Well the day has arrived after much planning and preparation the departure day is here for the start of the adventure, or we call it an adventure when it is really just a bit of a drive around part of Australia ,.
It has been a long Easter break with the lawn mower failing and our Laptop being a little temperamental. The Laptop will only work if you hold the F2 key down, currently with a toothpick, so if the posts to the blog suddenly finish you know that the symptoms were the precursor to something more sinister. The old girl is about 4 years old so I guess that is about the life span of a computer, but here's hoping.
Have to just refine he packing this morning and we are off to our first destination, Yeppoon, for 5 days.
Well there is work to be done, so more later.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Planning to hit the road
Well, the planning is progressing and the date of departure has been delayed 1 day. This will allow for any rush purchases after the Easter and Anzac day holidays.
We are currently booked at the Big 4 Caravan Park at Yeppoon for a couple of days just to chill out and get used to not having to get up and go to work every day. I think this sounds very difficult and make involve some reading, fishing and the consumption of a stubby or two.
I have to change the wheel bearings on the camper in the next week or so and check the tires.
Items still to be purchased are, tool box, air compressor and recovery kit, have to look around for these.
We had a trial run to Nyngan last weekend for a wedding and worked out some items we needed in the kitchen and others we could dispense with. It is very difficult to work out clothing for so long, especially as we will be going between Darwin and Melbourne and places such as Alice Springs and Flinders Ranges which Will be quite cold at night.
Reading material is another thing difficult to estimate but we will just have to acquire some along the way. I will be OK with my Agile Project Management books, even the silver fish won't eat those, but Kath is a real bookworm and goes through books like you wouldn't believe.
All for now, will update prior to Easter.
We are currently booked at the Big 4 Caravan Park at Yeppoon for a couple of days just to chill out and get used to not having to get up and go to work every day. I think this sounds very difficult and make involve some reading, fishing and the consumption of a stubby or two.
I have to change the wheel bearings on the camper in the next week or so and check the tires.
Items still to be purchased are, tool box, air compressor and recovery kit, have to look around for these.
We had a trial run to Nyngan last weekend for a wedding and worked out some items we needed in the kitchen and others we could dispense with. It is very difficult to work out clothing for so long, especially as we will be going between Darwin and Melbourne and places such as Alice Springs and Flinders Ranges which Will be quite cold at night.
Reading material is another thing difficult to estimate but we will just have to acquire some along the way. I will be OK with my Agile Project Management books, even the silver fish won't eat those, but Kath is a real bookworm and goes through books like you wouldn't believe.
All for now, will update prior to Easter.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Progress update
Well we are still preparing for the big trip/holiday.
I have purchased the battery, Calcium from Delkor, for the camper and still need a DC-DC converter. It will be interesting to see how the battery performs but I have been informed that will be quite good for the type of work required. Wiring of the camper is underway but I haven't started on the HiLux as yet but wil be doing that next week.
Yesterday I bought the Honda Generator, thought about solar but decided it would not suit our purposes. The generator will only be used, generally, to charge the battery if we haven't travelled for a while, but it is there if we need it.
With 2 months to go there is still a lot to do, final planning for the early day's travels are on the agenda, but these plans have probably changed after the cyclone up North.
That will do for today and will update on a few days.
I have purchased the battery, Calcium from Delkor, for the camper and still need a DC-DC converter. It will be interesting to see how the battery performs but I have been informed that will be quite good for the type of work required. Wiring of the camper is underway but I haven't started on the HiLux as yet but wil be doing that next week.
Yesterday I bought the Honda Generator, thought about solar but decided it would not suit our purposes. The generator will only be used, generally, to charge the battery if we haven't travelled for a while, but it is there if we need it.
With 2 months to go there is still a lot to do, final planning for the early day's travels are on the agenda, but these plans have probably changed after the cyclone up North.
That will do for today and will update on a few days.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Preparing and Planning
Well, 3 months to go and so much to do, the list includes:
- Plan the trip and make bookings for first days
- Complete the setup of the HiLux and Camper trailer
- Complete the jobs around home.
The main items at the moment are to wire the HiLux and camper for an extra battery and increase the wiring capacity for the Engel Fridge. Need to obtain battery isolater and a deep cycle battery.
The planning for the trip has progressed to the high level plan of a circuit asround the Eastern half of Australia, going North, across the top and down through Alice Springs and on to Melbourne then home again. The first stop will probably be a couple of days in Yepoon.
More information later.
- Plan the trip and make bookings for first days
- Complete the setup of the HiLux and Camper trailer
- Complete the jobs around home.
The main items at the moment are to wire the HiLux and camper for an extra battery and increase the wiring capacity for the Engel Fridge. Need to obtain battery isolater and a deep cycle battery.
The planning for the trip has progressed to the high level plan of a circuit asround the Eastern half of Australia, going North, across the top and down through Alice Springs and on to Melbourne then home again. The first stop will probably be a couple of days in Yepoon.
More information later.
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