Cleaning Gerry Cans after full of water

Hi Alan,
Just leave them upside down in the sun for a couple of hours, they will be plenty dry enough to refill.
Cheers RosscoH

As said above, leave in sun but I'd go filler hole up after they've had a good chance to drain. I've done this with a fuel tank also with no worries.

Cheers Matt.

Alan - I am sure the other guys are right, however being conservative and too fussy for my own good, I'd waste a couple of bucks worth of metho to be sure - there's a few nooks and crannies inside both steel & plastic jerries. FWIW.

Your hassles with "security" on the Spirit are a genuine nuisance and a cost to you, but can I tell of more funny experiences on the same trip.

Going south, the security bloke asked "Have you any sharp instruments?" Without thinking I said "No". I had completely forgotten the bread knife and the Stanley knife and the Swiss Army knife and the set of wood chisels in my tool box ... He did not follow up with obvious questions like"No bread knife?", so I decided not to modify my answer - and the ship did not sink.

Coming back i decided to be more open than that, but instead the question was "Any flammable liquids?" "Yes - a bottle of metho" "Put it in the disposal drum over there please sir." B*gg*r - wasted $2.75!

But knives are obviously not a problem heading north, nor metho heading south.
We are alert but not alarmed!! And the people who work on the wharf at Launceston never pay for their metho I'll bet!

LOL

When we went across, they were searching caravan fridges for alcohol drinks - not quite sure why.

About time they declared Tassie as part of Australia and you wouldnt have all the customs problems!
Na, then again if they do that, bloody Mexicans will be allowed into the Territory without a Visa!
Even worse, theyll make Victoria a State!
But as for the fuel I would leave it upside down for an hour or so, put a litre of what ever fuel your going to use in it, in it, shake the craper out of it and fill it.
Youd get more water out of the bowser than you will out of your jerry.
Cheers

When we arrived in Devonport, the car & van were searched again, as they were at Port Melbourne some 10 hours earlier ! I don't recall stopping anywhere in Bass Strait to have an opportunity to stock with contraband goodies.You'd reckon with those ships going back and forth across Bass Strait every day, they would have flattened a bit of it out by now!! It'd make the crossing much smoother!!

when we went over i had the trak shak camper on behind which carries 12 jerry cans all where empty and wasnt impressed about filling with water so asked at the ticket desk about this and was informed i didnt have to fill with water (so happy ) i had no problems taking alchol over as we met some chippies parked next to us in the street parking waiting to board 3 hours to fill in we got on the turps sitting next to our vehicles eskys full good time had by all got to first search no probs checked the fridge and esky took gas bottle didnt even worry about jerry cans, drove down wharf and back up next to ship in secure area was not impressed 2 hours later still there with cars lined up to end of wharf and low and behold no toilets in this area and nobody could get out really felt for the ladies as the blokes just peed beside their vehicle, and the dogs at other end are drug dogs diguised as fruit dogs, loved tassy but couldnt get over how exy every thing was everybody had their hand out. Col