It is the eve of step two towards our "big trip". Our "big trip" is the long talked over, mulled over, yearned for trip around Australia. We plan to build a trailer, sell up and travel and work around Australia for 12 months, most likely beginning early to mid next year.Our first major step towards this becoming a reality was to finish hiring camper trailers and sell them all. A couple of weeks ago some changes occurred at the mechanical workshop where Stephen works at in Hornsby prompting the decision to finish hiring our camper trailers now. This will enable Stephen to go full time at the workshop with his mechanics and gives him nights and weekends building our new trailer rather than cleaning and maintaining our hire fleet. We have sold one trailer with four more to go - but they aren't for sale immediately. One is still out on hire and the others will be getting a little bit of work done to them.
Tomorrow we purchase a few thousand dollars worth of material which is our second big step ... the purchase of the suspension and water tanks for our trailer. Stephen and an engineer friend, who we are very grateful for have spent almost six months drawing designs, bouncing them back and forth almost every night. This design came about almost 12 months ago while we were away on our outback trip. Our friend Stuart and Stephen began thinking about all the good parts on their trailers and then all the things they would like to change - the drawings began!! Who said only girls get together to draw.
It is very exciting for us to watch our plans unfold and see our dreams become reality. There are many many more steps to be taken and we'll try to blog a few along the way to keep you all updated.
