Even though Jefro the kombi has been going quite well of late (although I think we could handle a breakdown in Port Douglas a little better than in the outback), it was hard to believe that we had driven some 6000km in less than a month, since our last service in Darwin. To make sure we'd make it back to the mid north coast of Australia in a couple of weeks time, we booked the van in for his final service of the trip, in Cairns.
And when we pulled up in the car park of the VW mechanic, we realised that we weren't the only ones with a kombi looking for some TLC. We went to Werners VW Centre (http://www.wvw.com.au/), which was a 5 minute walk from the centre of town in Cairns (so you can grab a coffee or go and see Adam Sandler's latest funny flick You Don't Mess With the Zohan at the movies like we did - if you liked Happy Gilmore, you'll be in your element). The VW workshop is run by a young German guy called Toby who has a thing for 'newer' VWs but still appreciates and loves the original hippy bus. He was really helpful, friendly and did a thorough service of our ol' boy that didn't cost us a bomb.
If you're in North Queensland and need a kombi man, here are his deets:
Werners VW Centre
29 Hartley Street
Cairns 4870 QLD
Ph: (07) 4031 7017
Fax: (07) 4031 7155
Yours in the great outdoors,
Odette
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