We booked a service for Winnie and we asked the mechanics to look at why our fuel consumption has been going up. The fittings on the fuel filter had deteriorated and may have been leaking which would have caused our fuel usage to increase. Sadly, the loosened fittings finally broke when the fuel filter was being replaced. The parts need to be freighted from the east coast - a disadvantage in WA we have found in various instances.
So, here we are stranded on the nature strip outside the Rockingham Fiat dealer, completely immobile, waiting for our much needed parts to arrive.
We have hired a small car for a few days to allow us to move about a bit for shopping etc. Hopefully, the parts will come soon??????????????? and we will be on our way.
To add insult to injury, the small Rockingham Bridge Club which meets only twice a week is only allowing people to play bridge if they are members. The rationale is that with Covid-19 they need to protect their members from the virus. In order to be less infectious, we would need to become associate members for the cost of $20. Then we can play :-)
We got our "get out of jail card" and the part arrived on Friday so we had it fixed and we were able to leave Rockingham. While we were captives, we actually went and played bridge at the Mandurah Bridge Club (30kms south of Rockingham) who were most welcoming and we did not have to sign up as members.
Cicerello's is a Mandurah institution. Many Italian fishermen fished at Mandurah in the past so there is a strong Italian influence remaining.
To celebrate our freedom I had a swing on this beaut large swing at a Mandurah park.
That's called bridge logic! :)
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