Hi all, couple of newbies here. Thought we better introduce ourselves, we are the Allens. We have already posted & received great information already, what a great forum this is. We are not really grey nomads yet but love the thought of road touring. We have a 79 series & an old Bubble caravan, that we have been rebuilding on & off for the last 10 years lol. I know a long time! But work gets in the way. Gone overboard on the build with drawbar extension, chassis strengthened, double axle, major gut & rebuilt interior. Like I said overboard! but I have OCD. She looks like nothing else out there. I call her 'Shaggy', as the whole roof & front has been covered with grey heavy duty marine carpet Yes weird but gives a little more insulation, stops stone chips, covers the dents in the ol girl & I reckon looks unreal. Anyway, we are moving to Tassie to start a new life & build a house on our 5 acres in southern Tassie. Always loved Tassie & now we own a piece of it. We both have permanent jobs down there already, so that is a big plus in this current situation. We will be posting more stuff on our journey if anyone is interested? Maybe look out for us on the road, Silver 79 series & Shaggy, she is one of a kind. Thanks for having us on here. The Allens.

Welcome Allens, Can't wait to see the van on the road somewhere, carpet unless you have fun vacuuming seems to be a strange option - what with dust impregnation and trapped water increasing your weights to whatever. If you need any technical or practical advice contact www.caravancouncil.com.au/ and download all their technical information free.

Lol good one PossumIts plastic synthetic carpet so dosen't hold water, dust isn't a problem, you just jet wash it. Bugs could be an issue getting trapped but they should dry up eventually & a jet wash should get em out. This stuff is used on hundreds of pontoons all over the country so its pretty indestructible. I think the benfits outway the cons but each to their own. I like to be different to the crowd. Sure won't miss it on the road lol.