Hello everyone....
My name is Mark (Frosty) & live in The Redlands here in SEQ. Been watching the forum for a while, well, since we seriously started looking at Expanda's late last year & I must say the advice & info freely given by so many generous members has been invaluable so I thought is was about time I said thanks & joined the forum!
We ended up with a clean but basic 2004 on-road 1649.1 just before Xmas & have had half a dozen enjoyable trips with it since then.
We started with the camping lark about 7 or 8 years ago after being keen boaties for many years & did the usual steady move up from tents to camper trailers to the Expanda & love the easier, stress free set up & pack up that the Expanda provides.
We don't get to venture too far from home coz of the usual work commitments so our usual stomping grounds are of course here around SEQ & in Northern NSW. I like it a bit more rural with a basic camp ground & a fire whereas my better half more prefers the luxury of an ensuite site & the beach so I suppose you could say we will really go anywhere!
As I said above, the Expanda is pretty basic, we don't even have AC in it but it does us fine. So far all I've really done to it is install a Gel battery, a couple of 12v power outlets & changed most of the bulbs over to LED. next job is to under-sling the axle as I have already bent the mounting brackets for the levelling hitch & bent the spare wheel guard on a cattle grid coming out of a camp ground recently. Got in trouble with the boss when i did that!
Anyway, enough of me beyond saying that we plan to keep an eye out for oportunites to catch up with other Expanda owners & forum members as time goes by...
Cheers,
Mark & family.
My name is Mark (Frosty) & live in The Redlands here in SEQ. Been watching the forum for a while, well, since we seriously started looking at Expanda's late last year & I must say the advice & info freely given by so many generous members has been invaluable so I thought is was about time I said thanks & joined the forum!
We ended up with a clean but basic 2004 on-road 1649.1 just before Xmas & have had half a dozen enjoyable trips with it since then.
We started with the camping lark about 7 or 8 years ago after being keen boaties for many years & did the usual steady move up from tents to camper trailers to the Expanda & love the easier, stress free set up & pack up that the Expanda provides.
We don't get to venture too far from home coz of the usual work commitments so our usual stomping grounds are of course here around SEQ & in Northern NSW. I like it a bit more rural with a basic camp ground & a fire whereas my better half more prefers the luxury of an ensuite site & the beach so I suppose you could say we will really go anywhere!
As I said above, the Expanda is pretty basic, we don't even have AC in it but it does us fine. So far all I've really done to it is install a Gel battery, a couple of 12v power outlets & changed most of the bulbs over to LED. next job is to under-sling the axle as I have already bent the mounting brackets for the levelling hitch & bent the spare wheel guard on a cattle grid coming out of a camp ground recently. Got in trouble with the boss when i did that!
Anyway, enough of me beyond saying that we plan to keep an eye out for oportunites to catch up with other Expanda owners & forum members as time goes by...
Cheers,
Mark & family.
