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Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Mid North May 29th 2012

Two protests about no photo of the new tow vehicle, so here he is in all his glory - Meet Brutus III. He looks just like Son of Brutus but white. A lot shinier, a better motor but still a TRUCK. We love Nissan's. Over the past three weeks we have added a bullbar with two towbars on the front so we can drive the van into place as we are such incompetent backers, snorkel, dual battery system, driving lights, UHF radio, rear vision camera on both the van and the vehicle, electric brake controller, had a special shelf built for the back of the vehicle with a cargo barrier and the fridge slide bolted into place right next to the plug to run it. Mieke wants to know where the bookshelves are, sorry cannot fit ... read more
Brutus III
Dual battery system
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Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Clare May 25th 2012

24 May 2012 Collected our van from Desert Sky in Adelaide and drove home the 160 kms through a 5 kilometre three lane wide traffic jam and some welcome rain. Welcome rain, but WHY the day we collected our new toy? Our truckie friend Shane was waiting to back it into our difficult driveway and supposedly into our carport. Despite having taken soil out to ensure it would fit, it is still 3 inches too high, the show special of an air-conditioner caused the height problems. We have the highest car port around, 3 metres - more excavation to go. We have one week to get all the stuff from our dining room setttled into the van and vehicle before taking off to Queensland via the Barrier Highway. Today it is cold, wet and miserable. No ... read more
Door side
Kitchen
Custom cupboard




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