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NOTE: Interior photos taken before
the truck was finished and floor coverings laid. |
| 10001 |
238k |
The toilet and vanity
are located in a full-height cupboard. The vanity is mounted to
the door, so when you open the cupboard the vanity swings into
position.
This required flexible plumbing that enters
and leave at the hinge pivot points to reduce fatigue on the fittings. |
| 10003 |
264k |
The bedroom is quite
usable with the roof down, but has full standing height with it
raised.
The beds move on rollers allowing any combination
of single/double and left/centre/right of room. |
| 10004 |
213k |
The
shower emerges form the kitchen bench. A section
of bench is raised to a vertical position to create
a wall. A section of kitchen wall is swung out,
this reveals the shower fittings and a second
shower wall. The swing-out section becomes the
third shower wall. The fourth wall was always
visible, it's just the normal kitchen wall.
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| 10005 |
174k |
A general view of the kitchen
from the lounge room. The shower emerges from the bench on the far
left. The swing-out shower wall is the one with the clock on it
at the rear of the kitchen. |
| 10006 |
208k |
Another general view
of the kitchen, this time showing more of the skylight.
A three-burner gas cook top is under a
lift up section on this end of the bench. |
| 10008 |
223k |
Looking from the lounge room
through the rear window and one of the side windows. Note that the
rear window is the only one with glass, all other "windows"
on the truck have no glass, just Velcro'd flyscreens. |
| 10011 |
276k |
Here we see the slideout
rubbish/laundry bin below the electronics control panel.
A 240ltr electric fridge is in the foreground. |
| 10018 |
250k |
We can easily store enough food
to last us months, typically we only stock up four times a year.
Here we see some of the under-floor storage after a resupply.
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| 10030 |
254k |
The lounge room cantilevers
over 3m from it's support above the rear axles. There are also huge
void areas where the windows will go, these of course provide no
strength. Therefore what's left needs to be very strong. Here we
see some of the W bracing on the lounge room frame. |
| 10033 |
268k |
Similarly the bedroom
cantilevers over the cab with no support. It also has large void
areas. Here we see the W bracing in the bedroom frame.
More gusseting was added after these photos
were taken. |
| 10032 |
333k |
The entire body is mounted to
the chassis on three points. This allows the two to move independently.
Here we see some trials of the mounting. Note the angle between
the blue steel (the body) and the temporary wooden tail light holder
which is in line with the chassis. |
| 12206 |
393k |
The truck in its natural habitat,
camping in the bush. Here the hydraulic roof is in the raised position. |
| 14206 |
380k |
Whale watching from the deck
at Ningaloo. The deck is self supporting and requires no legs. Strength
is obtained from the side rails. These hinge to the edge of the
deck and store folded down. When the deck is lowered the rails are
raised to a vertical position and pinned back to the body. This
gives a web depth of about 500mm, more than enough to support a
few people. |
| 15721 |
281k |
The rear steps are
lowered by a winch that is mounted inside the lounge room floor.
The tread plates are all all hinged and linked so they stay parallel
and level as the steps are lowered. This is very useful as the
ground is often not at the perfect height.
In this photo the ground falls away from
the truck plus the truck is up on blocks for leveling. This makes
the steps quite steep, but the treads are still level. |
| 19224 |
449k |
The 6x6 capability allows us
to camp on sand dunes. In this shot you can see the 8 solar panels
on the roof. They are embedded into the tropical roof so as to be
flush with the aluminium and therefore less prone to being snagged
by a tree branch. |
| 19504 |
237k |
We're not in the cold very often,
but with the shutters closed and the heater on it's quite comfortable
inside. |
| 21258 |
336k |
Field repairs on the side of
the road. The large opening is the garage that holds two motorbikes.
The door provides some shelter for the swing-out work bench. The
inverter/battery combination is powerful enough to run all power
tools including the small MIG welder. |
| 23627 |
383k |
Here we see the truck crossing
a dry creek bed. It doesn't look steep but the approach and departure
angles were quite severe. |
| 19131 |
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Deck folding sequence. (All
around 200k) |
| 19132 |
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| 19133 |
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| 19134 |
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| 19135 |
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| 20627 |
246k
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On the highway south of Coober
Pedy. |
| 19003 |
355k
|
Camped in the middle of the
Nullabor Plain with swallows circling. This was right near Cocklebiddy
Caves, we can stay in a remote area like this for weeks if we like
the place. |
| 12711 |
288k |
Camped at Marlgu Billabong,
near Kununurra. Crocodiles, jabarus, ducks, egrets, all within a
few yards of our camp, and it's free. |
| 20953 |
274k |
Parked in the bush with the
Olgas in the background. |
