1st update on the BIG TRIP

Hi crew

Into the 4th week of the 4 month trip. Its been a wet, cold, dry and hot start!!!!

got drenched across the Nullabor late Sept and early oct. Had to dry out the camper in Ceduna for a few days.

That wasn't the worst of it!. Left Norseman heading East and made it about 50k's before the engine management light came on the car slowed down to @75km's/h.

To cut a long story short, it took me 4 days to cross the nullabor in squalls of around 50kn head winds at times and hail near the Nullabor road house!

The problem with the car turned out to be dirty fuel (Diesel for the GU 3.0TD)

I must have drained the filter 20 - 30 times before getting it replaced in Ceduna. It was full of crap.

Anyway...all good now. Have done Adelaide, the hills, Barossa, Grampians, Great Ocean Road and the Otways (fantastic) Melbourne and currently in Seymour.

It's all good.

the GU TD3.0 is towing a 1.2 ton Camper van, 3 kids and a load of of crap in the back. Wind direction is a huge factor in economy with this much weight. Worst fiqures would be around 650k's for both tanks. The best i'm not sure but I was surprised to get 830km's out of 106 litres with a combination of towing and not.
Towing was for the stretch from Warnambool to Queenscliff on the GOR.

Off to Canberra on Friday and then up to Fraser and beyond.

More later.

cheers
Andrew