The House(s) of Fran_mart

 This is basically a set of photos I took, being passenger, as we came back to Mallacoota.   I began as we passed Michelago  with the Tinderry Range in the background. This closer view just about shows the amount of bare rock still visible. I suspect the area is still recovering from the fire which went through the area in 200 9.  (We could see the fire from Carwoola, 25km North, at a community Christmas party!) Communications towers are now a common sight along the way. I think this straight, at Billilingra, is about 6km long.  It has unusually light traffic.  The length is the same as the Mulsanne Straight used to be in the Le Mans race: the top speed recorded there (before chicanes were inserted) was 405 kph - that would mess with the average speed cameras! Irrigation at Dromore. When we had a weekender at Kalaru (near Tathra) we used to pass through Cooma about every 3 weeks on our way.  We felt very clever avoiding central Cooma by cutting a...

 The basic calculation for this trip was when the Mazda would reach 20,000 km and thus need its second service.  A twist is given to that by wanting to book the service 4 weeks out to ensure I get a courtesy car for the day of the service.  So it was set for 11/7.  It has been annoying that something in the car system has been set so that it gives warnings about service interval and oil change every time the car is started once I passed 10kkm after the last service/  I was able to blot it for a while but that has now come back.  GRRRR. A second calculation came about with the price of diesel.  Using the petrol spy app (even though the Mazda uses diesel) showed the price on Thursday 6 July to be 209.9 c/l in Mallacoota - ripping the community off? no, no  not us - 178.9 in Cann River, 185.9 in Bombala and 168.9 at Costco in Canberra.  The Mazda suggested we had a range of 450km and it is about 370 km to Canberra.  So the decision was...