17' Series Hi all!!

[Werdnwad]

From being a general nosey parker on these great pages I have finally taken the plunge and signed up. Proud owner of a 2014 Outback Expanda 17.56-2 purchased new and never looked back.... In fact two weeks after picking up from the factory the wife and I packed up and headed off for a quick lap around Australia with our three young princesses. What an adventure we had! 4 months and 23,456 kms later we trundled back into our home town at the time, Mackay, QLD. We had even included Tassie! The van, by now affectionately called "Panda Poo", performed marvellously with the only repairs being a loose wire on a light switch, fixed with the help of this forum, and an awning screw missing in action. Since then we have had numerous trips away and now relocated to my old hometown of Melbourne.
Looking forward to looking up all the great mods people have shared on these pages and hopefully doing a few myself
Cheers!

 

[SMJ x2]

Hi and :welcome:.
Lots of good advice on here and plenty of new ways to relieve you of all your cash

 

[Bellbirdweb]

Welcome @Werdnwad, nice way to shake down the van with a 23,000km trip

We really need photos, otherwise it never happened !!

Sounds like a great adventure.

 

[chartrock]

Welcome to the forum @Werdnwad, sounds like a great trip. Pity you had to leave the "smart State" for the southern country.

You will find plenty of info here and we look forward to hearing more of your exploits and mods. Enjoy the forum.

 

[dagree]

Welcome to the froum @Werdnwad and sounds like one hell of a shakedown trip :encouragement:
Looking forward to pics and trip reports!

 

[bigcol]

welcome to the forum @Werdnwad
lots of great people with heaps of knowledge and a passion for their Vans

as @Bellbirdweb said -

We really need photos, otherwise it never happened !!

a simple "teaser" of a towing mirror is not sufficient I am afraid...................
even though it does show some of your Patrol....................

 

[dagree]

even though it does show some of your Patrol....................

Trust you to pick it

 

[Bluey]

Great stuff another person from vic to join our meets i have the same van what do you tow yours with many great spots to go here for quick weekends nothing is to far away like great ocean road , murray river , nagambie lakes , grampians ,

 

[Delano]

Welcome to the forum @Werdnwad ,
and also welcome back to Melbourne.

 

[caax]

Welcome mate what a great way to christening the van with a all Aussie trip

Post some pic of your great trip I'm sure we all would like to see plus Im sure you have better photos than the one posted of your side mirrors. :encouragement:

Enjoy the forum there is some great helpful tips.

 

[17triton]

Welcome @Werdnwad what a great shakedown trip for the van! I hope you enjoy the forum some great ideas on here.

 

[Werdnwad]

Welcome @Werdnwad, nice way to shake down the van with a 23,000km trip

We really need photos, otherwise it never happened !!

Sounds like a great adventure.

Photos are coming soon!!

 

[Werdnwad]

Thanks all for the friendly welcome. Sifting through the photos at the moment and I'll get some posted soon. Already managed to get out and about in Vic. Bright, Nagambie and Port Arlington for a few extended weekend trips. Grampians definitely on the list as well as the Murray and everything in between!