All readers,
Merry Xmas to you and yours and a now on the fast approach to the New Year.
I've just spent the last five nights and some days on my first shakedown trip in my
Kimberley Karavan.
Just went 18k's north of
Wollongong to Coledale beach
camping area and met a league of nations each night so to speak.
No such thing as an old joke! Only new people to tell it to.
Once at
Hungerford on the NSW/Qld border spoke to the publican and asked when he might think about moving on..........When I start to see the same faces coming back in a second time says he!! boom boom.
Generally very happy with the Karavan and the functinality of everything.
A couple of small things not what they should be but they are small and can be easily fixed.
Vacuum
toilet is great. Especially early in the morning! Two steps and your there!
Diesel cooker in the kitchen fantastic. Just think about that cuppa a tad earlier. Some warmup required. Might have been the crappy kettle actually.
Outside wok burner very good and the amount of heat produced is what melted the soldered joint on the kettle bottom and made some fumes and small
water leaks. LESSON Cheap is dear!
Search for good kettle will be on in ernest.
Large queen bed great but some adaptability after 23 years in a
water bed. Pillow adjustment required. Or maybe adjustment of alcohol consumed!
Battery power supply lasted four days without a topup so that was good and the 12volt fridge delivered the goods as required.
LED lighting very suttle and good energy saver.
Storage wise still need to figure out the best
places for everything and easiest access. This will happen in time me thinks.
Needed to use the generator for two hours in the day to give the batteries a belt when they dropped to 11.7 volts and this got me through another 30 hours till last night. Not the preferred option when others are around. The noise even gave me the sh?ts. Apologised to all within 30 metres.
Towed
well and I came home the long way. Up Bulli Pass and back down Mount Ousley! Gave the Prado 4.0 litre something to think about. Maybe a diesel in the distant future. See how I go on the longer trips.
Disk brakes worked
well. Need to make some adjustments to the controller I think.
This is all new to me so the learning curve has started.
All in all I'm a very happy camper! (pun intended).
THe various questions and info I gained on this site helped me greatly and will continue to I'm sure. It started 12 months ago and has finally come to fruition and I've started to crawl.
Can't wait to walk and go a bit further.
So in summary I'm very happy and will tell anyone who asks the virtues of this vehicle as I see and experience it. Some small things to be fixed yes but I think it can all only get better.
And no I don't have any affiliation etc....
Cheers & Beers
Garth