Getting Ready to Head North!

It's been full steam ahead for the past while - we've been getting the Prado ready - the fridge slide and drawers fitted, a second battery installed under the bonnet to take care of the fridge etc and ensuring our recovery gear is all in order.

The house is a mess with all our stuff that we'll need to load into the car when we head off to pick up Q in Caloundra in the next few days. Some lovely time was spent with our friends Judy and Ian at Phillip Island over the past few days and as always, it was fabulous to catch up again.  It's great to get ideas and learn from others who have done some outback travel.

We've borrowed a sat phone from our Toyota 4x4 Club and we'll get the PLB (Personal Locator Beacon) in the next few weeks once the battery has been updated and the cover refurbished. Hopefully we won't be in need of it, but it's better to be prepared - just in case.

We got (probably) our final update photos from AOR today:


 So the pop-top has been added, the bed done and dusted, by the looks of things, and windows in.

Ensuite and vanity - tick!

WOW!  So exciting.

Hopefully we'll be able to fit all of our gear into the car and transfer it into Q early next week and we'll head off for a "shake-down" trip around Maleney; we'll make sure we know to use the van before we head back to the factory to confirm all's well.

Our Grandie's birthday celebrations will take place before we head off so it will be celebrations all around over the next week.






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