Figures from the trip in Patrol 3.0tdi

Sorry DenisL

I didn't get to that part of the country. Started in lower WA and went East from there.

Suggest you contact CALM (Conservation and Land Management) WA who should be able to set you straight.The Daintree

whoops......

The pic isn't Daintree......its Fraser. Now correctedFraser Island

Martyn, get a snorkel it will make a big difference.Regards Bob
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yep...get a snorkel

I had no such dramas with mine (snorkel fitted.) I pull the filter out after dirty stuff and just 'tap' it out on the ground before replacing. They always lasted me well between services.Fraser Island

cokeaddict

Mate, no real bad spots....its all a matter of opinion.

Covered such a large area, some places had to be better than others although i'd have to say, if you don't have to visit Broken hill, Cobar and alike, you'd be saving hard earned money.

Problem is of course that to get to the good places, you sometimes have to go through the bad and that's the beauty of this country I recon.

Having mentioned Cobar and with outback NSW in mind, I still find it fascinating to be out in the never never with nothing around for 100's of km's in any direction. OK if you don't break down that is!.

Cocklebiddy on the Nullarbor is another place I wish I had never met, but like I said, it's just along the way to somewhere better.

My best advice is stick coastal if you've never seen it all before and head inland if you intend to venture to a particular spot of interest. Don't just drive throug a mob of towns because you haven't seen them before. Unless you have heaps of time to explore each town individually, its a waste of time. I don't know where you live but in far Nth Qld you can't go wrong for a holiday, or NSW or Vic or SA or NT or WA or Tassie or anywahere else Qld. How's that for a fence sitter! it depends what you like. Just do it!. Fraser Island

Bob & Lex,

Hi, I am one of the unfortunates who had to get his motor changed. I am curious as to whom the Nissan Daeler in Sydney is with the comment about the Air Flow Meter as I feel I have a lot of problems at around 2,000 RPM where the motor appears to be starving for Fuel/Air. Ryde Motors have given me the run around so I am curious as to the dealer & if they can test for the problem

Have a good one

Parramatta Nissan . I also changed dealers as I didn't think the service dept at original dealer new what they were doing as I had to fight to get minor faults fixed.Regards Bob
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In my brief dealings with 2 Sydney Nissan service centres, Sutherland Nissan have been very good - they returned phone calls, they proactively called me when the part (oil switch - oil light had been coming on) came in, and greeted me with a smile. I couldn't say the same for the Crows Nest Service centre who have never returned a call.Cheers,
Stuart
- To err is human, to moo bovine -

Moneypit

I always travelled at the maximum limits between stops, 100k/ph in Eastern states and 110 in WA and anywhere else it let me. I didn't wrap it in cotton wool but I didn't cane it either!.

I am very anal about looking after my ever depreciating investment and service it on time and I use Castrol RX super at 5000 intervals.

I have read in other posts that people say you can't use this oil but I believe they are confused....My dealer uses the same oil and it fullfils all the requirements as per the manual.

cheersFraser Island

brian

Did'nt take the van onto Fraser. Lived it up at Eurong Village and very glad we did. Expensive compared to the mainland, yes, but hey you only live once. Accom was very comfy with pool.

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Mick..

We had head winds from hell on our way across the Nullarbor. Could really feel the car working and to top it off, we got a tank of crap fuel from somewhere which really slowed me down. New fuel filter in Ceduna and no worries after that.
The head winds were around the 50 - 60 knot mark I would say, heaps of rain and it lasted the whole trip from around cocklebiddy to Ceduna.
At the Nullarbor road house, we saw people inspecting the hail damage to their rigs!. That may paint the picture for you.

With the head winds, I didn't do any calc's but going by the fuel gauge, I estimate I would have got around 600km's on both tanks. That's windy.

At the border village while fueling up, my wife spoke to a guy in a Landcruiser 100, who was heading in the other direction. He said that having travelled across West to East only a month earlier he reconed he had used about 160 litres of petrol less having travelled the same distance back with the tail winds over the previous 2 days. (hope that made sense) We heard remarkable stories of fuel economy similar to this from others.

We Left WA on Sept 28 and got home on Jan 8. This was a bit earlier than planned but things to do at home meant we should return.

Most of the places to avoid can't be avoided because you have to go through them to get to places you want to see. We always looked for Big 4 parks because we thought they would best cater for the kids but that wasn't always the case. Big 4's in NSW and Qld however we great.
Must stay places if you get the time are Tununda SA, because you are in the Barossa and the area is lovely, Grampians in Vic, Otway ranges along the Great Ocean Road. Blue mountains in NSW, Fraser island, Surfers Paradise and Sunshine coast but definately definatley have a few days around Mission Beach and Airlie Beach....MMMMmmmm I can see them now. Oh, and don't forget the Atherton Tablelands and the Daintree. Missing either of those would render you a psyco!! so to speak. Its mind blowing in those areas on clear sunny days.

Hope that answers you questions, if not , keep firing. Fraser Island