Terry, when I mentioned to his nibs,the idea of replacing the battery with lithium, he was not impressed. He did most of the research for the replacemnt battery and got what he says is the best...not going there, not worth the argument. Anyway, we have been chatting with our club mates and found a different approach. Apparently jayco are notorious for weighing the vans before many bits are built in (little extras like air conditioners), so it is possible that the van would have to be totally empty before we weighed in, just to get the the top weight. I don't really have a lot of stuff in there. We have a specialist in Newcastle who will upgrade the van springs and axles and totally engineer it so that we can carry a sensible amount of stuff and be A. safe and B. legal. Looks like the investigative phone calls will start on Monday. Will let you know what happens.
Helen, sounds very tempting, but probably not easily arranged with his nibs at the moment. He is still getting used to driving the new truck and I wont even try until he is a lot more confidant, so I feell a bit stuck with him at the moment. But hey, we are doing a lot of stuff, so free time is not there either.I would love to meet up though, one day.
Today we went to the little local zoo. Cute as. They had the necessary suspects. Meerkats, avian critters by the hundreds, a few lions, alligators and a lot of different kinds of small monkeys. No wombats, I feel cheated. Just felt like another day at school for me. Tomorrow will be action packed too, so I need some ugly sleep, and fast.
sweet dreams out there xxx