Hi all where are you doing for winter I am getting my 15.55.3 discrovery ready for some winter camping the diesel heater will get a bit of a work out travel safe all
18' Series Winter
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Hi Norm we're travelling just at the start of spring, leaving somewhere between September 2nd to 4th but we're preparing the caravan now. We live in a very cold climate so we figure wherever we go can not be as cold as where we live so we're not too worried about the cold.
We are leaving Sydney and will travel right down the east coast and along the great ocean road then hopefully back to Sydney via broken hill. We our changing our trip slightly as our daughter has decided to join us for the first 10 days so the itinary is still a work in progress.
Where are you planning to travel?
And when do you leave and how long is your trip?
Cheers Karen.
We are leaving Sydney and will travel right down the east coast and along the great ocean road then hopefully back to Sydney via broken hill. We our changing our trip slightly as our daughter has decided to join us for the first 10 days so the itinary is still a work in progress.
Where are you planning to travel?
And when do you leave and how long is your trip?
Cheers Karen.
I did my first winter camp last week in mudgee where it got to -5.8 degrees overnight and couldn't be happier with my van.
It's a 20.64 so has the hard top and the ibis reverse cycle aircon and the only bit that was cold was the bed ends - you could feel the cold coming in via the canvas. We have storm covers on which help but an extra blanket was really all that we needed.
Without power (and hence no aircon) would be a problem but a gas or diesel van heater would fix that for free camping. I have a gas heater on my list if we keep going out over winter.
Ck
Hi karen over to the west coast of tas for 3 weeks and going to that north island end of the year hope you have a great trip karen
Big Mal could be spotted cruising from QLD to Canberra mid August, good test of the Mosquito Deterent Device (MDD), while there may be no Mossies around the by product is lots of heat...............if you see a Coromal with a white Ensign flying off it, run away it's probably me....No Yaks packed this trip so @Crusty181 won't find me.
Your lucky @ChrisFatboySydney, we have a 20.63 with the Ibis model before yours and our Ibis, on heat, poops itself at around 1 or 2 deg. We found that out the hard way, at a group meet when the temp plummeted to zero, and the 3 of us nearly died. (I could swear there was 4 of us that left home, oh well) That trip was our motivation to get the diesel heater .... which I bought the Monday after that weekend.
I found you before, Ill find you again.
Your heading to Canberra?? You need BS Deterrent ... in commercial quantities.