Trip Up NorthThe need for a holiday and to get away from the cold weather saw us planning a trip, and the only place to head was north. Instead of taking the normal routes, we decided to head up the dog fence between SA and NSW. Our only aim for this trip was to see as much as possible in two weeks. Not much planning went into the trip, which saw us carrying much more equipment than required. Leaving Adelaide late on Sunday night saw us camping just before the NSW border on the Barrier Highway. Prior to the trip, purchased a GPS, laptop and mapping... [ read more ] Solar PanelsHeading north chasing Barra’ and other top N.T. sport fish always creates problems, one of which is how to freeze fish and keep the beer cold for two weeks. On our first trip we took a small generator and one 80 watt solar panel. After the generator spiked and burned out the inverter in my Liemack fridge we were left with one 80 watt panel to run both the Liemack and the Explorer we had just purchased. Big headache - it was obvious two fridges off the one panel was not going to work. With the Liemack drawing twice as much power as the... [ read more ]
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