I'm Ray aka (Walrus), and my wife Charmaine aka (Blade)
and no we will not go into her aka lol.Charmaine and I have been together for over 30yrs and live in Brisbane, Queensland and over this time we grew from being day campers in the back of the panel van (yes panel van) haven't heard of one of those for awhile :) in our younger years to hiring cabins progressing to tents, campers (as we had children to share our adventures) etc, to now our new Jayco Outback Journey.
So now that all our kids have grown up we have decided to turn our weekends and holidays into an experience to visit parts of Queensland and NSW, and as we retire to expand further out into this lovely country of ours.
We have met and still keep in contact with a few good friends that are all ready retired and travelling, and seeing how relaxed and happy they are only makes it more exciting. So this blog will be about places we go and see so our family and friends can keep in touch.
This next piece will tell/show how we set up our 4WD/Caravan as we have recently sold our older 4WD and camper and upgraded.
4WD:
2014 Nissan Navara D40, 2.5L diesel, 140kW, 450Nm, 5 speed auto with manual mode, with 3 tonne towing capacity.
This Navara is fitted with a great dash setup and extra features:
* Full sat nav,
* Integrated blue tooth for your phone with full controls on your steering, all phone contacts downloadable to your 4wd for complete hands free.
* Bose Stereo System, which allows you to download your CD's/MP3's straight to its built-in Hard drive
- which i have also connected an extra Samsung phone which I souly use as an MP3 player using WiFi to connect to my Spotify account for all the music i want.
* Full climate control and reverse camera.
* I have fitted an extra 2 channel reverse camera system separate from the Nissan's factory one. This allows me to check the tow hitch without being in reverse while traveling and the other fitted to the rear of the caravan for reversing and checking rear traffic.
* Uniden 80 channel UHF with high and low gain antennas. (using a 1000 watt antenna switch box).
* A Phone cradle - signal booster/charger and antenna (for those weak signal areas).
* iPad/laptop cradle.(for the wife) * Uniden Safety cam.
* ARB Sahara Bar -fitted with a Warn XD9000 winch.
* 2 high beam 240 BLITZ light force spoties. (for those long dark straight roads).
* 2 led reverse/work spot lights.
* Thule roof racks fitted with Thule Hullavator 897XT for the kayaks.
* A hand made switch control box to support all the extras.
* Dual battery Narva system with jumper option.
* Redarc electic brakes.* ARB Canopy, with draw system (built by me) to fit all those extras (fridge, tools, fishing gear, recovery gear).
* Fulcrum Suspension 2" kit with 350kg back springs.
(Pic shown without suspension lift)
* and yes a Hayman Reese hitch to tow my caravan......
