Thread: Water use, storage and transport

We used a 59ltr plastic tank from a camper trailer on the Canning trip last year.
Put it behind the front seat and sat in the foot well fine, ran a hose to a hand pump mounted on the cargo barrier.put a clear hose off the bleed cap to guage the water level.

Would use the same system anytime, had a couple of 2 ltr bottles under the front seat for spinfex.

The canning did have water available if not every day atleast every 2nd day.

Total cost to do the whole set-up was about $140 from memory, and you can get them tanks in all sorts of shapes and sizes.

Cheers Ean

Originally Posted by Ean Austral

The canning did have water available if not every day atleast every 2nd day.

Yes, but as they are open wells you need to be careful. One guy travelling south told us he saw someone showering right next to a well, using the well bucket to draw water. When someone asked why he was doing it, he said he didn't have a bucket of his own .

We topped up our washing water drums, but didn't fill up with drinking water till we got to georgia bore.

When we did the Simpson in my old D1 V8, I just took 2 20ltr Ex Army Water Jerry cans, plus an extra 2 10 ltr water Jerry cans and a pair of 5 ltr containers in the fridge. For fuel I had 6 20 Ltr Jerry cans of fuel strapped across the back of the cargo barrier. 8 Jerry cans (6 fuel and 2 water) fit nicely across the back of a D1 (removed the back seats first and moved the cargo barrier to the forward position). Carried all the camping gear with ease as well as fuel and water. It also meant I could fill the fuel Jerry cans locally at a lower price. Did have a roof rack and bag but only kept sleeping mats, deck chairs and the tent in it.

Ivan

Drove from Melb to the Kimberly via Flinders Ranges, Oodnadatta Track, Tanami, Gibb River Road up to Mitchell Falls, Kalumburu down to Derby back to Alice across Simpson down Birdsville etc. Used a Water Blader as used by Yatchties, connected two hoses one to fill and other with a tap. Placed between back of front seat box and parcel barrier behind front seats of the defender. The hoses could be pulled out without having to move the blader.

After six weeks I still had Melb water in the approx 100 ltr blader as I used local potable water where available.

Yes there is a risk of puncturing a single water container vs multiple containers but the bladers are very tough.

I found the yatch suppliers to be cheaper (more realistic) than the 4x4 suppliers.