Gore

We carefully drove back to Gore following our Doubtful Sound cruise and set up camp again in the A&P showgrounds. The next morning, right on 8am, we headed back to Carters Tyres. Unfortunately, there was more sad news to come. They could not locate or obtain the tyres that Bruce had requested, so being a helpful company, they had acquired the same brand of tyres to put on the truck. When I explained that we were not very happy about that, seeing as 4 out of the 8 Hankook tyres we have purchased up until now had failed us, they understood the dilemma and arranged for them to be returned to sender while they found something more suitable. We were told they would probably have them that afternoon, so it meant another day in Gore for us – not really a hardship.

We decided to explore the Gore Public Gardens and Aviary. The aviary was quite large really, and the stand out performer was the Golden Pheasant from China.

Bruce and I spent several hours sniffing all the rose varieties to see which were scented and which were not. Not many of them were actually, but the blooms, while nearly end of season, were still lovely. We had a pleasant time.

We finally got the call to return to Carters, so we trundled around there. Poor Globe4Us looked a bit sad there for a while without any back wheels.

At last though we could relax – we had good tyres on the back, and they even threw in, at no cost, the tyre they had lent us. This was put on the spare wheel as it was in much better condition than the one we had. The bill, while expectedly steep, was still less than we thought it would be, and we would heartily recommend the crew at Carters Tyres Gore.