We did Underwater World on Saturday and planned Palmersaurus Dinosaur Park today.
Just as we reached Coolum, where the attraction is situated (almost 30 minutes from home), the car told us, in no uncertain terms, to stop! It had suddenly overheated to 'smelly' stage and it was necessary to turn the engine off completely.
We were in a bad spot, but at least we were able to pull off the road to a 'reasonably' safe position.
The Bare-chested Chef lifted the bonnet and took a look. He's a great chef :)
After about 10 minutes, when the car still wouldn't start and didn't even sound like it would EVER start again, we decided to make a plan.
Vegan Chickie did a search online for the nearest mechanic or automotive place .. there was one very close!
We got out of the car and walked in the direction of said place.
We found it .. across a very busy road, which was the turnoff from the motorway, where there was also a large and busy roundabout. So rather than risk our lives attempting to cross the road, BCC phoned them.
They were too short staffed to send someone over to us but gave us a phone number for a tow truck and also suggested that if we waited a while and let the car cool down, it may start again.
So BCC walked back to the car, while VC, C and I sat on a nice shady grassy spot and waited.
Within 10 minutes, BCC appeared, in the car.
We all scrambled into the car and we drove on, towards home.
Within 10 minutes, the car began to heat up again, so we found the nearest, safest spot to stop and played the waiting game again.
The challenge was keeping Chicklet amused. She was already upset that we couldn't go to the Dinosaur Park and she was itching to get out of the car. I think VC and I did pretty well to keep her distracted. It was a recipe for the perfect meltdown, but we managed to avoid it.
Fifteen minutes later, the car decided to start again, so we continued on.
Ten minutes later, another stop.
We finally made it home safe n sound. Whew.
I guess the Dinosaur Park will have to wait for another day. At least Chicklet has been there before, so it wasn't a failed first visit and there is hope for future visits!
Our adventures, in the near future, at least, will need to be closer to home.
We were just discussing this afternoon that there had been a few hiccups since my arrival. Things going wrong, receiving bad news, scheduling problems, breakages ... things just don't seem to be on an 'even keel' right now.
We may need to do some 'cleansing' of our space!
Here is a pic of Chicklet when we were sitting on our grassy area waiting for BCC to come back with the car. I think she's a bit excited about what Mama has in her bag for her.
Things look pretty calm hey?
Tomorrow will be a better day.
Nite all.
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