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LPG install into "Sally" the Land Rover Discovery 2.

Sally converted to run on LPG, using an Italian made vapour sequential injection system made by Tartarini and fitted by Range-Rov Automotive in Vermont.

There are 2x tanks that replace the original 90 litre fuel tank and give a useable 70 litres of LPG and a smaller 50 litre petrol tank is installed in the RHS wheel arch. With this setup it should provide 350KMs on LPG and 250kms on Petrol ]]>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:10:18 +11000http://www.weaselsnout.net/web/pics.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&id=FF790E01A4A6B4DECA2575E20069506Fhttp://www.weaselsnout.net/web/pics.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&id=FF790E01A4A6B4DECA2575E20069506Fhttp://www.weaselsnout.net/web/pics.nsf/d6plinks/MARR-7R9FQ8Day TripsMatthttp://www.weaselsnout.net/web/pics.nsf/d6plinks/MARR-7R9FQ8http://www.weaselsnout.net/web/pics.nsf/d6plinks/MARR-7R9FQ8

Heading out for a Sunday drive we ended up in Noojee visiting the Noojee trestle bridge and Toorongo Falls.

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12 Days in Marlo with friends

Our second visit to Marlo on the Victorian coast staying for 12 nights with friends:

Karyn, Scott, and their children Cameron and Holly staying for 5 nights.
Penny and Andrew and their children Nicholas, Emma, William and Amelia staying for 9 nights
Penny’s parents Roger and June staying for 2 nights.

We had good weather with most days in the low to mid 20’s and except for one evening very little rain.

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More caravan work, making additional shelves for the caravan.

Although the caravan has plenty of storage, the majority is located under the seats making it tricky to find a home for everyday items.

So i decided to make 4 additional shelves for the caravan:

1. A small shelf beside the bed, so that there is somewhere to put a book, drink, clock etc
2. A medium size shelf above the bench top on the other side of the bed
3. A very small shelf in the kitchen to put coffee, sauces or herbs
4. A large shelf above the couches where the girls sleep to put their toys, pillows and blankets.

David came through with the ply to make them out of and also edged 2 of the shelves with American Oak veneer which has come up a treat. ]]>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:35:28 +11000http://www.weaselsnout.net/web/pics.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&id=10857ACB67F00C63CA257586007C18E1http://www.weaselsnout.net/web/pics.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&id=10857ACB67F00C63CA257586007C18E1http://www.weaselsnout.net/web/pics.nsf/d6plinks/MARR-7QDEQR4x4 TripsMatthttp://www.weaselsnout.net/web/pics.nsf/d6plinks/MARR-7QDEQRhttp://www.weaselsnout.net/web/pics.nsf/d6plinks/MARR-7QDEQR


A Weekend in the High Country

Stevo & Fred in a Disco 1, Gavin & his son Angus in a Navara, Trevor in a Classic Rangie, Dimitrous & his son Luke in a Patrol

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Caravan rear bumper with bike rack mounting point.

Making a rear bumper for Dad's Caravan to mount the bike rack onto and to offer some protection has been a plan on the cards since i first used the caravan 2 years ago.

After picking up the caravan from storage in Portarlington and on our way home we made a detour to Cath's Dads to have a rummage around his back-yard for some steel. We found a nice looking piece of 100x50 from a pallet packing shelf for the bumper itself, some 75x75 angle and some 50x50 box tube to form the bumper mounts.

With the steel in hand i came up with a rough plan which David dropped over to have a look and confirmed that it would be okay. From here i came up with the final design and cut the steel to suit ready for David to weld for me.

Taking the caravan over to David's we spent the day welding up the bumper bar and putting the spare wheel carrier on... with David doing all the welding :) .

A quick coat of black kill-rust applied with a brush and it looks like its always been there.

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Caravan Exterior Clean.

This is something I have been wanting to do for the last couple of years and have been slowly making progress with the exterior the last few times I have had the caravan at home.

The paint is so thin and chalky on the caravan now that if you scrub a little to hard you go back to the aluminum underneath and with the paint so porous it stains with every bit of dirt that comes in contact with it.

This time I scrubbed the van clean and gave it a wax, what a difference it made and I never realised that the paint is actually cream and beige, as its always been flat chalky white in colour.

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January 2007 - Dad's Caravan before i started work on it.

The caravan has been sitting for 2 years, so after checking the brakes and with 4 new tyres that Dad kindly paid for, I dragged it back from storage in Ballarat.

As the drain holes in the windows had filled with moss the rain was unable to drain from the windows and had been over flowing into the caravan itself.

Having only 3 days for maintenace and packing before it became our home for 10 days in Robe SA we set to work cutting the rot out of the plywood and cleaning everything up before heading off.

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Not only has the dog been struggling with the heat but the servers have been as well, with temperatures reaching 50 Degs plus in the study the servers have been turning themselves off in an attempt of self preservation. ]]>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:51:21 +11000http://www.weaselsnout.net/web/pics.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&id=05AE27B52BFBAC10CA25754E004C1DBAhttp://www.weaselsnout.net/web/pics.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&id=05AE27B52BFBAC10CA25754E004C1DBAhttp://www.weaselsnout.net/web/pics.nsf/d6plinks/MARR-7NSFASHolidayMatthttp://www.weaselsnout.net/web/pics.nsf/d6plinks/MARR-7NSFAShttp://www.weaselsnout.net/web/pics.nsf/d6plinks/MARR-7NSFAS



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7 days in Mallacoota Victoria

We had a great time staying at Warwicks house in Mallacoota but the return to Melbourne was made even more painful with a new weather record being broken with 3 consecutive days of 43 Deg plus heat.
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Heading out with Gaynor and Pete to the Rubicon State Forest.

Morning Tea at Cooks Mill in the Cathedral Range SP, then into the Rubicon SF for lunch at Whiskey Creek Hut, off to Morris Lookout via the Royston Range Tk for afternoon Tea.

A quick visit down to the Royston Power Station and then up the steep extension of Park Rd (which Gaynor drove) and back out onto the Hwy. ]]>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:24:16 +11000http://www.weaselsnout.net/web/pics.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&id=EBAC2C52A762852ECA25753A004423D3http://www.weaselsnout.net/web/pics.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&id=EBAC2C52A762852ECA25753A004423D3http://www.weaselsnout.net/web/pics.nsf/d6plinks/MARR-7MU5W3HolidayMatthttp://www.weaselsnout.net/web/pics.nsf/d6plinks/MARR-7MU5W3http://www.weaselsnout.net/web/pics.nsf/d6plinks/MARR-7MU5W3

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4 days at Marlo on the Victorian Coast

Fiona, Michael, Cath, Caitlin, Megan and Matthew all camping at Marlo. ]]>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:18:28 +11000http://www.weaselsnout.net/web/pics.nsf/CommentsRSS?Open&id=C4239B72D096FF83CA25753000122C6Ehttp://www.weaselsnout.net/web/pics.nsf/PostComment?RunAgent&id=C4239B72D096FF83CA25753000122C6E