Intro

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I'm planning on spending 3 months (June-August 2008) traveling through the north of Australia by Four Wheel Drive vehicle.

Il''be starting in Perth WA (my home) and traveling to; the Kimberley in the north of WA, the top end of the NT, northern QLD / Cape York and returning through the Red Centre of the NT and back to Perth.

Anyhow, I thought I'd post up some information on the vehicle I'll be using first up.

- 2007 Toyota Landcruiser 79 series trayback (4.5l TDV8 turbo diesel)
- Factory diff locks
- OME 2" suspension lift
- Firestone airbags for load levelling
- 33" BFG mud terrain tyres (incl 2 spares)
- dual batteries
- ARB bullbar and side rails
- Warn XD9000 winch
- Outback roof console with GME 3200 UHF
- Barrett 950 HF radio (to VKS737 4WD radio network)
- Motorola satellite phone on Iridium network
- Ipaq PDA with ozi-explorer for GPS mapping
- Tyredog tyre pressure monitor
- Mp3 stereo head unit, connected to reversing camera
- Boston Canopy on the tray. Fully fitted out with;
+ 40L Engel Fridge on fridge slide
+ food/kitchen drawers and drop down table
+ 2 burner gas cooker
+ 55L water tank with pump
+ storage drawers for recovery equipment and camping gear
+ Lots of space for swag, and other general camping gear

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