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Hi from Tannum Sands
« on: July 20, 2011, 08:41:28 AM »
Hello,
I've been reading MySwag for a month or two, and have found it to be extremely addictive.  We are a family of 5 with two boys (10 & 8) and a girl (3).  We have had a Cavalier camper for about 8 years, which is mainly used as a 7x4 trailer for the house reno's, with the odd camping trip here and there - mainly in the CQ region.

I discovered MySwag while researching the recent purchase of our 2006 Jayco Hawk OB.  We've been out in it a couple of times already and find it very comfortable for us, at the moment.  We have a 3 week trip to NQ coming up in September/October so we are preparing the camper for that.

We currently drive an Outlander (7-seat, 6-cyl) which may need to be "upgraded" in the near future.

Cheers,
John
« Last Edit: July 20, 2011, 08:43:30 AM by earlybird »

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Re: Hi from Tannum Sands
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2011, 08:44:35 AM »
Welcome John and family.
Haven't been to Tannum Sands since '86.

Cheers Mike

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Re: Hi from Tannum Sands
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2011, 09:09:41 AM »
Gday John and welcome to the Forum mate  :cheers:
Im sure there has been many adventures over the past 8 years, look forward to seeing and reading some.

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Re: Hi from Tannum Sands
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2011, 09:17:31 AM »
G'day & Welcome.

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Re: Hi from Tannum Sands
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2011, 09:31:09 AM »
Welcome to the Forum John, enjoy your trip and post up some pics

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Re: Hi from Tannum Sands
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2011, 10:31:30 AM »
Welcome to Myswag John and family.

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Re: Hi from Tannum Sands
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2011, 10:34:13 AM »
Hi John Welcome to My Swag

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Re: Hi from Tannum Sands
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2011, 11:41:41 AM »
Welcome to the forum earlybird.
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Re: Hi from Tannum Sands
« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2011, 11:47:55 AM »
G'day John and welcome to Myswag.  :cheers:
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Re: Hi from Tannum Sands
« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2011, 07:36:03 PM »
I have family in Tannum Sands... Haven't seen them in years... They migrated from a smelter in NZ'd to one in Qld....
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Re: Hi from Tannum Sands
« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2011, 07:52:08 PM »
Welcome John and family
Yes it is extremely addictive lots of fun on here
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Re: Hi from Tannum Sands
« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2011, 08:07:31 PM »
I have family in Tannum Sands... Haven't seen them in years... They migrated from a smelter in NZ'd to one in Qld....
I work at that smelter, Kiwipete. It's called Boyne smelters. Plenty of kiwi expats from invercargill. I know it's out there but your families surname wouldn't be Smith by any chance. They had a family affair turn up at the smelter about 10 years ago

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Re: Hi from Tannum Sands
« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2011, 08:43:36 PM »
Welcome earlybird. Another from the Gladstone region.

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Re: Hi from Tannum Sands
« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2011, 08:54:52 PM »
Hi John and welcome to My Swag :cheers:

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Re: Hi from Tannum Sands
« Reply #14 on: July 20, 2011, 09:31:49 PM »
Hi John & welcome to the Myswag forum. Good looking rig you have there
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Re: Hi from Tannum Sands
« Reply #15 on: July 20, 2011, 09:36:36 PM »
It's about time you jumped on board :cup:

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Re: Hi from Tannum Sands
« Reply #16 on: July 21, 2011, 10:02:08 AM »
welcome early bird , ex gladstonite hear

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Re: Hi from Tannum Sands
« Reply #17 on: July 21, 2011, 02:11:04 PM »
Hi John, Welcome to myswag. I have recently joined up aswell after months of reading through forums on here. I am from Gladstone also :)
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Re: Hi from Tannum Sands
« Reply #18 on: July 21, 2011, 03:24:57 PM »
Hi john
Welcome to myswag pleanty to see on here great people too. :cheers: ehsc
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Re: Hi from Tannum Sands
« Reply #19 on: July 21, 2011, 09:17:59 PM »
Thanks everyone for the warm welcome.  We've just spent 4 days at 1770 where we were able to work out a bit of list of the things to streamline for future trips.

Mods so far:
  * Replaced all external handles, side lights, 240v inlet and outlet, numberplate light, porch light - these were all sun damaged;
  * Installed twin 240v GPO and 12v lighter plug in rear seat near battery isolation switch;
  * Moved gas bottle forward, removed jerry can holder and added storage box on drawbar;
  * Added 2 * 100mm pvc tubes behind storage box;
  * Replaced awning bags on each end - old ones were brittle from sun exposure.

To do list (in the next few weeks):
  * Install external gas bayonet/s for the weber;
  * Buy new battery (AGM 100A/hr);
  * Add jerry can holder, or two, to the rear bar(?) - the tank on the Outlander is too small;
  * Install a ctek panel mount comfort connection indicator in the rear storage compartment to allow easy charging at home.

A couple of tips:
Tip #1: always put down the stabilizer legs, even at home, especially when you have a beer on the table and the battery/setek compartment open;
Tip #2: keep it under cover, even if it is just a tarp. See the pictures below of a couple of the things I have replaced due to sun damage.


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Re: Hi from Tannum Sands
« Reply #20 on: July 21, 2011, 09:18:54 PM »
I work at that smelter, Kiwipete. It's called Boyne smelters. Plenty of kiwi expats from invercargill. I know it's out there but your families surname wouldn't be Smith by any chance. They had a family affair turn up at the smelter about 10 years ago

Cheers Shaun

Try   Wharerau  :)   Yeah Gary (my bro inlaw) and his son (nephew) are there working at Boyne.

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Re: Hi from Tannum Sands
« Reply #21 on: July 22, 2011, 04:23:09 PM »
Gidday John,

We are from Tannum as well... Great site here.

Cheers
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