Great Aussie Adventure

After enjoying at stay at Warroora Station so much in October 2010 we diceided this would be our first destination and we intended to stay for a month and recover from the weeks of very long days preceding our departure.

Warroora Station (pronounced Warra) is a family owned sheep and cattle station and a really beautiful place the sand is so white and the ocean such a beautiful turquoise colour and with the Ningaloo reef just 200 metres off shore the fishing is bound to be good, you can get a caravan right down onto the beach no trouble and as far as caravan camping goes I imagine this is a rare thing. Dogs are allowed on a leach and you must bring a chemical toilet or hire one when you arrive. There are no facilities at all here you need to bring everything in with you. The closest water is at Coral Bay about 16km north and cost is currently 10 cents per litre. There is accommodation at the homestead starting at about $130 a night or there abouts.

After 6 years of planning and dreaming and almost 3 years of designing and building on Thursday 9 May 2013 at 1.15pm we finally took the big step and drove out of the driveway to begin our Aussie adventure. We intend to stay on the road either here or overseas until…well until we simple are unable to any longer due to being so, so old that even the lift that we will eventually replace the stairs (when we can no longer climb up into cab and back) is just too much trouble for us.
 Of course we will have to pick up work as we go but we think that 3 months’ work a year will keep us moving forward and maybe a bit longer when we take the leap and go overseas, if and when we have seen enough of Australia.

Video of HappiJac Bed Lift operation below at end of this post.

Having a queen size bed in a motor home just takes up so much space, you look at almost all caravans and motor homes and  think of what you could do if you did not have to have the bed taking up all the room!
Peters very first motor home an old Ford Transit van, he had some 30 odd years ago, had the bed that was up against the roof of the vehicle during the day and at night you would unclip it and manually lower it, it was a bit fickly as it worked by weights at each corner, so you had to make sure each side came down at the same pace but generally it was a brilliant space saving idea.