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Agree. And always plenty to learn for old dummies like me

Dunno if it drives but probably does. Recently rebuilt but is an interactive display, push buttons and get Mad Max sounds

@@vagabond_vanner it's very interesting and cool...Thanx🤘😎

Thanks 👍

Thanks!

Thanks for the visit

Thanks, will do!

Nah in my walking gear. Asked him from the footpath what he thought of the chev. Told him what i was doing. He said i could measure his anytime. I see him alot of days. Walk past his house almost every day. He sells cars so happy to chat. Havent measured his in any case. Want a 2500 not a 1500. Not sure my hair would be a problem.

Gee you braved that old video. They are really terrible now but incredibly terrible back then. To be honest we have bugger all requirements for power and no need to change that weight distribution. If we were living in it full time, maybe but that will never happen but thanks for the advice.

@@vagabond_vanner mate if your like me and like to avoid the masses get a boat, any boat big enough to live on. I can't stand the caravan thing because wherever I went there was people. I'm not a hermit, I still have to go to Coles or woollies, I still have missus family mates etc but nothing beats the solitude of nature. It's moron free. We had very little power needs as well when we changed to lithium. We created excess power and that gave us cheap sustainable options like an electric toaster and kettle instead of gas, induction cooking instead of gas etc the list is long. It mainly gave us longer periods of independence. We now have no gas on board which is a damn site more dangerous than lithium, something rarely mentioned. It also costs money but i dont think the system would be paid of with gas savings even in my grandkids lifetime. We have a watermaker, reverse osmosis, so the limiting factor for us is fresh vegetables and my other half has perfected air tight container storage of fresh vegetables for up to a month. I love videos that have content that is thoughtful and looks at all perspectives. I am not interested in "We bought this and its great but we have no idea what else is available or how it works and by the way we would like to thank them for giving it to us for free". Those idiots are destroying a useful resource called CZcams by cluttering it up with mindless promotional garbage. A thorough intelligent analysis of pros and cons of different things is what I look for, not cheap sales pitches for somebody else's benefit. I can get that at hervey normal. Cheers

I would say I am 100% like you, maybe more so, not a van freak either, would love a boat but wife wouldn't join me so have to compromise. WE travel in winter to places like Tasmania, it is marvellous, one morning woke up at minus 6, not a soul in sight, but you have to like cold. Second time we have travelled Tasmania for an extended period and van parks empty, free camps empty. I am a deadset hermit, wife handles the coles and woollies, I rarely go out these days. Started a youtube channel to overcome some fear of public speaking, it is a battle I can tell you but I will push on. Agree on the reviews and sensationalism of many channels, I can't watch them but I guess some are making a living doing it all and they need to stay at the forefront.

There are tons of examples.

Thanks. Just being honest. I speak poorly but want to speak better and agreed, i cant manage what i cant control but i can dig in and look for the opportunities presented.

Couldnt agree more on most. At this stage they are a long way from suiting rural and outback oz. It will all depend on how the company cost is apportioned and what price points change buying habits. The weight thing is interesting. Still have to measure footprints of some chev 2500s but i have some interesting results. Thanks for the comment. Will fill in some gaps in part 2.

@@vagabond_vanner All new cars are too porky. My old Hi Lux is dwarfed by a new Hi Lux yet has the same payload and I don't need a step ladder to get into it.

