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General => Introductions => Topic started by: safari1 on July 14, 2011, 04:28:50 PM

Title: Hi from Perth Hills
Post by: safari1 on July 14, 2011, 04:28:50 PM: Hi everyone,

Have been reading this amazing forum for the past year or so and and the info I got was so useful when ordering our new Jayco Outback Penguin in March. For some reason Jayco seem reluctant to give customers a comprehensive list of options and if it hadn't been for MySwag I would have missed out on useful options bigtime! We are not complete beginners, having owned an Outback Finch for 8 years and undertaken a great trip driving across the Great Central Road to Alice, then on to Queensland, up the coast to Cooktown, then along the Savannah Way to NT, finally completing the 17000 km loop via the Gibb RR and back to Perth. We have a shortie 2007 Pajero (unmodified except for Polyair bags fitted last month ready to handle the 167 kg ball weight our Penguin has). The shortie is too small for most but suits the two of us fine and is a great towing vehicle - 250 kgs lighter than the wagon. Am about to order a Stone Stomper - reviews seem pretty favourable and we're keen to avoid all the shrapnel which hit the front of our Finch on our recent trip!

Collected our new camper last week and have posted a few comments in the General section, responding to a post about Jayco quality control. No doubt I will have lots of queries which you experienced guys seem only too happy to answer!
Title: Re: Hi from Perth Hills
Post by: D4D on July 14, 2011, 04:32:00 PM: Welcome to myswag safari1, glad you found our banter valuable oh and :worthles:
Title: Re: Hi from Perth Hills
Post by: dno on July 14, 2011, 04:51:02 PM: G'day safari and welcome to the forum. What can i say safari so goodie , also look forward to seeing some pics.
Title: Re: Hi from Perth Hills
Post by: Black Diamond on July 14, 2011, 04:51:42 PM: Gday Safari and welcome to Myswag mate :cheers:
Title: Re: Hi from Perth Hills
Post by: Gunna Do on July 14, 2011, 04:53:40 PM: Welcome to Myswag. Look forward to seeing a few of your favourite camping spots.
Title: Re: Hi from Perth Hills
Post by: BigJules on July 14, 2011, 05:01:19 PM: G'day & Welcome.

Good luck with the new camper.
Title: Re: Hi from Perth Hills
Post by: Manjimike on July 14, 2011, 05:58:38 PM: Yep, like all the others, welcome Safari1

I'm camping (tent) just behind the hills (Mt Dale area) this weekend with the Venturers.

Cheers Mike
Title: Re: Hi from Perth Hills
Post by: gibbo301 on July 14, 2011, 06:02:40 PM: Hi Safari Welcome to My Swag :cheers:
Title: Re: Hi from Perth Hills
Post by: WilSurf on July 14, 2011, 06:15:26 PM: Welcome to myswag from another WA-er.
Title: Re: Hi from Perth Hills
Post by: Old Croc + plus one on July 14, 2011, 06:44:02 PM: Hi Safari
Welcome to My Swag
Title: Re: Hi from Perth Hills
Post by: GGV8Cruza on July 14, 2011, 07:26:07 PM: Welcome to the forum Safari, enjoy your stay and have fun in the new camper

GG
Title: Re: Hi from Perth Hills
Post by: Heiny on July 14, 2011, 09:07:16 PM: Hi and welcome to My Swag :cheers:
Title: Re: Hi from Perth Hills
Post by: Burnsy on July 14, 2011, 09:18:58 PM: Welcome, which part of the hills are your from? I will have to keep en eye out for you, not to many unmodified shorty Pajeros around, what colour is it?

Cheers,
Burnsy
Title: Thanks for the welcome
Post by: safari1 on July 15, 2011, 09:00:30 PM: Thanks for all the good wishes guys. Black Diamond I may pick your brains about axle upgrades and Burnsy, we have a black shorty Paj. We live in Maida Vale (not far from Sixways BP), so strictly speaking we are Foothills rather than Hills.
I'm TRYING to upload photos but so far without success- maybe having a Mac is complicating the issue.
Title: Re: Thanks for the welcome
Post by: Black Diamond on July 15, 2011, 09:09:32 PM: Your welcome :cheers:

There is a fair bit been said about the Jayco axle. Have a read through this thread

http://myswag.org/forum/index.php?topic=12084.0
Title: Re: Thanks for the welcome
Post by: Gunna Do on July 15, 2011, 09:16:52 PM: Here's a little help for you mate. Hope you don't mind.

(http://myswag.org/gallery/d/29353-2/DSC_0083.jpg)

This was how the code looked to get the photo up, however the "{" bracket at the start of the code was replaced with a "[" bracket.
{img]http://myswag.org/gallery/d/29353-2/DSC_0083.jpg[/img]
Title: Re: Thanks for the welcome
Post by: dno on July 15, 2011, 09:23:15 PM: Thats a nice looking outfit, bit to clean though.. ;D
Title: Re: Thanks for the welcome
Post by: TroyE on July 15, 2011, 10:34:37 PM: way to clean ;D

(http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af294/TroyAE/DSCF2290.jpg)

yep I like to get dirty ;D

troy
Title: Re: Thanks for the welcome
Post by: safari1 on July 17, 2011, 10:59:47 PM: Thanks for your help, Gunna Do- much appreciated. After a few hours work, I think I've finally cracked it!

Safari1
Title: Re: Thanks for the welcome
Post by: Burnsy on July 17, 2011, 11:29:12 PM: What happened to your other introduction thread? Maybe a mod can merge the two together?

Is sixways the BP that has just been redone? Never heard of it being referred to as that, spent many hours during my youth churning laps up and down the pool across the road from it.