GORV - Digital Magazine Issue #26 | Page 54

THE WALLABY TRACK WITH LIONEL MUSSELL FIRED UP! LIFE’S BEEN BUSY FOR LIONEL, FROM ‘ESCAPING’ A BUSHFIRE IN VICTORIA TO DEALING WITH THE NEFARIOUS MURPHY… What a busy month! I attended the 10th anniversary muster of the ACC Gippsland Gypsies at the lovely Glen Cromie Caravan Park on the banks of the Tarago River, Vic. The anniversary was going well, although we were near the Bunyip State Forest bushfires that have been in the news lately. On the Sunday morning, the sky was full of the smoke from the fire and the owners of the park asked us all to leave. They had experienced a similar fire a few years back and lost cabins in the blaze. Fortunately it didn't reach the park this year but better safe than sorry. The highway back to Melbourne was closed and we had to travel via Korumburra – a good thing from bad as I have friends there and was able to spend the rest of the day with them. Doug cooks a great barbecue, though he lets me cook my own steak! Red tape has lead to the Korumburra, Vic, dump poing being locked at night. Doug is a member of the Korumburra Showgrounds Committee and was partly responsible for getting a dump point installed in the showgrounds, help ed by a subsidy from the CMCA. Unfortunately, red tape has meant that the dump point has to be locked at night. Numerous approaches to the council have failed to get this ridiculous decision reversed. MURPHY AND THE ELECTRONICS Murph had a hand in wrecking my van’s telly and antenna! TV reception was very patchy. I was getting a few channels from my little interior antenna but none from my mast one. Help from a few friends didn't solve the problem but by then the constant changing of the antenna broke the inlet on the telly. A visit to Big W saw a new, slightly larger set installed but by then the external antenna was tested and found wanting. Mr M was gloating by now but continued his nefarious activities by causing my van’s ‘through- the-wall’ connection to fail as well! It’s now fixed and a plate made to support the bigger telly to the swivelling wall mount. A new antenna has arrived and, after a marathon struggle, it all works. Thank you, Murphy! READ FULL STORY 54 \