I just had a bit of a shock looking at the calendar… this time next week we will be honking the horn and pulling away from the curb to start the long drive to Darwin. Thanks to many generous supporters we have leapt up to $2,300 collected so far, and there’s still some more to come!

A big thanks to the guys at Jobsons motor mechanics in Artarmon for giving the car the once over. They were able to give me a long list of the things that were wrong with the car that I didn’t have the money to fix, so I now have a set of ACTUAL problems to worry about rather than general vague uneasiness. Forewarned is not so much forearmed as just not able to sleep quite so well on a night. Front suspension may turn out to be one of those overrated nice-to-haves, better get used to the car handling like a magic carpet.

Still, at least my boy is impressed with the sports car, but then, he’s four years old. The big test will be the drive up to Port Stephens at the weekend. It’s a good 2 hour run, followed by the 8 hour stint up to Byron Bay this time next week. Fingers crossed….