On the way back from Cape Leveque our car ‘Bruce’ had a major breakdown about 100km north of Broome. This was not the first car trouble we had on this journey but it was the worst, so far.

We were stuck on another 90km of sand track with a broken front axle which meant that the car wasn’t driving anywhere anymore. And to make matters worse we were a very very long way from any mobile phone reception.

The only way to get this car back to Broome without doing any further damage was to organize an off-road tow truck. Marianne hitched a ride back to Broome to get this all organised while Judith and Patrick stayed with the car potentially camping one night in the middle of the road in the middle of nowhere. Not exactly what they had in mind when they planned their ‘Australian Adventure’.

By 11pm they where all safely back in Broome and we were all very happy that nobody was harmed. The next day Bruce got half the front axle replaced but is now back to his hold self.