THE WALLABY TRACK WITH LIONEL MUSSELL
MOTORHOME BLUES
A MOTORHOME ACCIDENT AND LIONEL’S THREE CARAVANNING CERTAINTIES.
When I started writing this
month's column I didn't intend
to start by telling you that I'd
had an accident in Rutherglen,
Vic, and that Yemmy is at the
repair shop! I'd driven 427km
from home to an Australian
Caravan Club muster and was
about 100m from the caravan
park when I missed a 'give way'
sign and hit a little black car.
Fortunately no-one was hurt
and Yemmy was taken on a
truck to my site in the park for
the weekend.
Yemmy was picked up after
the muster and he's now
waiting for assessment and
repair. I was concerned about
getting home with all my gear
but a kind ACC couple who live
in Geelong offered to take me
and my stuff – including the
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fridge contents and my new
coffee machine – home.
I am so grateful to them.
EXTENSIONS TO
MURPHY'S LAW
With Yemmy laid up, I realised
I've been contributing articles
for a long time. I found an
article I wrote – surprisingly
called ‘The Big One’ – that
was published in April 1988.
In that article, I talked of
extensions to Murphy's Law
and called them ‘Mussell's
Certainties of Caravanning’.
I think they bear repeating:
1. Whichever direction you
decide to head in Australia,
you will always meet head
or crosswinds – particularly
if you are running short of
petrol, time, and/or patience
(or all three).
2. Problems will always arise
on the hottest day and then only
when you have almost completed
an arduous day's travel.
3. In Sydney, all traffic lights
are red and positioned halfway
up steep hills. (This ‘certainty’
is more noticeable when
towing with a medium-sized
car with a high first gear and
with its torque coming in high
in the rev range. It is quite
difficult to drive with one hand
used to hold your nose to
prevent choking on the smoke
of a burning clutch plate while
keeping the fingers of the
other hand firmly crossed and
touching wood).