In 2008 we moved on from our Kimberley Kamper Trailer to a Kimberley Karavan. Our first camp in our new home on wheels was at the nice freebie on the bushy common in the NSW town of Broke - mainly because we felt that it reflected our financial status after the big purchase. We certainly enjoy the increased comfort provided indoors by having hot & cold running water, toilet, shower, airconditioning, diesel heating, TV (hardly EVER watch it), diesel cook top and microwave (which we usually store our medication in!). We appreciate the ability to camp anywhere almost indefinitly given the onboard solar panels, generator backup and facility for pumping water into the second tank from any source (although we have managed so far to only use good quality water in both tanks).We also like the option of hooking up the external shower nozzle so we can appreciate our surroundings as we bathe. HOWEVER, our preference is still to spend most of our time outside, under the awning, or tellling tall tales, sipping the odd cold wine/beer beside the camp fire preferably at some pictureseque, remote, awesome part of our beautiful country. When fully laden with fuel, water, gear etc the KK weighs about 1 ton. We towed her in the beginning with our dear old Nissan Patrol, called Betsy, who had given us incredibly faithful service towing our old Kamper all over Australia. After a couple more years, we decided to put Betsy out to pasture, so to speak, and upgraded to our new Nissan Patrol, aka 'Linus' (so named because they were the shares my husband had to sell to pay for her).
-- Edited by Amblingaustins on Wednesday 13th of January 2016 03:15:30 PM
How good is all that! What a great story, keep enjoying your travels.
grahos said
07:46 PM Jan 13, 2016
Great looking outback rig,thinking of a similar rig myself.
Radar said
10:02 PM Jan 13, 2016
We enjoy your story and photos.
Cruising Cruze said
09:59 PM Jan 14, 2016
Hi Susan & Norm
Magic bit of kit you've got there
Hope that both of you having a great time with it
and BTW welcome to this forum
Cheers John
Amblingaustins said
12:31 PM Jan 21, 2016
Thanks for the welcome, John. We just love out rig, and have enjoyed many great adventures in it over the last 8 years. Only planned to keep it for 5 years, but haven't come up with a better option for our amblings yet.
-- Edited by Amblingaustins on Thursday 21st of January 2016 12:31:46 PM
-- Edited by Amblingaustins on Thursday 21st of January 2016 12:33:33 PM
Amblingaustins said
12:33 PM Jan 21, 2016
Hi Graeme,
Hope you find a rig that gives you many happy and safe years of adventure. We have loved our outfit, and can't find anything better to replace it with yet. Regards,
ambling austins
-- Edited by Amblingaustins on Thursday 21st of January 2016 12:33:58 PM
grahos said
04:44 PM Jan 22, 2016
Thx ambling austins,Yes it is a big outlay but saves buying a black road van and then buying a bush road rig,we have to go back and finish the ann-bedell track as last time we broke down with broken spring on the hilux, just waiting for melbourne leisure show.
HunnyBunny said
06:32 PM Feb 20, 2016
I enjoyed your story! Thank you for sharing it with us. What a great,compact unit! Love it. Keep making memories!
In 2008 we moved on from our Kimberley Kamper Trailer to a Kimberley Karavan. Our first camp in our new home on wheels was at the nice freebie on the bushy common in the NSW town of Broke - mainly because we felt that it reflected our financial status after the big purchase. We certainly enjoy the increased comfort provided indoors by having hot & cold running water, toilet, shower, airconditioning, diesel heating, TV (hardly EVER watch it), diesel cook top and microwave (which we usually store our medication in!). We appreciate the ability to camp anywhere almost indefinitly given the onboard solar panels, generator backup and facility for pumping water into the second tank from any source (although we have managed so far to only use good quality water in both tanks).We also like the option of hooking up the external shower nozzle so we can appreciate our surroundings as we bathe. HOWEVER, our preference is still to spend most of our time outside, under the awning, or tellling tall tales, sipping the odd cold wine/beer beside the camp fire preferably at some pictureseque, remote, awesome part of our beautiful country. When fully laden with fuel, water, gear etc the KK weighs about 1 ton. We towed her in the beginning with our dear old Nissan Patrol, called Betsy, who had given us incredibly faithful service towing our old Kamper all over Australia. After a couple more years, we decided to put Betsy out to pasture, so to speak, and upgraded to our new Nissan Patrol, aka 'Linus' (so named because they were the shares my husband had to sell to pay for her).
-- Edited by Amblingaustins on Wednesday 13th of January 2016 03:15:30 PM
How good is all that! What a great story, keep enjoying your travels.
We enjoy your story and photos.
Magic bit of kit you've got there
Hope that both of you having a great time with it
and BTW welcome to this forum
Cheers John
Thanks for the welcome, John. We just love out rig, and have enjoyed many great adventures in it over the last 8 years. Only planned to keep it for 5 years, but haven't come up with a better option for our amblings yet.
-- Edited by Amblingaustins on Thursday 21st of January 2016 12:31:46 PM
-- Edited by Amblingaustins on Thursday 21st of January 2016 12:33:33 PM
Hi Graeme,
Hope you find a rig that gives you many happy and safe years of adventure. We have loved our outfit, and can't find anything better to replace it with yet. Regards,
ambling austins
-- Edited by Amblingaustins on Thursday 21st of January 2016 12:33:58 PM