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trip reports Australia and New Zealand sandystravels
Vehicle Specification
| Land Rover defender, 130 300tdi. | |
| 265/75/16 BFG Muds | |
| H/D front coil, HD rear coil with air bag and double shocks all round | |
| 260 ltrs, 1400miles | |
| 100ltr with Nature pure filter | |
| home made | |
| fold out bed in back | |
| Garmin 276c and a tom tom plus map and compass | |
| Std caravan hob with grill | |
| Far too many to list | |
| 10000lb winch, sand and waffel boards | |
| nil | |
| 3 way fridge / freezer | |
| 6kw inverter, Solar panels, 2 120ah aux batteries,split charge | |
| 12v | |
| Turbo, starter, alt, vac pump + many more. | |
| Yet to find out | |
| We know it inside out. | |
| Struggle with this one. | |
| Why not. |
Five Quick Questions
If I could only give one piece of advice...
Take twice as much cash as you think you need and half as much equipment.
The most essential thing I took with me
A sense of humour, patience and a smile. Now that’s three, but hey! one dont work without the other two.
The most useless thing I took with me (non-human)
yet to find out
Most ingenious self repair of the trip
Do doubt we will have one somewhere.
Would I recommend it?
Once bitten, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bitten for ever.
Trip Links
sandystravels
To Australia (Set off in March 2012)by redbook-2
In March 2012 we should be setting off in our land rover Sandy to Australia and New Zealand. The route has been fraught with problems, we would have preferred to travel through India and Burma but world events have dictated that this is not to be. The exorbitant cost the Chinese now demand to travel through China to access Laos and Thailand put this route out of the question. We are now settled on through Norway, Sweden and Finland, into Russia, Kazakhstan, back into Russia to gain access to Mongolia. Then once more into Russia to Vladivostik to ship to Japan or South Korea and onward to Aus. Timing is everything, or it gets far too cold. To return we are hopeful that we should ship to Cape Town and travel the west side of Africa to complete out last trip down the east coast of Africa.
Our Landrover has been rebuilt and modified from a 110 to a 130 with a cab and a box body fitted out as a caravan with insulation and a lifting roof. Two caravans used to supply the parts needed, one for the interior fittings and one for the lifting roof. Extra fuel and water tanks, interior heater, engine heater, double shocks, rear air bag helpers. Lifting roof, insulated. See web site www.sandystravels.net for full details of the conversion.
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Travelling through China now on our way around the world. We paid lots but could do cheaper now. If you want details contact us. Www.troopytracks.com
Graham