Hi from full time travelling Kiwis

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scubadoo
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Hi from full time travelling Kiwis

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Thank you for the acceptance to this forum. Looking forward to reading posts and contributing where I can.

After a 3 year 85,000km figure 8 trip around Australia in a 6m Winnebago motorhome from 2003-6 we were forced to return to the real world for a few years until late 2014.

We have been travelling full time here in NZ for the last 3 years since I retired from a self-employed electronic engineering background and Barbara from Air New Zealand.
We purchased a NZ built 2009 3.9l turbo Canter based motorhome with just 10,000km on the clock.
The immediate mods included a Sinopoly 300Ah LiFePO4 battery pack that both powers the house and starts the truck and a Samsung 255l Digital Inverter fridge/freezer.
Thanks to Terry T1 and others for the initial ideas.
Everything is still operating perfectly more than 3 years later.

Neville
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Welcome Neville ... enjoy your time here!! ;) 8-)
A few of us are away at present, including myself, but we pop in from time to time to read up.
Sounds like you've found a good way to get out amongst it?? lol
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Away with the new 🛥🛥🛥
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Hi and welcome Neville and wife :D Where about in NZ are you from? I was at Parua Bay and also Tokoroa. Bet you are glad you are not over here right now with our 42 plus temps but I found the humidity in NZ was getting worse than I remember it. Maybe it's just age?? :lol:
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Hi Neville welcome to the forum,to hope you enjoy your stay here ,be safe and hope to meet on the road some time. 8-) 8-) 8-)
Cheers.
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Welcome to the forum Neville & Barbara, glad to hear the lithium is doing a good job for you. Just returned from Sydney last night and although the temp wasn't as high, the humidity was a killer. Only been over here in Mannum for 2 yrs now but I'd forgotten just how bad the high humidity was compared to the high temps we see over here in SA. What is the humidity like over there?

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Post by norman »

Hi guys hope you enjoy your time here. I've been walkabout for a while so I expect a bit of slag. Where's your base in NZ. Maybe you can throw a couple of piccies on here for Dot. She loves em!Cheers guys.😁😁
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He knows mw sooooooooooo well. Yes please photos and more photos :lol:
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