Campers Road Trips

[Innuendo]

Enjoying your trip photos and stories.
Not a fan of the faked out colours in some of the images though.

Seems a new adventure is just a drive away!

[Camper]

Not a fan of the faked out colours in some of the images though.

Yeah, fair call, I am still learning how to edit photos and have a tendency to over saturate them. Thanks for the feedback.

[Camper]

I reckon in my travels I've seen something like a dozen "Black Stumps" that all claim to be "the one".

Is there one near you?

Blackall QLD, just behind the primary school.

[Camper]

Tambo was my choice for the first night's stop, didn't like the feel in Blackall or Barcaldine so just kept driving, lucky I liked Tambo as it was getting late.

Scouted around for a campsite by the Barcoo river but ended up in the van park across the road from the pub. Next time I think this will be a top spot for a camp.

[Valencia]

You would be up for the first service by now with all those travels
good stuff livin the dream

[Camper]

You would be up for the first service by now

had its first 1,000k's check up within 2 weeks, next service is due at 15,000k's and every 15,000 then on

after the first 2,000k's I averaged 9L/100km at 72.8km/H, this was near the start of the trip












At the end of the trip I got 3,600kms at 9.1L/100kms at 78.2km/H











Best I've seen is an average of 6.7L/100km at 100km/H on cruise control, flat roads and no overtaking for 100kms, the canopy doesn't seem to affect the ride/handling or what other sedan/ute drivers are reporting for mileage, which makes me very happy.

[Camper]

Just went and took some more photos, up to 4,511kms now.

[Innuendo]

I reckon in my travels I've seen something like a dozen "Black Stumps" that all claim to be "the one".

Is there one near you?

Blackall QLD, just behind the primary school.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Stump

While Blackall makes claim, Australia, or more so New South Wales had used the term (documented) as early as 1831.
That's more than 50 years earlier and Queensland as a State didn't even exist. I've always believed it to be in/near Coolah, NSW.

You are right though, I've travelled Australia and seen it in every State and Territory.

[Camper]

I've always believed it to be in/near Coolah, NSW.

it would make sense to me if it was outside/near Sydney somewhere.

I also reckon I've seen more than one "dog on a tucker box"

[wbute]

Yeah Coolah claims it has the original.... except someone stole it lol. They had to burn another and replace it. But I tend to think that it's an urban myth really. It's only about 40km from me.
Actually, now I think about it, we actually more or less live on the Black Stump Way.