Monday 30th April:
This is the first time we have towed our Bushtracker with our new Ute, and the experience has been very enjoyable and effortless. We left home just before lunchtime and drove to the Yelgum rest area, just north of Brunswick Heads on the NSW North Coast. We have stayed here before when travelling to the Sunshine Coast and the Bushtracker factory, which is where we were heading again.
We are having our VAST satellite decoder converted from 240V to 12V and upgrading our internet aerial. We also have a minor issue with our door that needs to be fixed.
Of the many accessories we fitted to the Ute, one was a Scangauge II. This compact unit serves as a scan tool, digital gauge, and trip computer, providing real-time feedback while also tracking data. With the new Scangauge II, it is now possible to add up to 25 extra gauges to the 12 that are usually available for most vehicles.
I have set up some XGAUGE's to use while we are travelling. For example, I can now report the following for today's drive:
This is the first time we have towed our Bushtracker with our new Ute, and the experience has been very enjoyable and effortless. We left home just before lunchtime and drove to the Yelgum rest area, just north of Brunswick Heads on the NSW North Coast. We have stayed here before when travelling to the Sunshine Coast and the Bushtracker factory, which is where we were heading again.
We are having our VAST satellite decoder converted from 240V to 12V and upgrading our internet aerial. We also have a minor issue with our door that needs to be fixed.
Of the many accessories we fitted to the Ute, one was a Scangauge II. This compact unit serves as a scan tool, digital gauge, and trip computer, providing real-time feedback while also tracking data. With the new Scangauge II, it is now possible to add up to 25 extra gauges to the 12 that are usually available for most vehicles.
I have set up some XGAUGE's to use while we are travelling. For example, I can now report the following for today's drive:
Distance travelled today: 262 kilometres
Time spent driving today: 4.1 hours
Average speed today: 63 kilometres per hour
Average fuel economy: 16.4 litres per 100 kilometres
Fuel cost today: £66.60
Fuel used today: 43.2 litres
The most surprising figure of all is the fuel consumption. Our Patrol, equipped with the Chev V8 diesel engine, was very fuel-hungry, averaging just over 23 litres per 100 km.
Wednesday 2nd May:
We collected the van from the factory later than planned, and with the likelihood of more heavy rain, we decided to stay overnight at the caravan park in Forest Glen. Not long after we set up, the couple who were at the Bushtracker factory for a handover of their new van arrived at the park and parked on the site next to ours. Mark and Julie had driven from Perth to pick up their new 20-foot van.
Thursday, 3rd May:
After several days of rain, we woke up to a lovely day. We left late in the morning and travelled through Landsborough, Beerwah, and on to Kilcoy. We stopped for morning tea at Moore before tackling the Blackbutt Range, where work is still ongoing after all the land slips caused by rain over twelve months ago.
I had never been to Oakey before, but we had a special reason for visiting. Outside the council chambers, there is a statue of Bernborough, who, like Black Caviar today, thrilled the public in the years shortly after the Second World War and was trained by my grandfather. Our plan for tonight's camp was Yarramalong Weir, but with the threatening-looking skies and black soil, we thought the showgrounds at Millmerran would be the safer option.
Friday, Saturday 4th and 5th May:
Today’s drive was very short, covering just 125 kilometres, and we are now camped at Texas, just outside town, on the Dumaresq River. Lovely days with cold nights—the first morning down to 6 degrees. Thank goodness for the diesel heater! Unfortunately, the town, with a population of 900, appears to be in the early stages of decline, with many businesses closing on the main street. We did our best by buying groceries and magazines.
Today’s drive was very short, covering just 125 kilometres, and we are now camped at Texas, just outside town, on the Dumaresq River. Lovely days with cold nights—the first morning down to 6 degrees. Thank goodness for the diesel heater! Unfortunately, the town, with a population of 900, appears to be in the early stages of decline, with many businesses closing on the main street. We did our best by buying groceries and magazines.
Today's 224-kilometre drive takes us through Bonshaw, Ashford, and Inverell before we camp at Guyra at "Mother of Ducks Lagoon".
Monday 7th May:
It was a very cold night, with the van's temperature at just 4 degrees at 6 am, so we turned up the heater once again.
Another short day's drive today of 189 kilometres, mostly downhill, passing through Ebor and Dorrigo before reaching flat country at Bellingen until we arrive home, which is a further 34 kilometres away.
Our average fuel consumption for the week away has been 16.5 litres per 100km, and considering some of the hilly terrain we've crossed, we are thrilled with this figure.
It was a very cold night, with the van's temperature at just 4 degrees at 6 am, so we turned up the heater once again.
Another short day's drive today of 189 kilometres, mostly downhill, passing through Ebor and Dorrigo before reaching flat country at Bellingen until we arrive home, which is a further 34 kilometres away.
Our average fuel consumption for the week away has been 16.5 litres per 100km, and considering some of the hilly terrain we've crossed, we are thrilled with this figure.
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