What is it like in a Caravan while Mobile?.

Daza, I am with the cook on this one. No way would I be getting in there while travelling the open roads, not even a couple of dozen cold ones.
Wato35

Daza, Depends on the van suspension and the road of course, but we put the breakables in the van for a smoother ride. Looks like the beer is in the wrong place! With the previous single axled van, things got tossed from one end to t'other on corrugated roads. When you try it out, take a bucket - you are likely to get rather sea sick and if you make a mess Cook might never let you out.

Motherhen

Hi Daza,
Yes I have often wondered, but I have never had the guts to ask the question. Also with the kind of luck I have, something would happen, so I guess I will just keep wondering. Cheers and happy travels, Michael.

Ive only been short distances but its very comfortable and quiet.
You could easily have a nap in there.

There used to be a story about this some years ago,Im not sure whether its an urban legend but its seems plausible.

It goes like this: Husband and wife travelling a remote road at night somewhere in Oz.
Wife is tired and decides to rest in the van while it is mobile.
Some hours later hubby pulls over to check something.
Wife gets up thinking its a wee break.
Hubby gets back in and drives off leaviing his wife on the side of the road in some god forsaken place in her nightie
Maybe its just a legend,maybe its true. Maybe he even knew she got out: )
My dad was trucky and he picked it up on the road.(the story ,not the wife)

Hi Daza, Just make sure she dosen;t unhook and leave ya locked up in some god forsaken hole!!...hahahahaha.



Cheers Axle.

Dunno about a caravan but, waking up on a 6x4 trailer belting through bulldust, after a heavy night is pretty rough.

Apparently I never made it from the camp fire to the tent the previous evening, dossed in the trailer and my mates thought it would be a great wake-up call.

Didnt see the funny side untill years later.




Cheers....Lionel.

Don't know whether I should tell this story but here goes anyway.
We where coming back from 4 weeks up on the Ningaloo Reef my wife had a bad back so she decided to have a go at laying down in the van for a while as we headed south.We had 2 hand held uhf radios so that we could keep in touch as we drove.Everything was fine very comfy no problems.I had notice my radio was getting a bit low on power so just connected to the cig lighter to charge it up.But unbe known to me i had knocked the channel button and was on a different channel.Well got about 100ks down the road everything was quiet, I was thinking my wife must be having a good rest.It was time for me to pull over and have a comfy stop{pee}so picked up the radio to say that I'm about to stop then saw that the radio was off channel changed it over and called ,Darling you there ?well what came back as a reply would have made the hardest of truckie blush.{I didn't think you can use that sort of language over radios}.So I pulled over raced back to the van open the door my wife was standing there in a very quiet manner {yea right} that she had been busting to go to the loo could not hold on any longer so the only thing she could find was a M&M bucket to use.
Not easy in a rocking van.
So answer to your question I would say NO

i'll go with you...you must have a drinking partner

I was filling up a the servo in Mitchell, Qld when the Mrs (unanounced) decided to nip into the van and grab a few things out of the fridge. Thinking she was still in the servo where she was supervising the kids, I thought "i'll just check the tyres" and did a lap of the servo to get there - little did I know the bugger was still inside the van. She wasn't too pleased either. Anyway, she said once she'd got over the shock of the sudden movement, it was a nice ride and she was relieved that I hadn't not noticed she was in the car (as if......) and was going all the way to Barcaldine with her in the van.

I'd love to have a go...

A lot of you would remember the Movie with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz...The Long Trailer (or similar). It had a scene in it when Lucy was in the van cooking....very funny :-)

Daza,

Don't do it!

Out of curiosity I travelled only a couple of km. to see what it was like. You hear a lot of expensive noises and it will worry you when you are up front.

True story, because I was involved. In 1989 I worked at Wyong on the NSW Central Coast. In those days the freeway had a sort of break in it at Ourimbah. At Ourimbah was a large Caltex Servo. This was the first one out of Sydney's northern suburbs, and got a lot of business.Well before the service centre was constructed.

A Dutch couple were in a Winnebago, and Mrs. Dutch Tourist, who was travelling in the back seat, got out unknowingly to Mr. Dutch Tourist, and went to the loo in the servo.

After getting fuel, Mr. got in the vehicle and took off, leaving Mrs. behind. They had been in Oz. since that AM, and though she could speak English O.K. crapped herself.

Anyway the people in the servo rang the cops and I got a highway patrol bloke to go and get her.

They caught up with Mr. up near Morisset. The copper driving the police vehicle put on the lights and sirens, he reckoned that when the driver looked over and saw his Mrs. in the cop car his eyes looked like dinner plates.

Wonder what the conversation was over dinner that night?

True story.

Dick

If you've ever experienced sea sickness, I've been told experience similar to that.

I've been crook for a few days, but this thread is the best medicine. Like a few threads some years ago when they were lead by a couple of our 'resident comedian' now much missed ex members. Glad to see the talent is still with us. Good stuff Daza and contributors.

Motherhen

We were following a caravan out of eighty mile beach towed by a twoby ford. I saw that the caravan door was swinging in the breeze so I sidled up alongside the car and got the driver's attention. "It's ok " he said. "The wife is in there hanging on to the fridge stop it sliding about"

We carried on past and it was some time later I wondered if the wife and fridge had not vacated via the swinging door some miles back.

Owen