There is a lot of misinformation out there , let me start with the EV torque thing , the only reason some of these EVs put out a lot of power is two fold , firstly an EV has an absolutely huge power pack to funnel masses of energy to motors , unfortunately electric motors under load use even more energy under load because they can , hence why every single load or towing test against a comparable internal combustion vehicle, the EV has failed miserably. The other reason some EVs do manage to put a lot of power to the ground is because they have multiple motors. And I’ll give you an example of a single motor Tesla , my nothing special Toyota Aurion ( like a Camry) v6 family sedan naturally aspirated stock 6 speed auto V6 runs the quarter in the 14 second bracket , the Tesla single motor runs in the 15’s , the only time electric cars have more power is when they add extra motors to them . And for transparency we have a dual motor long range in the family fleet , of course , even with the bigger battery the range is not even close to my 7 year old Toyota big sedan which also is fitted with a tow bar and a spare wheel/ jack, tools , etc. On the traveling from Melbourne to Sydney in an EV , you can expect 12 plus hours , and December just past we had family emergency in Melbourne, and that time in the Tesla , the car had been charged over night and was fully charged before the trip home and it still took the 12 plus hours. It’s an easy 9 hours without even trying in an ICE powered vehicle. On the cost of vehicles, particularly commercial vehicles governments in Australia have been using them as nice little piggy bank for years, and even more so the big semis , which time after time after time, the pollies love to slug them wherever they can , of course the down side to that is, truckers cannot absorb the cost so they put their prices up , and because of that freight cost for everything you think of goes up , Raw material sourcing, raw material transportation, food, clothes, manufacturing, houses , all goods and all services , the cost of living also goes up , but transportation while being one of the basic ingredients for the gears of the economy to go around are also mated with a few other basics , water , gas , electricity , land rates . You add all these things together that governments of Australia over decades have milked and allowed costs to skyrocket , there is your answer why we currently have people no longer able to afford a roof over their head , people living in tents and cars, business after business going bankrupt, and this is not new , it started in 70’s , but in recent decades it has ramped up. Why are we in Australia looking at house prices for a nothing special 3 bedroom home often on a small plot exceeding half a million dollars, 30 years ago the same house was around a hundred k. Re the running to EVs as some magical solution to a very small problem creates way more problems, if you think the cost of Electric cars and utes is pricey , look at the price of a nothing special bus or heavy duty electric truck , I was in the trucking industry and was an owner driver , and I can tell you without reservation, the path these F wits in Canberra are steering us down into Ev nirvana is a farce and and a joke and will cost the country its reliable cost effective diesel fleet to replace it with cost prohibitive EV powered units that make no mistake will not be fit for purpose. I have a mate with a small bus company being told by his local shire he has to convert to electric buses by date X ….. or else ! The buses cost twice that of a competent diesel bus , and they do not have the range , and when the electric bus company was contacted for its suitably, he was told , point blank it would not do the job of a diesel bus, but welcome to the crazy net zero stupidity at all costs. The amount of cons and compromises are ridiculous, unfortunately this is the way we are being pushed. There is more , but I have talked long enough.

Good points, thanks for the comment.

Vivid Sydney is or has been one of my favourite things to visit.

Glad you enjoyed

Thanks for watching. I have a fair way to go in my presentation, but that is why I am doing this. Bit if a two way street on maintenance, if folks launch in and don't know what they are doing, creates a dangerous situation for all, or could create a dangerous situation for all, but 'caravan' maintenance can be broken into some simple sub sets that between a mechanic and gas fitter can be taken care of effectively and simply.

No worries, glad it is useful but really only our feelings pertaining to us. Tasmania is a great place though, looking forward to our next visit.

Nope, only extras I tow with are the mirrors, I can monitor oil temps in this one, seems OK, we do only travel in winter though and usually south which may make a difference.

Thanks, it is an interesting place to be and it will be good to learn to speak better I think, although the software learning process is something I enjoy as much as anything. A lot to learn yet. Next two or three might be a bit on the boring side though.

Well, glad you enjoy, I don't get amongst any of the drama, my wife tells me I should be more upbeat but upbeat just isn't me, so will have to see if I can alter my deadpan and boring persona.

Ah not worried about any channel success. Bit of a project to document our travels a little differently and learn to speak a little better. The videography is definitely ordinary. My stills are much better but have been neglected a bit.

My stills will be alot better, I am definitely no videographer and have a dreadful voice, my wife tells me to be more upbeat, just not me I am afraid. Just got to get around to processing said stills.

Geelong terminal is far superior to the previous one in Melbourne.

Wish the dog kennels were in an areacwhich could be reached during the voyage. Don't think our dog enjoyed being left alone for 12 hours.

Thank you 🤗

Thank you 🤗

It was indeed interesting times even fro way up here. I didnt get it until we visited there in 2016.

You are probably right, my creativity lets me down I am afraid, I guess Rosebery was the final destination. It is an incredible drive as are many. It was/is funny, started the video caper as a bit of a joke and a diary sort of a thing, kids gave me some stick so I carried on for fun, so nowhere near set up for it, much more set up for stills, so often had to cajole passenger into firing up the camera phone through the windscreen.

all good...excellent coverage of tullah though@@vagabond_vanner

Thanks, I never really got into it for views etc, but just a travel diary, so videography is poor, sound not good, but it is an interesting process for sure, I wish I was creative but anyway, it is all a timeline of travel and stuff. Appreciate the comment.