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Vehicle Specification
| 2010 Holden Colarado Dual Cab ute and Wandering Star Camper trailer | |
| big( 245 70 r16) | |
| rear - 7 leaf springy, front - independant coil thing | |
| 75L tank and 3 x 20lL jerry cans - 11L/100km | |
| 3x20L containers on ute + 60L on trailer | |
| Lockable canopy on ute and under camper trailer matress and around sides of camper trailer | |
| Camper trailer with 1 queen matress and bunkbeds for kids | |
| The Kids and a coin, but maybe need to get a GPS! | |
| Me + camp oven and 2 burner gas cooker | |
| Bigger Springs on ute, Electrics -Dual battery system, | |
| Compressor, snatch strap,full tyre repair kit, Generator | |
| No | |
| 40L Engel fridge and plastic boxes | |
| Dual Battery system and invertor but didnt need to use 240v - very self contained | |
| Head torches and a couple rechargable lanterns and a very bright 240v light - just in case | |
| Just a tyre and comprehensive tool kit and air filters too | |
| Keeps giving me electric shocks | |
| Great fuel economy even towing a heavy trailer | |
| it doesnt have good ground clearance - solved that by putting bigger springs | |
| Yes |
Five Quick Questions
If I could only give one piece of advice...
Dont take the husband and the kids!!! Get a SPOT satellite Messanger. Bit like an eperb but more versatile
The most essential thing I took with me
A great map - Quality Publishing Australia, shows all dirt tracks and roads etc. and the Engel, always had fresh food.
The most useless thing I took with me (non-human)
Hairdryer (joke) we did pretty well and used everything we took but probably didnt need as much fishing gear! or clothes
Most ingenious self repair of the trip
A Bandaid cut in half to fit a small toe! Sorry, didnt have to repair anything, luckily
Would I recommend it?
Without a doubt! Kids and all!!!
Quick Trip Round WA
Western Australia (May 2010)by nomadali
Our Trip was only a short one around WA but we still did some remote traveling on desert roads and needed to be prepared for any eventuality. we didnt get too adventerous with the first trip as we had the kids and are fairly inexperienced with 4wheel driving but we gained a lot of experience and had a lot of fun and the next trip we do, we will definatley be more adventerous.
After Many false starts, we finaly set off from Mandurah on may 13th 2010 ( not a friday luckily) the weather imediatly got worse and within 30km it was raining and blowing a gale. this was to be the first night in the camper trailer and we really didnt look forward to putting it up in the rain, even though we had practiced in the back garden heaps!! by the time we got to York, the weather was really bad and it was getting late, so we "cheated" and booked into a cottage for the night! Ha! what great adventurers we are! Must say, it was a very nice cottage and we had a great first night! The Next day dawned bright and clear so we declared that the trip was officially under way and off we went
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