Journey Outback

Garjan · Oct 14, 2014

Hello all. We are waiting for our new arrival, being a Jayco Journey Outback. Getting pretty excited as its suppose to arrive this month. Got our bags packed already, now all we need is our one bedroom house on wheels. Enjoying reading all the posts by the way. Gary and Janice

cruza driver · Oct 14, 2014

Welcome to the forum @Garjan glad to see you join in.

Dont forget to let us know when it arrives and we love pictures

Flossymk1 · Oct 14, 2014

:welcome: Gary & Janice!

I feel your excitement - we pick up our new van next week!! I can hardly contain myself

chartrock · Oct 14, 2014

Welcome to the forum @Garjan. Another Journey on the way, what model is and where are you getting it from?

17triton · Oct 14, 2014

Welcome @Garjan, can`t wait to see the new van and I hope you enjoy the forum.

relgate · Oct 14, 2014

Welcome @Garjan
Plenty of info and friendly members on here to help you pass the time and plan your mods

Crusty181 · Oct 14, 2014

Flossymk1 said:
:welcome: Gary & Janice!

I feel your excitement - we pick up our new van next week!! I can hardly contain myself

You'll beat us for delivery and we're closer to the Jayco factory than we are to our dealer. You can give me the heads up before I pick ours up.

Capt. Gadget · Oct 14, 2014

:welcome:

dagree · Oct 14, 2014

Welcome @Garjan
Won't hold it against you for not getting an expanda

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Garjan · Oct 14, 2014

We are getting the journey outback 2014 model from Brisbane Camperland. We bought it in Brisbane from the caravan camping show.

BUSH PALACE · Oct 15, 2014

Welcome @Garjan you have now entered the land of expandas and others , great bunch on here and hopefully lead you in the right direction . What size van have you bought ? Where are you from ?

chartrock · Oct 15, 2014

Garjan said:
We are getting the journey outback 2014 model from Brisbane Camperland. We bought it in Brisbane from the caravan camping show.

Our Journey 17-55-9 was also ordered from the the Brisbane Show via Camperland and we expect it to arrive later this month or early next November. Where are you from? What model did you order? We may cross paths on pickup.

Garjan · Oct 15, 2014

Hello there, we got the 17.55-8 Outback Journey. We live on the Sunshine Coast and suppose to pick the van up this month, Mid to end October. Haven't heard anything yet but we are getting excited.

bessie · Oct 15, 2014

Great choice, we can relate to being excited had a few sleepless nights before pick up which was from Jayco Nowra in July. The model we chose is the 17.55-8 outback Journey, had a trial run which was 1700 km and had no issues what so ever. Love our van especially the ensuite. Good luck to all the new Journey buyers. Bessie & Mack.

chartrock · Oct 15, 2014

Welcome to the forum @bessie, very smart looking van. Looking forward to ours, probably early next month. Our side windows will be slightly shorter than yours due to single beds.

Garjan · Oct 15, 2014

Wow that looks awesome Bessie. We are going to take a short test run before we go away for a long time, in case of any problems. How did you find the mattress in the van? We have been wondering if we have to upgrade it.

bessie · Oct 15, 2014

The mattress is quite comfy, we did add a underlay and mattress protector so all good. The only upgrades so far would be our diesel heater, first thing we did on returning home, we thought zero degrees inside the van was little bit hard to take. The installation which we did ourselves is under the bed, very easy to install as the diesel tank is on the divider near the gas bottles. Also replaced the battery with two 120 amp agm batteries and a portable solar kit plus home made stone guard. Bessie & Mack.

BigSkiddy · Oct 16, 2014

bessie said:
The installation which we did ourselves is under the bed, very easy to install as the diesel tank is on the divider near the gas bottles...

Could you share a picture of the tank install?

BTW great looking van, really like the black with shades of grey.