thought I'd try for the record of highest number of new threads in a week or so.
I've had some great things fall into place in the last couple of weeks. Like finding a well priced suitable van just in time for the caravan training course - would have had to wait at least 6 months ofr the next one.
And today I found a great used fibreglass canopy for my traytop ute which are as rare as hens teeth. New prices for a canvas canopy are a min of $1500 including frame and fibreglass are astronomical - start at $2500 and can be $4000. The canopy was 50km from me which is even more amazing.
Another piece of good luck is finding an extremely competent autoelectrician nomad who just happens to be in town for a while. He understands the set up needs for being on the road and will fit out my van according to need.
I could easily live in the van as is and am just adding solar and a few other things.
All this stuff happening now inspires me and gives me great confidence.
pauline said
07:43 AM Oct 27, 2011
All is sounding good, we are all entitled to some good luck every now and then. I bet you are so excited about it.
Cheers
Evie n Rhys said
08:19 AM Oct 27, 2011
Fabulous, don't you just love it when a plan ones together? Have fun. Tess
justcruisin01 said
09:10 PM Oct 27, 2011
Go girl ,GO!
Dougwe said
09:19 PM Oct 27, 2011
Great to hear Ellen. I can immagine how you feel. My possible Townsville trip is becoming to a goer. I have put it down on paper and fine tuned travel distance to approx 350km per day, that should give me time each day to check out a few sights each day along the way. Got Camps6 and caravan parks Australia wide already, got a lend of a Navman GPS but so far I think I might stick with paper maps and get a cb radio fitted to the car instead, that way I will have contact with trucks etc if no phone cover. The more I think about it the more it is going to happen. Hope you find a good auto elec.
-- Edited by Dougwe on Thursday 27th of October 2011 09:21:21 PM
Rip and Rosie said
09:43 PM Oct 27, 2011
Great to hear!!!!
Elle on Wheels said
11:46 AM Oct 28, 2011
Dougwe wrote:
Got Camps6 and caravan parks Australia wide already, got a lend of a Navman GPS but so far I think I might stick with paper maps and get a cb radio fitted to the car instead, that way I will have contact with trucks etc if no phone cover.
-- Edited by Dougwe on Thursday 27th of October 2011 09:21:21 PM
Hi Dougwe
I was checking out costs for a cb/uhf and thought the costs were a bit much - at least $300 for the radio, another $100 for the airial and $150 pr so to have it installed and wired up. I saw on ebay you can get 12v handset ones for about $100-$150.
Several people have told me they hardly use their uhf so you might want to consider if it's worth it.
I'm thinking one of those reversing cameras with a 7" screen gps would be a good investment - they are on ebay at reasonable prices.
yeoeleven said
04:32 PM Oct 28, 2011
The 7" GPS from Ebay are good and can perform many tasks, I have a Movie on mine, 150 music tracks and several Ebooks. It also has a reversing camera however there may be a couple of downsides, I do not think that they are compatible with Camps to download the co-ordinates etc. and mine does not have some of the selection features that I saw on a fellow travellers Navman and the updates may be a problem later.
On the positive side it does get you where you want to go and I used it going through Sydney and Adelaide looking for Cruising Granny. Also wherever a clear address was available it took me there easily. The thing needed is the correct suburb and that is not always available, for example looking for Joalah National Park in Mt Tambourine I had troubles because Mt Tambourine and Tambourine came up blank before I found that the correct suburb was Eagle Heights.
John
Ma said
04:50 PM Oct 28, 2011
I know it's probably a dumb question but where do I look on the internet to find out if I can download the camps data into the Garmin.
that will get you the info and yes Garmin is available for download
John
-- Edited by yeoeleven on Friday 28th of October 2011 05:27:36 PM
Ma said
06:39 PM Oct 28, 2011
Thanks John, much appreciated. Have passed it on to Blue who is the computer person in our house.
Dave83 said
12:23 AM Oct 30, 2011
I've been pushing Mum (Fairy-Nuff) to get a CB radio. She may NEVER use it, but if it's there when it's required and gets her out of only one sticky situation, it's money well spent.
beiffe said
09:44 AM Nov 15, 2011
There is a download that you can get from Garmin and it finds your gps and then allows you to download.
