway in Western Australia. It is the third stop after Norseman on the long journey east across the Nullarbor Plains. The area is noted for its underground caves and lakes.

 

I envy the view it must be amazing.

 

No bush mechanics?

 

Oh,do I win?

[DaveW]

No one here to fix it, no parts if there was.......

About 6 people live here, and they come and go week about. Right now population is about 60 - mostly in vans and a couple of trucks. They all arrived between 3 and 5 and I suspect they will be gone by 9 tomorrow.
450 km or so east of Norseman.
$2500 to get to Norseman on a flatbed truck. No provision for people, no coach service, no taxi. No way out......

Crisp night though with all the stars you can only see when you are away from city lights.

[woolysheep]

What is the damage to the vehicle?

 

Reading more Cocklebiddy is 1,163 km from Perth.

 

To access OB I guess you are using satellite (?) 

[John81]

That was fun. I hope the Lord helps you out of this soon. By the grace of God, the last time I had a vehicle break down I was one block from my Dad's house.

[heartstrings]

Reminds me of a town not too far from here....

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopchoppy,_Florida

[DaveW]

Cocklebiddy is a truckstop with an open area on the side that has power posts for caravans to overnight. That is it.

Head gasket or head cracked.

When we get it back home it will be parked up for a few weeks, then I will strip the engine down completely and see if it can be fixed.
In January we had a new head put on it professionally and it has been running faultlessly since.
But there is no bus service along this road - the only direct road from Perth to east.... figure that one out.....

So we can't even get out and leave the car here.

My brother is going to drive out and get us and the trailer, then I will get my parents Landcruiser and a car trailer and come and get ours.

So my bro drives 1200 km out, we go back, then I come out and back again.....

[Salyan]

That's like a 14 hour drive! Crazy...

[DaveW]

That's like a 14 hour drive! Crazy...

Uhhh - yep.

But that's why the trucks can charge $2500 to get to the nearest town. Most people just give up and pay, get it fixed and go home.
We can't afford to.
Cost us about $1500 in fuel and about $300 to hire a car trailer.
And that gets us all home.