In New Zealand and throughout Australia I’ve seen people with these rental campervans and I thought that might be a good idea. They basically have everything except for running water (so no toilet or shower). I had a few days to spare so I decided to rent one for a week to get me from Sydney to Brisbane. It’s a 10 hour drive (925 km/575 miles), but since I had time, I wouldn’t have to drive too much each day. My goal was to just relax and enjoy time alone reading and relaxing. I also wanted to stick to the beaches so that I could hear the ocean waves from my campsite. I achieved this except for the last night in Brisbane. My first stop was Myall Lakes which was 3.5 hours from Sydney. The first day didn’t get off to a good start. It was a two hour bus ride across Sydney to get from where I was staying to the campervan rental place (Greater Sydney is absolutely massive) and then the van wasn’t ready. I had to sit for another hour or so while they finished up to make the van ready. They did compensate me by refunding the fee for the GPS. So I didn’t get on the road until about 12:30 that first day. Then when I finally made it to the campground, I realized that everything was on the honor system so you just put cash into a money collection box. This is great, except that I didn’t have change so I had to drive 30 minutes back into town, buy a bottle of water, and then drive back to to the campsite. I didn’t end up setting up for my first night of camping until about 6:00.
This is the van in its simple driving mode
When parked for camping, there’s a canvas dome that can go over the open back door to let in some air. FIY-It’s not the easiest thing to do by yourself. I persevered though!
The front seats are normal (well as long as you’re used to right hand drive, it’s normal.)
The back is all set for sleeping
View from the back…
There is storage under the back of the bed for your luggage
There is storage under the front of the bed for the stove, utensils, and dry food. There is also a small refrigerator which is that silver thing on the right. Next to the fridge is a water jug as well. The car has two batteries. One functions like normal, helping the car to start. The other is to run the fridge, lights, DVD player, radio, etc.
The van comes with two gas cookers as well as pots, pans, and utensils.
There’s a DVD player for watching movies. You can borrow up to three DVDs when you get the van and then you can exchange them with other travelers with the same type of van. I was watching the Aussie classic The Man from Snowy River.
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