Stuck in Sydney
Caroline went to a concert with some friends on Sunday night, at the University of NSW south of the city centre, so I had agreed to pick them up after the show. In the end, Sue came along as well and we left home at 10.30pm to have a traffic-free drive across the bridge and through the city to the venue.
We found the place and a parking area just in time as the crowd was starting to come out and only had to sit there for about 10 minutes before Caroline and 2 friends turned up (after some mobile location chat!). However, starting the car to drive home, the thing was completely dead all of a sudden - a similar experience to when we came back from the UK, although it eventually started on that occasion.
This time around it seemed like a job for the NRMA - the equivalent to the AA / RAC - and fortunately we had taken out membership for the Honda. Since we were on the University compound they asked if we could find one of the pre-defined 'meeting points' they have, but we only had a rough idea of which 'gate' we had entered , plus as it was cold(ish) and raining, the driver said he would try to find us.
Fortunately, with some further discussion by phone, the serviceman managed to find our car and in the event we were only waiting about 15 minutes. The 3 teenagers in the back were not so concerned (and still reliving the show with ringing ears), but we had thought we could be there until the early hours of the morning. It turned out to just be a flat battery, which was surprising as we had just driven across the city for 30 mins and hadn't been sitting for long, nor with the lights on.
It was quickly charged up and so we managed to get home not much later than expected after that minor drama and felt relieved that we had taken out the membership, otherwise we would have been quite stuck on a Sunday night. One option we might have considered would have been to get Laura to drive the other car to where we were, but that would have been a major feat of mobile phone directions! We'll also get a new battery today....
We found the place and a parking area just in time as the crowd was starting to come out and only had to sit there for about 10 minutes before Caroline and 2 friends turned up (after some mobile location chat!). However, starting the car to drive home, the thing was completely dead all of a sudden - a similar experience to when we came back from the UK, although it eventually started on that occasion.
This time around it seemed like a job for the NRMA - the equivalent to the AA / RAC - and fortunately we had taken out membership for the Honda. Since we were on the University compound they asked if we could find one of the pre-defined 'meeting points' they have, but we only had a rough idea of which 'gate' we had entered , plus as it was cold(ish) and raining, the driver said he would try to find us.
Fortunately, with some further discussion by phone, the serviceman managed to find our car and in the event we were only waiting about 15 minutes. The 3 teenagers in the back were not so concerned (and still reliving the show with ringing ears), but we had thought we could be there until the early hours of the morning. It turned out to just be a flat battery, which was surprising as we had just driven across the city for 30 mins and hadn't been sitting for long, nor with the lights on.
It was quickly charged up and so we managed to get home not much later than expected after that minor drama and felt relieved that we had taken out the membership, otherwise we would have been quite stuck on a Sunday night. One option we might have considered would have been to get Laura to drive the other car to where we were, but that would have been a major feat of mobile phone directions! We'll also get a new battery today....
posted by Hawkins Family @ 8:53 am
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