It is best if you find the gps file and rename to a new name so that you dont override the old one if you want it.
This way you can have a camps file a dump point file and aldi file etc all available and you can update any one when wanted.
If you want specific details I can do an instruction sheet for you.
Regards Brian
03_troopy said
11:27 AM Nov 22, 2011
Ma wrote:
I know it's probably a dumb question but where do I look on the internet to find out if I can download the camps data into the Garmin.
Here is a place that has heaps of Points of Interest (POI) for different brands of GPS's
G'day all
thought I'd try for the record of highest number of new threads in a week or so.
I've had some great things fall into place in the last couple of weeks. Like finding a well priced suitable van just in time for the caravan training course - would have had to wait at least 6 months ofr the next one.
And today I found a great used fibreglass canopy for my traytop ute which are as rare as hens teeth. New prices for a canvas canopy are a min of $1500 including frame and fibreglass are astronomical - start at $2500 and can be $4000. The canopy was 50km from me which is even more amazing.
Another piece of good luck is finding an extremely competent autoelectrician nomad who just happens to be in town for a while. He understands the set up needs for being on the road and will fit out my van according to need.
I could easily live in the van as is and am just adding solar and a few other things.
All this stuff happening now inspires me and gives me great confidence.
Cheers
Tess
Go girl ,GO!
Great to hear Ellen. I can immagine how you feel. My possible Townsville trip is becoming to a goer. I have put it down on paper and fine tuned travel distance to approx 350km per day, that should give me time each day to check out a few sights each day along the way. Got Camps6 and caravan parks Australia wide already, got a lend of a Navman GPS but so far I think I might stick with paper maps and get a cb radio fitted to the car instead, that way I will have contact with trucks etc if no phone cover. The more I think about it the more it is going to happen. Hope you find a good auto elec.
-- Edited by Dougwe on Thursday 27th of October 2011 09:21:21 PM
Hi Dougwe
I was checking out costs for a cb/uhf and thought the costs were a bit much - at least $300 for the radio, another $100 for the airial and $150 pr so to have it installed and wired up. I saw on ebay you can get 12v handset ones for about $100-$150.
Several people have told me they hardly use their uhf so you might want to consider if it's worth it.
I'm thinking one of those reversing cameras with a 7" screen gps would be a good investment - they are on ebay at reasonable prices.
The 7" GPS from Ebay are good and can perform many tasks, I have a Movie on mine, 150 music tracks and several Ebooks. It also has a reversing camera however there may be a couple of downsides, I do not think that they are compatible with Camps to download the co-ordinates etc. and mine does not have some of the selection features that I saw on a fellow travellers Navman and the updates may be a problem later.
On the positive side it does get you where you want to go and I used it going through Sydney and Adelaide looking for Cruising Granny. Also wherever a clear address was available it took me there easily. The thing needed is the correct suburb and that is not always available, for example looking for Joalah National Park in Mt Tambourine I had troubles because Mt Tambourine and Tambourine came up blank before I found that the correct suburb was Eagle Heights.
John
I know it's probably a dumb question but where do I look on the internet to find out if I can download the camps data into the Garmin.
http://www.campsaustraliawide.com/9-camps-books
Hi Ma,
that will get you the info and yes Garmin is available for download
John
-- Edited by yeoeleven on Friday 28th of October 2011 05:27:36 PM
Thanks John, much appreciated. Have passed it on to Blue who is the computer person in our house.
It is best if you find the gps file and rename to a new name so that you dont override the old one if you want it.
This way you can have a camps file a dump point file and aldi file etc all available and you can update any one when wanted.
If you want specific details I can do an instruction sheet for you.
Regards
Brian
Here is a place that has heaps of Points of Interest (POI) for different brands of GPS's
http://www.gps-data-team.info/poi/australia/
Thanks for thr ingot b and 03. Much appreciated. Have passed it on to the boss as he is the one with all the savvy.