Thread: Our latest acquisition

Looks absolutely fantastic!! When you leave on your magical travels, have an awesome time!!!

Nice work with the reversing!!

Originally Posted by Chops

Well, there's a few here who know whats been happening over the last few months, but I thought I'd quickly share what is primarily the last stage of our overall plan. There's still a few more "phases" to go so to speak, but ultimately, this is the last acquisition we have to have before the grand tour.

So, behold, our new "New Age Blue Diamond 21' Caravan. This will be our home during our travels, and some exploratory weekends etc prior to leaving.
She's a bit tight to get up beside the house, but,, I can happily say my first go was a success,, we'll see how that transpires during the course of our being here

I'll put up some more pics when I return after dinner

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Cheers, Chops and Leeanne.

Chops ya just had to go one better than Rangieman's recent acquisition. Chris will tell ya size is not important.

looks good mate when are you going to take it for a trial run up our way?

Originally Posted by muddy

looks good mate when are you going to take it for a trial run up our way?

When Chops finds Burleigh Heads in the Melways.

Dinner took a while

So, a couple of pics of the inside, she has an island bed,, cause we're not quite that old yet , also has an on-suite,,, with washing machine even, a whole two kilo's worth,, jocks and socks will be right I guess , only to be used at parks etc when on mains I guess. A microwave,, not sure when we'll use that, but life on the road will dictate what we do in that area I suppose,, parks again for use of that. Aircon of course, again, in a park, although, we'll be able to run it all with the genset we'll get.

You'll notice the couch/table sits rather close to the kitchen, thats because it slides out as a unit. Once this is out, it just opens up the van like like there's no tomorrow. It only moves out about 2', but makes a huge difference to the space side of things. Being light colours it feels open and airy, which is important as we'll be in it for a long time,, we're talking years here, if all goes well. There will be times depending on where we end up, we may rent out a flat or a small house or something, but ultimately, its home.
Overall, we're very happy with the outcome,,, probably not everyone's cup of tea, but it suits us, and should make a good "home" whilst we travel around.

Looking forward now to a few trips around Vic and NSW whilst we test her out and get her sorted with what we need to pack.
One of the biggest disappointments with all these vans is the low weights you can carry. At around 400Kg total carrying capacity, it doesn't really hold much, especially when you think you can be carrying anything up to about 200Lt of water.
So we have to think about quite a few things, a bit of trial and error I guess, and quite a few trips to the weighbridge DSCF8452.jpgDSCF8453.jpgDSCF8455.jpgDSCF8456.jpgDSCF8457.jpg

Nice van,, those disability handles come standard?

We'll be up QLD way late next year,, at which point the old guys will have use for the handles,,,, Pedro