Hello from Australia

[MultiplexMan]

@gussi - I hope your van is OK.

I have just been speaking to other VW camper van owners (T1/T2/T3) and they have reported parking problems in some very busy tourist areas.  It really appears to be an issue if your vehicle appears to be an "obvious" campervan.   

[OBEG]

It really appears to be an issue if your vehicle appears to be an "obvious" campervan.   

I work in a van conversion company, and this is  why most of the people now ask for campervans that don't look any different to any other van...

[67Split]

G'day G'day G'day Multiplex Man and greetings from Northern Ireland.
My wife and I travelled from Darwin to Alice Springs back in 1996 in A Toyota CamperVan, we called it 'Bruce (the 1st)' we now have a 67 Split Screen camper which is called Bruce the 2nd.

I just love the Northern Territory, I slept outside under the stars a couple of nights and I can positively say they were a few of the best memorable nights of my life.

I backpacked around OZ in 1993/4. I didn't throw any litter around however.

I travelled in a 1969 early bay with an American chap for 3 weeks between Cairns to Darwin and then to Ayers Rock.

Where abouts are you from?
I have relations in Whyalla, friends in Adelaide and rellies in Perth. The Perth folk would travel a lot with their 4wd and caravan, they generally wilderness camp. They went over to Queensland last year for 20 weeks. It would be nice to be retired, eh?

I go to Spanish Class once a week in the local college. We have a Mexican teacher, so my pronunciation  is different to hers. I read a lot on the Spanish forums and listen to Michel Thomas the Linguist. I find his teaching method very good. I also read a few pages of a Spanish book at nights before I go to sleep. Speaking of which, I must hit the hay.

Cheers Colin

[MultiplexMan]

Hi Colin,

I'm based in Sydney but travel across to Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, ACT and Western Australia regularly - everywhere except NT and Tasmania!

I enjoy driving to a location and walking/cycling every inch of it for a week or two.  This country should provide enough spots for some years to come...

Cheers,MM

[Brisa]

Hi there,

I spent some days in the Northen Territory with a two berth van a couple of years ago (it was a Transit). I didn't have any problem at night, tough my real problem was the very hot days I had (the begining of the dry season), but anyway I would like to repeat .

I could check what you tell about the "grey nomads", completely true. By the way, they use to drive such big things that I can´t imagine how much they paid for them.

Enjoy your machine Multiplexman, and post some pictures  !!! I would do it, but my old VWT4 is quite disassembled 

67Split, good luck with your Spanish, next time use it to post here, we will help you

[gussi]

@gussi - I hope your van is OK.

Thanks, everything  is ready now. It was a problem with the roller bearing of the primary shaft. The problem was that there wasn´t  roller bearing. Incredibly. I thin k that the mechanical who changed the old engine for the one I have now, was a cook.