As said the forecast was for a hot day an in deed around 08:00 we already burned out of our tent. I added the extra awning to the main awning to get some extra shade to make breakfast.
By 10:30 we where packed and it was already 35 degrees and we started our trip south. I found a place in the forest about 150 km south of Sydney and a place on the coast another 100 km more south. We first aimed for the forest place and would see there what to do. The temperatures climbed above the 40 degrees. While we stopped for lunch the sandwich we made almost got grilled while waiting to be eaten
The Pacific motorway ended near Sydney were the temperatures got to 45 degrees. After Sydney we picked up the Princess highway, which had some pretty steep climbs. While driving on the cruise control the car went into kick down more then once. But then at some point there came a clicking sound from under the hood, which did not sound right. I stopped as soon as I could and checked the map, I could get off the highway 1 km later. We stopped at a parking lot in a small village called Kiama to let the car cool off and we did the same at the beach with was a convenient 300 meters from there.
When we got back to the car the clicking sound was still there so I decided to slowly drive to the closest garage I could find, which was 7 km away in village called Jamberoo. When we turned into the parking lot of the garage the car stalled and the A/T temperature light came on.
With the help of a local we pushed the car in place and went to the suggested pub for a cold beer and a meal. The also had rooms, but they turned out to be all rented out for the night so after cooling down we went back to the car to put up the roof top tent and have a sleep.
Unfortunately is was Saturday night so we likely need to stay here for at least two night.
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