We woke to a chilly morning, 2 degrees but with pure blue skies and no wind, it was lovely in the sun. We were heading a huge 100kms today, our destination being Condamine. We weren’t in a hurry to leave and Gilly took us on a walking tour of his Continue Reading
Blog 1 – Our First De Trucksta Adventure Begins
We hit the road, Saturday 1st June 2024. I finished work on the Friday and we plan to be away for around 4 months. We have a trip planned that will take us back to the Simpson Dessert, visit the Flinders Ranges for the first time, go bashing at the Continue Reading
Blog 23 – One Week to D Day
It’s so bloody exciting, we hit the road this Saturday 1st June for a 4 month adventure. We will be bashing, visiting the desert again, hitting up the Flinders Ranges, visiting where Mad Max was made and more. Unlike our previous travels, neither of us will be working this time Continue Reading
Blog 22 – We Have Moved In!
It is exciting times as we have officially moved into De Trucksta. There was a lot going on to allow this to happen. Plumbing – Fred connected the water to the shower, vanity and sink as well as installing an ultra violet filter under sink for drinking water. All the Continue Reading
Blog 21 – Cupboards, Power, Lights Action!
I missed blogging last week, we have been full noise and I just didn’t get it done. So in 2 weeks we have made great progress. Fred is now, again, officially retired. He finished a week ago and has been busier than ever spending every waking moment in/on/at the truck Continue Reading
Blog 20 – We’ve got Cupboards – Yippee Yay Ay!
Well as you can tell from the blog title, I’m a bit stoked as we got our internal fit out in this weekend. It’s looks great and I’m happy to report that the bike box doesn’t look monstrous at all, (was I concerned, maybe a little lol) and the big Continue Reading
Blog 19 – Awning and Winch on
As we approach the pointy end of our build, about 8 weeks to take off, we went through our checklist of jobs. Even though we are ticking off, we continue to add new items and the list seems to remain at a status quo. While we have the physical evidence Continue Reading
Blog 18 – It’s a Roof Rack kind of Week
This week has been much different to last, with it raining most of the week, I picked up a crappy virus and Fred has worked night shifts. When thinking about the blog and considering what I’d chat about this week, I was thinking there wasn’t much to say but in Continue Reading
Blog 17 – Ticking Boxes
Firstly, Happy Birthday Freddy! Tomorrow marks his last revolution around the sun in his fifties. This hasn’t slowed him down though! What a productive week we have had, finishing off bits and pieces and tackling some bigger projects. The last mudguard has been attached, “Back Rack Man’s” lights are wired, Continue Reading
Blog 16 – Central Tyre Inflation System
I have mentioned in previous blogs that we purchased a Central Tyre Inflation System for De Trucksta and promised that I would dedicate a blog to it and the installation. With this type of vehicle we decided that it was a no brainer to allocate some extra dollars for this Continue Reading