Hi from Tannum Sands

[earlybird]

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

[Manjimike]

Welcome John and family.
Haven't been to Tannum Sands since '86.

Cheers Mike

[Black Diamond]

Gday John and welcome to the Forum mate 
Im sure there has been many adventures over the past 8 years, look forward to seeing and reading some.



Cheers BD

[BigJules]

G'day & Welcome.

[GGV8Cruza]

Welcome to the Forum John, enjoy your trip and post up some pics

GG

[Gunna Do]

Welcome to Myswag John and family.

[gibbo301]

Hi John Welcome to My Swag

[dno]

Welcome to the forum earlybird.

[Snow]

G'day John and welcome to Myswag. 

[kiwipete]

I have family in Tannum Sands... Haven't seen them in years... They migrated from a smelter in NZ'd to one in Qld....

[Brett B]

Welcome John and family
Yes it is extremely addictive lots of fun on here

Brett

[tossie]

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

Cheers Shaun

[bert56]

Welcome earlybird. Another from the Gladstone region.

Bert

[Heiny]

Hi John and welcome to My Swag

Great set up 

[Pete_R]

Hi John & welcome to the Myswag forum. Good looking rig you have there

[flemtina]

It's about time you jumped on board

Flem

[jaycamrie]

welcome early bird , ex gladstonite hear

[Mel87]

Hi John, Welcome to myswag. I have recently joined up aswell after months of reading through forums on here. I am from Gladstone also

[ehsc]

Hi john
Welcome to myswag pleanty to see on here great people too. ehsc

[earlybird]

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.

[kiwipete]

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.

Peter

 

[ART by MICKEY]

Gidday John,

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

Cheers
Mickey