The National Adventure

What a story...
Team Airebis started our journey for the 8th Samoyed National Show in Queensland, along the way we encountered many challenges.... we settled in Holbrook for the first night to find the temperature was two degrees and the cabins had no heating - the dog trailer was looking good as the Sammy's would keep me warm. We decided to drive the coast instead of inland, stopping every couple of hours to stretch legs, water, wee and give Mum her coffee fix we were making good time. Port Macquarie was our resting place for night two, however sleep was not something we were given a lot of, fellow exhibitors dogs barked for most of the night! Grrr but at least night three would be spent in a warm bed at our friend’s house, or would it....
We were driving along the dual lane freeway discussing the excitement of the National, singing to music and munching on snack, in the right lane driving around a bend had just entered a bridge, then BANG! We looked back to see the trailer had dropped. Slowly moving to the emergency lane we see a tyre rolling along in front of us. Sure enough it belongs to us. Bindi and I chased it down and brought it back to the car, semi trailers were flying past and the wind felt like we could be blown over the side. A check on the dogs through the windows put our minds are ease, they were happy and nobody was hurt. Getting them out wasn't an option as it was extremely dangerous. The excitement of the National quickly turned to worry, especially after four hours of waiting on the side of the road with no glimmer of hope that anyone was able to help. Night fell and almost 5 hours later a tow truck arrived, it was confirmed our arrival into Brisbane would be delayed. With only one day between us and the most prestigious Australian Samoyed show we were cutting it fine.
Brunswick heads is where we ended up for the night. If we haven't had a bad day already, I was out walking the dogs and fell down a slight embankment hurting my back. I was looking forward to a new day!
Friday - 24 hours before.. the trailer was towed to Tweed heads, it took the guys most of the day to fix it, in the meantime we went shopping had a massage and came back every couple of hours to care for the dogs. Finally arriving at our friend’s house just in time for dinner :-) the next few hours were spent grooming the boys for preparation for the start of the National. We made it to bed at 2am the morning of the National.
...... What a trip