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
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Welcome John and family.
Haven't been to Tannum Sands since '86.
Cheers Mike
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.
:worthles:
Cheers BD
G'day & Welcome.
Welcome to the Forum John, enjoy your trip and post up some pics
GG
Welcome to Myswag John and family.
Hi John Welcome to My Swag
Welcome to the forum earlybird.
G'day John and welcome to Myswag. :cheers:
I have family in Tannum Sands... Haven't seen them in years... They migrated from a smelter in NZ'd to one in Qld....
Welcome John and family
Yes it is extremely addictive lots of fun on here
:cheers:
Brett
Quote from: kiwipete 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....
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
Welcome earlybird. Another from the Gladstone region.
Bert
Hi John and welcome to My Swag :cheers:
Great set up :cup:
Hi John & welcome to the Myswag forum. Good looking rig you have there
It's about time you jumped on board :cup:
Flem
welcome early bird , ex gladstonite hear
Hi John, Welcome to myswag. I have recently joined up aswell after months of reading through forums on here. I am from Gladstone also :)
Hi john
Welcome to myswag pleanty to see on here great people too. :cheers: ehsc
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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Quote from: tossie on July 20, 2011, 08:07:31 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.
Peter
Gidday John,
We are from Tannum as well... Great site here.
Cheers
Mickey