Thread: Carrying wine when outback driving

bubble wrap them!

just watch out for dry communities - bloody heavy fines for carrying even a bottle in - hate to see the book they'd throw at you for a whole bunch of casks!

You could carry a jerry can of Red, drink it before the corrogations or my prefered option is place it in an esky that way it's temp controlled to a certain extent, I have never spilt a drop of grog yet.

Originally Posted by 45tr0

just watch out for dry communities - bloody heavy fines for carrying even a bottle in - hate to see the book they'd throw at you for a whole bunch of casks!

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Buy it as you go. Penalties I believe can be as high as vehicle confiscation.

And the grog shops in Alice aren't open in the morning..

I've never had any probs with the bladders though. And they're handy when they're empty - blow them up & stick in the fridge when its half empty, stops more breakages.

Regards
Max P

Never thought about dry communities.... i think you have a reason to get a foodgrade sill tank made just for the wine

Originally Posted by Scallops

Distinguished Colleagues,

In 8 weeks Mrs Scallops and I will embark on our around Oz trip in our new Defender. Now - I don't drink - but Mrs Scallops loves her red wine. I was thinking of buying a few 10l Browns Brothers casks - reasonable quality and enough to keep Kat going for a few weeks at least - but - I wondered if anyone has had the experience of wine bladders rubbing and rupturing - especially on long corrugated sections of road.

We are going to very remote and tough tracks (Old Gunbarrel, Kimberleys, Nathan River road, Chambers Pillar etc) and I don't want a sea of wine throughout Grover. What do you think?

Put them in a wine carton and place paper between the bottles. As the missus devours a bottle, put the empty back to fill in the hole. Believe me, it works

Originally Posted by RonMcGr

Put them in a wine carton and place paper between the bottles. As the missus devours a bottle, put the empty back to fill in the hole. Believe me, it works

So you reckon bottles rather than a cask(s)?

Originally Posted by 45tr0

just watch out for dry communities - bloody heavy fines for carrying even a bottle in - hate to see the book they'd throw at you for a whole bunch of casks!

Yes - I don't want to undermine any dry area bans - I will instruct Mrs Scallops to devour all the contraband liquids the night before we enter any alcohol restrictive areas But it seems people have successfully carried wine bladders which is good news - the bubble wrap might just be good insurance though.