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Title: How's your 2011 year panned out?
Post by: Burnsy on October 13, 2011, 10:55:18 PM
While sitting around the campfire last week I got to thinking that given we have a 12 week old we have done pretty well in the getting out there stakes this year.  All up, 23 nights so far and we have another trip planned for the not to distant future.  It seems that going back to study so I could be a teacher and have lots of family time is paying off ;D

So how's your year been to date?
Title: Re: How's your 2011 year panned out?
Post by: noel_w on October 13, 2011, 11:04:36 PM
4 nights at Fingal during the June hols & 3 nights at Iluka a couple of weeks ago. Off to Rainbow this weekend.
Title: Re: How's your 2011 year panned out?
Post by: Burnsy on October 13, 2011, 11:37:04 PM
Extended the top end of the poll as it seems there are plenty who have been away four weeks and I want to see how much more than 4 weeks ;D
Title: Re: How's your 2011 year panned out?
Post by: GU_Thomo on October 14, 2011, 05:54:19 AM
Just back from the annual sojourn and National Meet.
Spent 92 days under canvas and am planning for next year already.

Cheers
Parry
Title: Re: How's your 2011 year panned out?
Post by: GU Rich on October 14, 2011, 06:45:21 AM
Just back from the annual sojourn and National Meet.
Spent 92 days under canvas and am planning for next year already.

Cheers
Parry
That's awesome Parry. One day I hope we cross paths!
I'm have got out a few time times to this year which has been good.

Cheers
Rich
Title: Re: How's your 2011 year panned out?
Post by: bussoboy on October 14, 2011, 07:53:05 AM
only had the CT for 6 weeks so its only been out for 4 nights so far and all up this year we have only had 6 nights away - been a bad year

however since we spent a heap on this CT our plan is to be away every 2nd weekend in it so we should have another 12 nights befor the year is out.

next year will be a big one camping as not only we want every 2nd weekend but we are planning a 4 week trip to south west WA to visit family
Title: Re: How's your 2011 year panned out?
Post by: Moto Mech on October 14, 2011, 08:01:45 AM
Spent just over 100 nights in the camper this year(maybe one to many 8)), with more to come hopefully before the end of the year.
Title: Re: How's your 2011 year panned out?
Post by: Paul Mac on October 14, 2011, 08:03:53 AM
Picked up the Bolwell Edge in July and took off from sunny  ??? Melbourne and headed up to Ellis Beach just North of Cairns and eventually travelled back down the coast arriving back in sunny  ??? Melbourne on the 6th October.

Wish I was back up North that's for sure.

Heading out for a week later this month then another short trip up to the Saffire Coast in November then home for a while.

Next trip early 2012 will be to WA for a few months then later in the year back up to Cairns.

The Bolwell has been fantastic to live in and so far have spent over 60 nights in it.

Cheers
Title: Re: How's your 2011 year panned out?
Post by: Burnsy on November 15, 2011, 12:05:55 PM
Only 44 votes, what of the other 8566 members? 
Title: Re: How's your 2011 year panned out?
Post by: bussoboy on November 15, 2011, 12:11:41 PM
hopefully to busy adding to the day's away count to be posting
Title: Re: How's your 2011 year panned out?
Post by: Campa on November 15, 2011, 12:18:46 PM
We completed our camper build in August and have so far spent 14 nights camping in 3 separate trips  :cup:  Our next trip's planned for next weekend  ;D

Bnk
Title: Re: How's your 2011 year panned out?
Post by: Pete_R on November 15, 2011, 01:39:33 PM
29 nights including the 2 trips planned in December. Picked the trailer up in late June
Title: Re: How's your 2011 year panned out?
Post by: ralphedward on November 15, 2011, 08:30:20 PM
No where near as many nights away as I had planned but as long as I have a pulse there is hope.  Therefore 2011 hasn't been bad and 2012 can only get better!
Title: Re: How's your 2011 year panned out?
Post by: Bird on November 15, 2011, 08:32:09 PM
This yr was a Shit year with family illness, death and more illness n Shit...

Every yr for the last ~4 yrs I've promised myself 'I'll do more travelling next yr than I did this year'...

Just never seems to happen...
Title: Re: How's your 2011 year panned out?
Post by: heath74 on November 15, 2011, 08:45:31 PM
Haven't quite made 50 nights, something to aim for next year! :cheers:
Title: Re: How's your 2011 year panned out?
Post by: Jacmark30 on November 15, 2011, 09:19:07 PM
Not as much as we normally have but 20+ nights I guess.2012 we will be putting the camping trips on the calendar and planning everything around that. I'm hoping to get the swan away at least once a month minimum. I know the start of 2012 will be on the money, 14 nights already locked in!
Title: Re: How's your 2011 year panned out?
Post by: trekkn on November 16, 2011, 12:30:44 AM
we have just finished our 6 week trip up the west coast and back to perth  :cheers:
we where going to do the full lap of oz but things changed while on the road so we will be here for a few months and then head over east to do the myswag cape york trip in june
Title: Re: How's your 2011 year panned out?
Post by: Captain on November 16, 2011, 09:38:36 AM
We have done 43 nights in our Quantum since February and have at least another 7 nights planned  ;D Not bad since most of these trips are long weekenders with only 2 trips greater than 3 nights. And given that I travel for work a fair bit (like off to Namibia for 3 weeks on Sunday  >:( ) it means we spent a lot of our weekends "home" away  8)

Cheers

Captain
Title: Re: How's your 2011 year panned out?
Post by: MDS69 on November 16, 2011, 02:47:09 PM
I ticked the 28-40 option but we were only just over the 28 nights.

Hopefully next year we get the same or greater use out of it.
Title: Re: How's your 2011 year panned out?
Post by: Hairs on November 16, 2011, 03:36:58 PM
Just back from the annual sojourn and National Meet.
Spent 92 days under canvas and am planning for next year already.

Cheers
Parry
Yeah, we hadn't made it back home and we were planning our next trip.
30 Days on the road to the National meet and home, 6600km's and we want to go again.
 :cheers:
Title: Re: How's your 2011 year panned out?
Post by: Isuzumu on November 16, 2011, 03:46:05 PM
Hit the 40 mark, would have been 50 odd but had a flying holiday to Perth, which was great.
Next year will be around 50, but 2012 will be around 8 months  retirement ye ha.
Title: Re: How's your 2011 year panned out?
Post by: Kit_e_kat9 on November 16, 2011, 04:43:46 PM


We got ours 31.07.10 and have done 35 nights so far & never more than 2 hours from home.  I really wish that was more like 135 nights and 135 hours from home!  *Sigh*  The baine of A Suburbian I have to Work Life.  It really sucks.

Kit_e
Title: Re: How's your 2011 year panned out?
Post by: Hairs on November 16, 2011, 06:29:57 PM
Hit the 40 mark, would have been 50 odd but had a flying holiday to Perth, which was great.
Next year will be around 50, but 2012 will be around 8 months  retirement ye ha.
Good onya,
Good Stuff,  ;D