Left cairns this morning, heading for Brisbane by Tuesday. Got as far as Innesfail and this happened to one of the van tyres. Didn't feel a thing, but heard it flapping and saw the smoke in the mirror, but by the time we found a spot to pull in it was a bit of a mess. Just started changing it when a plod turned up - didn't do anything to help but sat in his car with the lights flashing so at least the traffic slowed down.
Got it changed ok, but local tyre shop didn't have exactly the same size tyre so have had to put the worn spare on the proper wheel and the brand new slightly larger tyre is the new spare. Might look around for 4 replacements in Brisbane or down in Sydney if they are cheaper than the only ship in a small town, otherwise we'll get 3 more goodyears when the next one blows
There's more than one way to leave Cairns:
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