Peter & Margaret Wright.

Phones: 0418278520 (in the OKA), 0418804221 (around town).

UPDATE: 20mm Spring hanger pins and Urethane bushes conversion kit NOW AVAILABLE.

OKA #196

TRIP SLIDE SHOWS:
2008:
Brisbane to Alice Springs via Diamantina NP, Qld & NT.
Alice Springs to Marble Bar via the Gary Junction Road, NT & WA.
Five weeks on a Pilbara cattle station, WA.
Boating the Kimberley coast, WA. Added 23/11/08.
2007:
Adelaide via Mornington Rally, to The Gulf, Vic, NSW, Qld & NT.
The Top End, Kakadu to Litchfield, NT.
Gregory N.P, Bullita Stock Route, Keep River N.P., Cape Dommet, NT.
The Carson Track, Home Valley to Oombulgurri (85km in 3 days!), The Kimberley, WA.
VIDEO: Coming down a Carson Track jump-up. (3mb)
BOGGED, east of Corrigin, WA.
Kalumburu to Kalgoorlie, WA.
South West WA.
Chambrs Pillar to Oodnadatta, NT & SA.
2006:
Mount Barry Station, SA.
Tasmania.
Nullarbor S to N, Anne Beadell Highway to the Pilbra, and Mt Augustus,SA & WA.
The Kimberley, Kalumburu, Carson River, WA.
The Pilbra, the Ningaloo coast, the Kennedy Ranges, the Holland Track, SW WA.
2005:
Gary Junction Road NT, Rudall River, Pilbra, NT & WA.
Pilbra to Broome, WA.
Munja Track, Walcott Inlet (Kimberley, WA).
Kimberley WA, to Brisbane, Qld.
2004-05:
Motorhome Conversion.
2003:
Sandy Blight Junction Road (NT & WA).

Motorhome details: The motorhome was built in 2004-5 and is configured as a 2 berth, bed-over cab, with every convenience and amenity. It is designed for long, unassisted stays in remote locations with very high levels of comfort.

Body: Fibreglass sandwich panel held together with Sikaflex, on a light weight steel frame.

Windows: Wind out hoppers glazed with tinted polycarbonate. The pop-top over the bed has very large zip up fly screen areas for maximum ventilation.

Electrics: 600 watts of Kyocera solar panels feed 600 amp hours of AGM house batteries via a Plasmatronics PL60 solar controller. A 1300W SEA sine wave inverter provides 240V power. There is sufficient power for all domestic requirements including refrigeration, lights, computer, bread maker, even electric blankets, for indefinite camping periods. We don’t carry a generator.

Water: The 150 litres capacity of drinking water (in two tanks) is pressurised and filtered via twin micro and active carbon filters. There is a completely separate system for 130 litres of washing water (in two tanks), which is also filtered. All water is chlorinated as tanks are filled via a third pump. There is a Truma gas hot water service and separate shower and cassette toilet. A 70 litre grey water tank is fitted. All water tanks have electronic level indicators.

Kitchen: A SMEV stainless steel 3 burner gas stove and oven, Vitrifrigo 130 litre refrigerator (with an extra 50mm of insulation and remote compressor), separate 25 litre deep freeze (with 150mm of insulation). Gas Leak and Carbon Mon-oxide alarms are installed. A separate fold down outside kitchen is fitted with pressurised drinking water on tap, 240V power plus a second gas stove with twin WOK burners.

Storage: Lots of internal and external storage, ‘roll-out’ tool box, and a wardrobe with ‘crawl through’ to the cab.

Original art works provide a unique external appearance.






Vehicle modifications:
Originally a tour bus on Kangaroo Island, the 1994 vehicle had completed 330,00km prior to our purchase in April 2003. The original bus body was removed for motorhome conversion in 2004-5, and a custom body fitted.
All mechanicals have been completely overhauled or replaced with new.
Intercooled with exhaust pyrometer.
Light weight aluminium front skid rails.
20mm spring hanger pins and urethane bushes.
Reversing camera.
Redarc model SBI212D 200A 2 way battery relay.
Custom made tow bar.
Light weight HDPE mud flaps.
Electric fan in front of the air conditioner condenser coil.
A UHF radio, Garmin MAP76 GPS, Globalstar Sat ‘phone and an EPIRB in the cab, second UHF in the back.
Foot level fresh air vents (ex FJ40) for driver and passenger.
Twin front and rear shock absorbers.
35 spline outer front drive shafts and Warn free wheel hubs .
Geared starter motor.
Rear springs have coil helper springs around the rubber ailerons.
The air cleaner has been changed to a washable Unifilter with vacuum gauge fitted.
Michelin 305/70R19.5 XDE2 tubeless tyres on 8.25 inch wide single piece rims and two spare wheels mounted on the rear of the vehicle with a hoist for removal (The hoist can be driven by battery powered drill, or by hand).
Boss Big Pro, 12V air compressor.
Diesel fuel capacity is 280 litres in 3 separate tanks, electrically selectable while driving.
All rear lights are LEDs.
Warn 16.5ti (16,500 lb) winch with synthetic cable can be mounted on the front or rear tow hitches, or operated ‘remotely’.

Skills: Designed and built the entire camper.
Made moulds for custom made rotomoulded plastic fuel and water tanks (55L and 85L available for sale - see the 85L version in the Conversion slide show above).

Interests: Long, remote, outback trips, alone or with one or two other vehicles. Walking, photography, aviation, kites, FISHING.

We have been on the road since June 2005
We spend 8 to 9 months ‘on the road’ each year.
Want some more info? Give us call on 0418804221 or 0418278520.