It’s time to leave the Blue Mountains and head to our Nation’s capital, Canberra. We took a while to pack up in the rain and say our goodbyes but finally we were on the road again, back to sleeping under canvas. About 10 kms south of Penrith there was a bit of vibration in the back wheel, I stopped, got out and check the wheels but couldn’t see anything wrong. I then noticed the “cat eyes” were on the edge of the road as well as down the centre so I assumed that was what had made the vibration. I headed off again but the vibration was still there and I definitely was not hitting the “cat eyes”. I stopped again and had a much closer looked and soon found the problem. Two wheel studs had sheared off and the remaining 3 nuts were hanging on by the threads. I thought about jacking up the car and tightening the remaining 3 nuts but I had no idea where I could go to get them replaced on a Saturday afternoon. Fortunately I had upgraded my RAC membership before I left Perth so I decided to take advantage of it and I called the NRMA. I figured they would at least be able to advise me where I could get it repaired. The mechanic showed up in about 30 mins, he tighten the nuts and suggested I follow him back to their workshop. If I was to wait for a tow truck the workshop would be closed. We followed him back the NRMA Penrith workshop which also had an office for Thrifty car rentals. It turned out that the workshop could do the repair but not until Monday and as my RAC membership covered car hire we were able to drive away and head back to the Blue Mountains to wait for the Landcruiser to be repaired.