Ten months around Australia ("Big Trips" part 3)

[alanymarce]

Our third "big trip" (I plan to post the others later) was last year, from February to January this year - most of this was doing a lap and a half of Australia. We were in Australia 282 days and covered 44,164 Km in 260 days in our own vehicle, as well as 2267 Km in rentals for various reasons for a total of 46,431 Km. We visited 85 national parks, as well as many state parks and reserves.



Our vehicle is a 2016 Mitsubishi Montero automatic 3.8 L V6 petrol:

• Dobbinson’s heavy duty suspension with 50 mm lift
• Mile Marker Scout 8000 winch
• Safari Snorkel
• ARB transmission breather
• Custom-built roof rack with sand flag mount and rear light
• Sand flag
• UHF radio with front-mounted aerial
• Second spare wheel & tyre (6 all-terrain tyres on 6 alloy rims – initially 5 x Yokohama Geolandar A/T-S; finally 3 x Toyo A/T Open Country + 2 x Yokohama Geolandar A/T-S and 1 x BF Goodrich A/T)
• Extra fuel tanks on roof rack (100 L capacity, temporarily 120 L for the Simpson Desert)
• Built-in folding frame for bed with Americana de Colchones purpose-built mattress
• Fire extinguisher and mounting
• Storage system below bed and bedside storage
• Dometic 35 L refrigerator/freezer
• Custom-built storage lockers on slides
• 44 L potable water tank
• Window covers with ventilation adjustment
• Mosquito nets for all windows and rear opening
• Leather map pockets for both front seats
• Camera storage system
• Side and rear awnings (Dobbinson’s and ARB)
• Compressor
• Second (hydraulic) jack
• Rescue kit with tow slings, shackles
• ARB sand ladders (recovery mats) and shovel
• ARB folding chairs

If interested in this trip look at www.discoverthedreaming.blogspot.com (posts are in both English and Spanish).

Photos may be used for non-commercial purposes with credit to alanymarce@gmail.com