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Offline NatGav

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Hello fellow myswag peeps...
« on: October 31, 2011, 10:23:32 AM »
My name is Natalie and i'm new this site and have been using over the past couple of days to research camper trailers. My partner, Gav and I are doing a 12 month Australian trip and looking at camper trailers to suit our needs...and wow am i confused. We are travelling with two dogs just to make it a little more interesting...Looking forward to chatting about options, ideas, learnings and challenges people have faced.
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Re: Hello fellow myswag peeps...
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2011, 10:28:47 AM »
Welcome Nat and Gav.

Where abouts are you located and what do you plan to tow your camper with?

Prepare yourself to get bombarded with suggestions on what sort of camper is best.  Maybe pick out a few that you think suit, and then ask the brains trust on here about those particular brands and/or models.
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Re: Hello fellow myswag peeps...
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2011, 10:35:22 AM »
Hey there GunnaDo,
Thanks for the heads up. We are located in Melbourne. Looking at a hardfloor camper as we will have the dogs in that section during the night so the hard floor will be protected for the dogs.... I've been checking Ebay and seen a few, http://www.enztrading.com.au, pinnacles, Mars campers ect. however not sure on their quality. we are going to have a look at some of them today.

We are taking an old school 1958 mainline ute on the road, not planing on doing much offroad stuff or 4w4. Just nice cursing around this beautiful country
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Re: Hello fellow myswag peeps...
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2011, 10:36:01 AM »
Hi Nat and Gav Welcome to My Swag hope you have plenly of spare time lol  :cheers:
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Re: Hello fellow myswag peeps...
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2011, 10:44:45 AM »
Hi Nat and Gav Welcome to My Swag, have you got any photos of ya 58 Mainline that you could put up? keen to have a look :cheers:

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Re: Hello fellow myswag peeps...
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2011, 10:47:06 AM »
G'day Nat and Gav and welcome to Myswag.  :cheers:
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Re: Hello fellow myswag peeps...
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2011, 10:49:11 AM »
Hey there Cozzie,
Sure do....its a work in progress. It took us 12 months to get it registered and now we are getting ready for the trip.
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Re: Hello fellow myswag peeps...
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2011, 10:51:41 AM »
Hey there guys,
How very welcoming of everyone.
Gibbo301, somehow i think your right, i'm going to need lots of spare time....this site is fantastic..
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Re: Hello fellow myswag peeps...
« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2011, 11:00:34 AM »
Welcome to the swag, nice ute, what's under the bonnet?
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Re: Hello fellow myswag peeps...
« Reply #9 on: October 31, 2011, 11:13:52 AM »
Seeing pics of that ute just reminded me of the documentary "Northern Safari", with the '48 Buik.   LOL.

Great looking ute by the way.  :cup:

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Re: Hello fellow myswag peeps...
« Reply #10 on: October 31, 2011, 11:19:00 AM »
Quote from: NatGav on October 31, 2011, 10:49:11 AM
Hey there Cozzie,
Sure do....its a work in progress. It took us 12 months to get it registered and now we are getting ready for the trip.


Very nice :cup:
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Re: Hello fellow myswag peeps...
« Reply #11 on: October 31, 2011, 05:52:54 PM »
Hi Nat & Gav, welcome to My Swag

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« Reply #12 on: October 31, 2011, 06:39:18 PM »
went to check out enztrailers today. wasn't impressed. quite cheaply made we thought.
found a couple for sale on gumtree which look good.
Thinking we'll go to the bendigo show and see what we can find.
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Re: Hello fellow myswag peeps...
« Reply #13 on: October 31, 2011, 07:24:33 PM »
I think you need a vintage teardrop to complete the package;

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Re: Hello fellow myswag peeps...
« Reply #14 on: October 31, 2011, 08:17:28 PM »
Hey dazzle,
we have actually bought a teardrop. It is really cool, however we are faced with some problems.
ONE: No storage for water tank, gas tanks, jerry cans ect. TWO: We are taking two big dogs with us and need them enclosed for the night, so we will need a tent that is fully attached to the teardrop, weather and bug proof and THREE: the kitchen set up isn't great so we'd need to change it ...oh and FOUR: not much shade. plus i'm sure there are other things we haven't thought about yet...

For a 12 month trip a camper trailer is looking like a good option...UNLESS.....other people have any suggestions thoughts ideas to help us with this problem....
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« Reply #15 on: October 31, 2011, 11:18:45 PM »
Hi Nat, welcome to the forum :) Great ute!  I'm not sure on the budget but if you are travelling in it for a year, perhaps a pop-top which will allow you to carry stuff more setup for longer?  Else make sure you get a good storage system like the drifta kitchen/boxes to save time and energy :)  Jealous about the 12 month trip too! :D Good work!
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Re: Hello fellow myswag peeps...
« Reply #16 on: November 01, 2011, 06:50:12 AM »
Quote from: NatGav on October 31, 2011, 08:17:28 PM
Hey dazzle,
we have actually bought a teardrop. It is really cool, however we are faced with some problems.
ONE: No storage for water tank, gas tanks, jerry cans ect. TWO: We are taking two big dogs with us and need them enclosed for the night, so we will need a tent that is fully attached to the teardrop, weather and bug proof and THREE: the kitchen set up isn't great so we'd need to change it ...oh and FOUR: not much shade. plus i'm sure there are other things we haven't thought about yet...

For a 12 month trip a camper trailer is looking like a good option...UNLESS.....other people have any suggestions thoughts ideas to help us with this problem....
You guys have some very cool toys, I'm starting to turn green with envy.
Cheers
Cozzie
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Re: Hello fellow myswag peeps...
« Reply #17 on: November 01, 2011, 10:57:28 AM »
Welcome to My Swag - how about a Camprite - a single bed either side for the kids [Dogs]
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