to Waeco or not to Waeco

How soon? Tip still officially closed from Laura up as of Tuesday. Cheers Tony

esarby
The waeco will be fine for the food and a good eski (Tropicool etc) for the drinks etc will do the job just fine.

Ice is available from most roadhouses at that time of year and you will not be more than 2 days from a supplier unless you spend long periods of several days at remote locations.

If you go the eski route then block ice will outlast party ice by 2-3 days
Cheers, Colin.

G'day Steve,
The 35L fridge should be adequate for up to 2 people, even more if you take food that doesn't need refridgeration.

My wife and I went to the tip of Cape York and back in 2007 with a 40L fridge and it proved to be more than adequate. Some of the things we did:
1) We bought some cryo-packed meat, fresh vegies, fruit etc in Cairns and replensihed our fridge and larder in Bamaga before the return journey.
2) We took some long life and some powdered milk to save on fridge space. Only one carton of milk was in the fridge at any time.
3) We drank mostly fresh water - which was readily available from the rivers and/or homesteads - often as tea.
4) We carried only enough grog to last us a cuppla days as carrying full strength alcohol beyond the Jardine River is prohibited.
5) We bought some takeaway food along the way at homesteads: Musgrave, Archer River, Bramwell Station and Weipa.
6) We visited Weipa where almost anything we needed was available.
7) Our vegies were wrapped and stored so as to not require refrigeration.
8) We bought soy & linseed wholemeal bread which with care stays fresh for 3-4 days. We carried supplies for damper as a back up.
9) Most of all, we travelled in a manner which meant we wouldn't suffer too much if our refrigeration failed.

Enjoy the trip.
Netnut

Well its truly horses for courses, if you are a ravenous carnivore with a penchant for chocolate milk and cheese sandwhiches and a 6 pack of beer for lunch and then in the evening, then a 30L fridge is not gonna go far.

Of course if you prefer lentil curries made with cous cous, vegetables and lentils stored in cardboard boxes, and grow sprouts in jars that you wrap in mountain wraps with grated carrot and canned spam, well you might last the entire trip without a fridge.

Trade your 35 Wanko in on a 40lt Engel, then youll be fine!!!!!!!!!!

Ingo

I would get rid of the Waeco 35 and go back to the original Engel 40 you had.

You can fit more beer and food in it.

We did that trip with no hassles for two people using an Engel 40.

Cryvac your meat, one litre of milk at a time, limit 3 cans a day in fridge plus all the food needed for three weeks.

No problem Steve, enjoy the trip.

I did the trip two years ago, with my two kids and myself with the same fridge, no problems at all!!!

You just need to be able to pack well, and when you take a cold beer out, you put in one to take it's place. Since I was the only adult I only had 2 beers in my fridge at any one time! Worked a treat........after all, isn't it about keeping the beer cold??

Jo