Souther Trip NSW 2014

Wednesday 8^th October 2014

Our first night on the road was spent at the Anchorage Holiday Park Iluka, a quiet venue adjacent to the Clarence River norther NSW. The trip down yesterday was easy driving without any major issues certainly nothing with the caravan at least. However at one point on the highway we were passed by a large motorised horse transporter, we were travelling at about 95 kph at the time. As the transporter proceeded to pull back to the left hand side of he highway something that looked like a window frame flew off the truck and started cartwheeling along the road. At our speed it appeared as if it was hurtling back down the highway towards us all and although everyone was madly braking none of us had a chance of pulling up in time to avoid it. As it cartwheeled in the right hand lane I watched expecting it to clobber the nearest car then it must have seen our outfit and suddenly it leapt into the air just missing the bonnet of the nearest car and we watched it as if in slow motion, cartwheel across the road and impact the front of our vehicle. By the time we pulled up the transporter and any witnesses were long gone, but whatever it was that hit us fortunately hit the bull bar and although there was a bit of damage it really was minor thank goodness.