travelling OZ with family for a year or more!

Have had a 21.6in and now a 25ft and no restrictions whatever.


Will however be much more expensive to take to Tassie as they charge by the metre.

Dont go into dead end streets, low carparks, watch out for branches in parks,

Watch your swing angles when turning, dont cut corners.

ALWAYS tell the park when booking the OVERALL length of the van

EG ours is a 25 ft van

Overall with spare tyre on rear and A frame is close to 30ft.

You have to get it ALL on a site.

Go to a quiet carpark, set up some markers and practice backing into a confined space.


It will stand you in good stead when in parks with not much room to manouver.

Cheers

Hi John & Sam
Matt & Caz members of this forum would be great to have a chat with. You can search their profile. Their van is similar in size to yours. I'm doing the same but at a much slower pace since August. Three kids overall van length is 20".
Have a ball.
Sharon

Hi John and Sam, I got your message and tried to reply but it didn't seem to send it. My wife said she thought she spoke to you at the park in Wynyard. This is a great site with heaps of good advice and heaps of great people on here. We have met so many fantastic people from here as we have travelled. We will be in Burnie this week, then we are in Devonport and the week after in Deloraine. After that we head to Hobart to look for a house. If you are in any of these places when we are there give us a ring on 0437043706 and we will try to catch up. Travelling is so good and you learn/see so much. We are already planning another trip already lol.

Josh

Hey Guys,

We are currently travelling oz in 23 foot retreat daydream we have 3 kids (14, 9 & 7) we have been on the road since November 08. We LOVED Tassie (just a bit too cool for us QLD'rs!!!) We haven't really had any issues re: being a full height van. We are not following everyone else (for want of a better saying) so we don't have to worry about booking caravan parks ect, if you guy's are doing Tassie first you shouldn't have an issue with space in parks - we try and free camp heaps when on the road - Tassie is great for free camps = try the following: Dianes Basin, Cosy Corner, Johanna Beach, North East park at Scottsdale, Marawah, Oatlands, swimcart beach, Beaconsfield Showgrounds and you can buy a family pass for $114 to visit Beaconsfield Mine tour, Seahorse world and platypus house!!!. We have no time limit and stop to work when the $$$$ run out.

We were home schooling, however the kids are currently at school as we have stopped for a few months in Kununurra WA and are both working. This is the best life and we have no intentions of settling down again....... We are leaving "Kuna" in December and heading towards Broome.

You can check out our web at http://www.travelingoz.webs.com

Cheers
Matt, Caz & Kids

G'day john f2,

We are also on the road, left Melbourne in April and headed down to Tassie.
We are in a 18 foot expanda, heaps of room for 5 of us, 3 boys, 12, 10 and 7 and the boss.

You will love what you are about to see and do with your family, and you can not get that working 5 to 6 days a week, well done.

Most places you go you wont have a problem with the van, supermarkets you will have to park up the back, but shopping trolley's come in handy.
We also have met some great people on this trip, and once you start talking to people you get great tips and adivce on all sorts of stuff.

We are on our way to Kununurra WA to catch up with Matt, Caz and the kids, who we met in Tassie in April.

We also have a website so family and friends can find out what we are are to, cheaper than ringing everyone on the mobile.
It's waltersonwheels.com
I hope to see you on the road some where, and enjoy your time ahead.

Happy Days,

Troy & Kate.

What a great thread.

This is really what this forum is about.

Poor old Ron from NSW would have done well to have read it before sounding off.

Good on you all.

Chris

We have been on the road with our 2 kids for nearly 10 months & lovin' it!!

You can read about our adventures at www.marshallsoz2009.com