New solo traveller

Submitted: Sunday, Jun 03, 2012 at 19:01
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Hi all,
thought I should introduce myself after lurking here for months.
About 18 months ago hubbie decided he needed to live in another state from me & after about a year I decided that what I missed most was our 4WD / camping trips. We'd been camping / 4WD for holidays for about 17 years & it was an important part of my / our life.

So late last year I started planning my "return" & ordered the car. With 6 months between deciding what to get and waiting once ordered I had lots of time planning / deliberating.The car is a 76 landcruiser - never really questioned as that's what we had and I loved the car. It is red &I love it. The bits are a mix of safety (first), utility and some favourites - diff lockers, dual batteries, sat phone, radio, compressor, maxtrax (which we'd never had but sound useful), inverter, fridge, awning. Solar panels may have been a bit of a waste as never used before but time will tell, plus I remember a few annoying times when the fridge stopped working. Can't have that!
I recently went on a small solo trip as my first test (to / from Byron for friend's wedding) & loved travelling as much as before even solo (thank heavens). Everything worked fine & convenient (even though I didn;t have built in drawers like in the past) & the single swag is wonderful & easy to pack.

My next trip will be an old favourite - western NSW / Mungo/ Kinchega to Tiboburra to Innamincka and back to Sydney. Can't wait! But being a solo traveller now I suppose will be a bit more careful ? nervous about that but having said that had never run into trouble before.
Wish me luck! I am working on the becoming more competent at the vehicle side & finding I am more resourceful than I realised...

Thanks to the numerous experienced people posting here helped me to decide / refine some of my choices.
My next improvement will be water tank - if anyone knows of an under body water tank for the 76 cruiser would love to hear about it.
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