This is long after my normal bedtime of 'as the sun goes down' but it has been a long day.
Our good friend from Queensland was on his way home yesterday (his wife had already flown home to attend to family issues) when he stopped, just outside katherine , to have lunch. After putting the kettle on he stepped out of his van to get something from his car, as he went back to to van it burst into flames and was completely destroyed. Fortunately his vehicle was undamaged. We were camped a little south of him and arranged to meet before he turned left for the Queensland border. We then had breakfast with him, he had already driven some distance without eating, then accompanied him to the border. I went in Toms car to keep him company and Elaine drove the van behind us. The distance from 3ways where we met and Camooweal where are for the night is 440 kms, lots more than we normally drive. Tom seems ok now so we will drive back to 3ways to continue our travels and Tom will finish his drive home.