Day 13 Nhulunbuy rest day in 'Takingthe scenic route to the beach!'

 Today we opted to catch up on chores like washing, and Matt tried his hardest to troubleshoot and fix the failing hot water system, sadly to no avail. There is no parts readily available, yet alone nearby, (nearest parts are in melbourne )so we will have to just use kettle boiled water for washing up and the camp ground showers until we get home. We checked out the local Woolies and got some groceries. Wow exciting day for blogging, readers are overwhelmed, actually no, just whelmed. not quite underwhelmed. heres a picture of a cane toad.

heres a picture of something prettier

lots of coral washed up on the beach. 

 

i spent 4 hours today between internet searches, troubleshooting and general hatred toward an electrical device today. not to mention the two hours i spent on it last night. manufacturers have put so many processes and safety lockouts in place in gas water heater appliances, so that idiots dont get blown up, and then put a computer in charge of how it works. a box full of water, heat and electrics. what could possibly go wrong. i wish i had the old mechanical gas heater with the pilot light back. at least that worked even when the humidity was a bit high.and if you were stupid with it, you blew up and natural selection took its course.  our current unit has a fault code for every day of the week and ive seen all of them this trip. i think its going in the bin at 2 years old. dont buy camec. and their customer support has 0% technical knowledge. rant over.

us in our hire limousine about to discover where all the broken cars end up. 

We went for a short drive with Ian to check out the industrial area and local neighbourhood. (preferable to working on the water heater ) we went to look at the lookout at the highest point in town, only to find that the trees are higher, so they built a three story tower so you could get above the trees and actually see the view, except that they seem to have deemed it too risky to climb, so the put a fence around it to stop you going up. so we turned around and went elsewhere. should've gone to the bakery. 

  Tonight we went and watched Brenda, David, Elise and Simon play Pickleball at the local tennis courts. Kind of looks like giant ping pong! Another perfect weather day, and despite the disappointment of the hot water system failure, it was a relaxing day. however the balls did not resemble pickles at all. confusing sport. did you know that you can play 4 times as many games of pickleball than tennis in the same space? makes singles tennis look like an extravagant use of real estate. 

night view of the town centre - pool and tennis courts