Last Day of Preparation

Well, it's finally here. Today is the day we roll the wagons out. We are as prepared as we can be and all that remains is to put the last few things that we are using at the moment, into the van or car. As promised, some photos of the water bladder. I know that most of you won't care about this thing, but there are some travellers (especially our Kedron mates) who might be quite interested.

Here is the water bladder as viewed from the rear of the van. It was being filled while the photo was being taken. As best as I can work out, it will take about 95 litres when full. It fits very nicely into the recess under the van.

This is the view from the side of the van. The bladder is absolutely flat when empty and can be rolled up to store away. The corners are tied down with cable ties in this shot, but I will cut those when the bladder is emptied. The curious thing is that the bladder rises as it's being filled. Water does not spill out of the filler cap until the bladder can fit no more in.

This is just a shot of our Reverse Osmosis filter. We filter all water that goes into our van.....you never know when you may need to drink it, not just shower in it. The water that comes out of this filter is completely free of contaminants, including virii and bacteria, so we can take stinky water from any source other than seawater (too salty for the membrane) and turn it into drinking water.

Next blog will be when we are on the road.....and that will be about 10 days or so. We will only be able to update when we are in range of a Telstra mobile phone tower.