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So we (my family and a friends family) spent two weeks of the winter traveling from Sydney west to the Flinders ranges in South Australia and then a loop through Cameron Corner, Bourke and back to Sydney. Here's a few pics, bear in mind this is the middle of winter, overnight temps got down to...

Picked up my new trailer :) Need to put some airbags in the back of the Jeep to level it as my springs are soft but it tows great as it is and has plenty of storage with the flip over boat rack with basket on it. Has a large double bed and a lounge area with table that converts to another bed...

So first up I drive a 2 door Jeep JK, so not a lot of room. I still run a fridge in the back (only 25lt) and have other devices that need charging such as my DJI Spark (drone) etc. What I wanted to do was have a portable solar setup with some flexibility for charging multiple devices but...

So I built my last offroad teardrop camper from scratch around 8 yrs ago, but now it is too small for my family and is not capable of traveling some of the more extreme trails here in Australia (want to go to Cape York again but my JK is too small for 3 and all our gear so need a tough trailer)...

So for the last month I've been travelling in a group of Jeeps (renging from 4 to 8 as some dropped out early due to time constraints) from Sydney to the most North tip of Australia, know as 'The Tip' or 'The Cape' (Cape York Peninsula) Anyway, I got back home today and have uploaded some pics...

With a trip to Cape York (Most Northern tip of Australia and around 4500km from home) in Septemeber I decided redo the storage in the XJ. The main reason was I wanted a cargo barrier as my 2 year old daughter will be coming along and secondly just to tidy things up. First I mounted up a cargo...

So I got given a 167W 24V panel today and it's big. My question is how critical is the location, obviously there are some ideals but with the size of it and my requirements it may be a non issue. Here's my setup, 100AH sealed battery, all LED lighting, car stereo and fold down DVD player...

So down here in Australia we have a Jeep Jamboree every two years, it's always run by a local club and the 2012 one is run by the Sydney Jeep Club. If you're interested in what we do or would like to plan a trip and come along (you'll really need a Jeep to appreciate it properly) then checkout...

I built this a few years ago now and my kids are all getting bigger so it was time to make some more room and build up :) I decided to add roof rails so I could mount a RTT on it along with the the enclosed room underneath it and a 2.5m x 2.0m awning with full flyscreen. Basically take the...

So my XJ has been running an incar PC for a few years now but I've recently updated the software on it. Its an eeePC with a 160GB harddrive and the 1.6 processor in it. It lives in the modified center console of the XJ. I've upgraded Centrafuse (The front end software) to 3.1 (3.5 is just out...

Bought the rooftop tent, got quite the package with Tent, Annex, Awning and removable flyscreen for the awning. Hopefully it'll arrive here on Monday and I can put it on and test, should be a better fit on the XJ than in the pic below, the CRV that it's on isn't tall enough and it hangs loose...

So I've had my XJ for 8 years now and living in Australia it seems to have evolved into not only a weekend warrior but an expedition vehicle. I've done plenty of long trips and lots of dirt roads etc in it but Winter this year I plan to take it to Cape York, the most Northern tip of Australia...