My hubby Pete, Border Collie Henri and I are into the first week of a 6 month trip up (& back down) the east coast.
We have a 2015 23ft Base station because we are both bike riders. On our longer trips we only take Pete's Triump Explorer 1200. It gives us a bit of breathing space apart plus the advantage that he can go and find interesting places for us to stay or visit without having to drag the van along.
We have taken the van on several long weekend trips around Victoria since we collected it late 2015 and last year we were able to do a two month trip - taking in parts of Vic, Nsw, Nt and home through SA. This was about 12,000klms in total with Pete doing an additional 2000klms on the bike. It was way to short timewise but such a lot of fun.
We tow the van with a Ford Ranger WildTrack 2015 which has been chipped.
At home we have left 2 supposedly responsible children (plus one g/friend) who have moved back in to look after the property and cat. Fingers crossed they don't get to comfortable.
We are currently at Mallacoota on the VIC coast after a night of 81mm. Lake Wallaga looks like it could be our next spot whenever we decide to move on.
Looking forward to read g lots of helpful posts
Jane
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