We've been taking advantage of the knowledge on this amazing forum for years... the wife and I thought it was time we got off our backsides and actually put something back in!
[Should note we're not the most attentive of internet people... please don't feel ignored if we take forever to respond to anything... we will eventually resurface]
Family is me, the wife and 2 little girls (6 & 3 this year).
Finally picked up our new 19.61-3 OB model yesterday after a 6 month wait - our second Jayco. Last one was a 17.58-3 OB and was amazing.
Back story... after 10 years of tents and borrowing other peoples vans finally took the plunge on the 17.58.
Thought it seemed like a great value van, and it was. It was so good that after a 3 week road trip last year down to Victoria we decided to take the plunge and buy a full van. Endless shopping around and we ended up right where we started... back at Jayco. The 19.61-3 was a brand new layout and it was like Jayco had reached into our heads and made it precisely to suit us. Everything we wanted tweaked from the 17.58 was just like we wanted and everything we wanted the same was still there!
Only issue was we sold the 17.58 way too fast and have had to live vanless for 5 months.....
So - the 19.61 - its the -3 so has the two bunks at the back for our two rug rats. we optioned:
Extended drawbar
Ibis A/C upgrade
150W solar panel
Pull out pantry
the flash digital control panel
3 way table / bed converter
And of course the outback pack.
Picked it up from Jayco Goldcoast. Same mob we bought the 17.58 from originally and they did a great job both times.
Off for a quick shakedown tonight, then off to Aratula in a couple of weeks, then Cotton tree for Easter.
6 week roadtrip already locked into the leave calendar for September to give the new van a real good workout. (NSW / VIC / TAS / SA). Ferry booked and paid for tas so I can forget the price by the time we get there.....
[Should note we're not the most attentive of internet people... please don't feel ignored if we take forever to respond to anything... we will eventually resurface]
Family is me, the wife and 2 little girls (6 & 3 this year).
Finally picked up our new 19.61-3 OB model yesterday after a 6 month wait - our second Jayco. Last one was a 17.58-3 OB and was amazing.
Back story... after 10 years of tents and borrowing other peoples vans finally took the plunge on the 17.58.
Thought it seemed like a great value van, and it was. It was so good that after a 3 week road trip last year down to Victoria we decided to take the plunge and buy a full van. Endless shopping around and we ended up right where we started... back at Jayco. The 19.61-3 was a brand new layout and it was like Jayco had reached into our heads and made it precisely to suit us. Everything we wanted tweaked from the 17.58 was just like we wanted and everything we wanted the same was still there!
Only issue was we sold the 17.58 way too fast and have had to live vanless for 5 months.....
So - the 19.61 - its the -3 so has the two bunks at the back for our two rug rats. we optioned:
Extended drawbar
Ibis A/C upgrade
150W solar panel
Pull out pantry
the flash digital control panel
3 way table / bed converter
And of course the outback pack.
Picked it up from Jayco Goldcoast. Same mob we bought the 17.58 from originally and they did a great job both times.
Off for a quick shakedown tonight, then off to Aratula in a couple of weeks, then Cotton tree for Easter.
6 week roadtrip already locked into the leave calendar for September to give the new van a real good workout. (NSW / VIC / TAS / SA). Ferry booked and paid for tas so I can forget the price by the time we get there.....
