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trip reports Round The World Trek to OZ
Vehicle Specification
| Land Rover Defender 130 | |
| BF Goodrich A/T | |
| TJM | |
| 200 ltrs, 700 miles | |
| 60 ltrs, Doulton cermic filter | |
| Peli Cases | |
| Auto home roof tent | |
| Garmin | |
| Coleman Duel Fuel Stove | |
| Warn Powerplant | |
| Waceo Fridge | |
| Fire, Water leaks, Oil leaks, its and Land Rover! | |
| Storage space | |
| Reliability | |
| NO |
Five Quick Questions
If I could only give one piece of advice...
You don't need a 4x4 for 90% of the world
The most essential thing I took with me
Laptop
The most useless thing I took with me (non-human)
Winch
Most ingenious self repair of the trip
Gaffer tape fixes everything!!!
Would I recommend it?
Overland Travel-Yes Land Rover-No
Trip Links
Trek to OZ
Europe, Middle East, Asia, Oz (2010-2011)by maple
What the trip started out as and what we are currently doing is nowhere near the same. That's overland travel I suppose; plans change hourly, visas aren't issued and money runs out.
We are currently in Malaysia after doing Europe, Turkey, Iran, and the UAE. At the moment we are heading up to Thailand and then into Laos before coming back down and shipping the car to Fremantle around March 2011. We've had some 'issues' along the way but all in all it's going swimmingly.
www.trektooz.com
Comments (3)
written by simon maple, December 17, 2010
I see from the links to my website that some of the Toyota boys have been having a little bit of a laugh at our problems with the car. I suppose that's fair, however I can assure certain members that the car was extensively prepared, as were we, but no matter how well you plan and prepare these things happen, although with Land Rovers more often than usual it has to be said! Anyway, thanks to all those showing an interest, it was interesting reading the comments on the Landcruiser website. (http://www.landcruiserclub.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=9415)fingers crossed we have a garage free trip the rest of the way to Oz...!
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