After a sweaty night, I woke up pretty early feeling much better. I guess some tension released. I went online to search for the next step: camping equipment.
In the preparation for this trip I came across 4wdsupacentre.com.au which offers camping equipment for wholesale prices. On their website I saw they still had black Friday sales, so I created an account and filled my shopping card. A rooftop tent, an awning, a n awning wall, a fridge with extra insulation and a jump starter (since I have an automatic). All for 930 AUD, which is around 530 euro. To be picked up at the closest branch.
Then I went on my way to pick up the LandCruiser. I first dropped off the rental car at Hertz, where Ong helped me again and he asked about our progress. We was very happy to hear we got a GLX version. He had driven one for years and could only speak good about it.
I walked to the bus stop to catch a bus to the train station, but after 15 minutes waiting without any of the scheduled busses passing by I checked where the train station was and decided to walk the about 1200 meters.
The train was pretty empty. 8 carts, double deck, 2 + 3 seats. At some point I found out you can move the back rest around, to change the direction in which you sit.
The train stopped a bit earlier then my planner had said and I found out I had to got 1 station back to change to the train I needed. It always takes some time to find the right train and when I heard the whistle I jumped in what turned out to be the fast train to the center, so the wrong direction.
We even passed the station next to our house before I could get out and get on the correct train. Then once more change to the correct destination and all in all more then an hour behind on planning I got to our car.
In the mean time I got a text message from Mo (who has the Australian sim in her phone) that the order could be picked up, so I could do that on the way back. I also came across a shopping center where I went to big Aldi to pick up some stuff for oliebollen, since there was gluten-free flower available I opted for that, so Mo could have oliebollen once again.
The 4WD Supacentre was as I expected a candy store. I picked up some rachet straps so I could tie the box of with the tent on the roof and made some pictures of some nice to haves before getting my stuff. Then I found out that everything except for the tent was available. I was directed to the loading dock and there was greeted by a cheerful guy who told me it was my lucky day as he had found the last tent and it was mine.
We loaded everything in and on the car and I was off.
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