Saw them in bigW this morning - does it fit in the babyQ when it's folded flat? (When you want to put a pizza stone on it for example)
Alistair & Sandra's First Ever Van - 17.56-2 OB (2013)
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Saw them in bigW this morning - does it fit in the babyQ when it's folded flat? (When you want to put a pizza stone on it for example)
Ok so even though hubby is away the kids have decided they want to camp out in the van again tonight 
So I've just gone and set it all up by myself (minus the awning), which took a while as I wasn't present at the handover so had no idea what I was doing! lol
The water hose is stupid - why do they put brass ends on it when the connection on the van is plastic?? I cant seem to stop it dripping ugh...
It's been very warm here today so it's a good excuse to test out the air-con tonight methinks
So I've just gone and set it all up by myself (minus the awning), which took a while as I wasn't present at the handover so had no idea what I was doing! lol
The water hose is stupid - why do they put brass ends on it when the connection on the van is plastic?? I cant seem to stop it dripping ugh...
It's been very warm here today so it's a good excuse to test out the air-con tonight methinks
Is it really the kids that want to camp out again tonight @Flossymk1 ?
So how was your night? Apart from the mattress? I so hope ours is comfortable..eeeek!
Did you get to the outdoor expo at all? What was it like?
Did you get to the outdoor expo at all? What was it like?
Apart from the mattress it was good @Ren77 ! I got out my new kettle and made hot chocolates for the kids - they thought it was awesome
Went to the expo this morning - man it was bloody hot! I thought winter was nearly here, but evidently not today...
It was pretty good - mainly fishing stuff there, but Jayco had a bunch of vans there, and so did Coromal. There were a lot of camper trailers set up too.
There were quite a few "accessories stands" which were selling gennies, kitchen accessories and lots of 12 volt stuff, but the kids were losing interest quickly so I had to keep moving lol
I think the main caravan & camping show at the Entertainment Centre (later in the year I think), is way better for caravanners - so keep an eye out for the ads on that one
We just got one of those eggshell foam "thingy whatsits" for the bed. Had one in the 16' and made a big difference. Hoping it helps with the new one!
Off on our 'shakedown trip' tomorrow afternoon! Can't wait!!!
I don't know if I need to get guy ropes to tie the awning down with? We will be putting up a long shade wall, so would this be sufficient? Oh it's so hard to know what to do - hate being a noob lol
I don't know if I need to get guy ropes to tie the awning down with? We will be putting up a long shade wall, so would this be sufficient? Oh it's so hard to know what to do - hate being a noob lol
Oh and I should mention the awesome service we have received from Jayco Townsville to date! We had an issue with our roof lift arms, which made lifting the roof incredibly difficult - even for my husband. And as hubby has been away the last couple of weeks, I had no way of getting the van into the dealership to have them look at it. So they came out, picked up my van, took it in, replaced the roof lift arms with 'easy lift' ones, and brought it back out to me the same afternoon!
Good customer service can be hard to come by these days, so I am really very impressed!
(and no I'm not affiliated with them in any way - just a very happy customer!)
Good customer service can be hard to come by these days, so I am really very impressed!
(and no I'm not affiliated with them in any way - just a very happy customer!)
Good luck on the maiden voyage, enjoy and don't forget the pics
Would recommend using the guy ropes just incase of a sudden gust of wind (And not talking about hubby :evil: )
Have actually seen a few people use heavy duty screw in pegs with ratchet straps?
Its good to have both standard and sand pegs. I also like/use ropes with the spring tension facility
Good luck
Ok we made it to Rollingstone! Took a while to set up - we made the mistake of un-hitching then realized the van wasn't level so had to hook it up again and put the levellers under the wheels lol, but oh well the grey nomads in the park had fun watching us
Fired up the weber to cook sausages - love it already! Can't wait to do pizzas tomorrow night!
Here's a pic of our rig -
And a night shot of our set up -
So far so good - I'm buggered though, looking forward to a good nights sleep!
Fired up the weber to cook sausages - love it already! Can't wait to do pizzas tomorrow night!
Here's a pic of our rig -
And a night shot of our set up -
So far so good - I'm buggered though, looking forward to a good nights sleep!
View from our site this morning -
Daytime pics of our set up -
We've already had one couple in another jayco come over to say hi and complement our van!
Daytime pics of our set up -
We've already had one couple in another jayco come over to say hi and complement our van!
