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Sounds like fun, I would love to join you but it is a busy time of year for me so I will not be able to make this.

I am not sure what they fetch where you live, but you would be hard pushed to get anything better than a Toyota, proven on every continent to be reliable and the professionals choice. Sent from my iPhone using OB Talk

Yes I hired a Toyota Prado for Fraser Island. I would highly recommend the company Noosa2Fraser they specialise in vehicles for the beach and supplied recovery gear, cool box and chairs, they even supplied a blow up donut and pump for the children. The trailer is a prototype that I have built...

If you go you have to visit Lake MacKenzie, not only is it beautiful, it is refreshing for a dip. Sent from my iPhone using OB Talk

Dunco That would have been good, but unfortunately I will be returning to the Uk early next week. Sent from my iPhone using OB Talk

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If anybody finds themselves in Australia and fancy Fraser Island, I would highly recommend Noosa2Fraser supplied a Land Cruiser with cold box , chairs, body boards and blow up toys for the water and pump. Also all recovery equipment supplied. Sent from my iPhone using OB Talk

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Awesome trip so far. I did get a bit worried at the top end of Rainbow beach as we had left it a bit late for the tides so found ourselves rapidly running out of beach. Sent from my iPhone using OB Talk

Hi, I went for the Timbren system on The Escape Pod, 4" lift and long shafts as I am running 285/75/r16 tyres. Initially I was aiming for a light weight build so just went with the 1500ibs option but soon found that I was bottoming out the suspension. I have to say that Timbren were brilliant...

I have just found some photos of my last trip (1990) Sent from my iPhone using OB Talk

As I am new in I thought that I should put up some photos of my rig. I have only recently (October 2016)taken on this one and sadly cannot take responsibility for the majority of the build, which is unlike me but I liked it so much I was happy to accept this one. Sent from my iPhone using...

Hi Paul, small world. I will get plenty of photos up, probably more here as I will be in a Toyota Cruiser. Rolf Sent from my iPhone using OB Talk

Great guys thanks for this. [emoji16][emoji16][emoji16] Sent from my iPhone using OB Talk

Well I am off to Australia (From the UK) on Boxing day and while most of the three week holiday will be the standard family holiday, I have booked to hire a 4WD to drive the famous 75mile Rainbow Beach and across to Fraser Island. I admit that it is not a true Overland as I will be staying in a...

My good friend Bob Seaborn from Compass Adventures in the UK who specialises in Trips to the Artic circle swears by the Tentipi with a frontier stove, reckons it keeps you toasty even when it is 40 below. Sent from my iPhone using OB Talk

To be honest I know very little about them because they lost popularity in the uk 25 years ago. I know that the V8 had a few problems (I am not sure about the specifics) and the power to size ratio was not worth the extra running costs, where as the TDi was loved world wide almost instantly...

That said, if you are not going to really be that remote, the extra power in the TD5 is most welcome. Sent from my iPhone using OB Talk

Having owned and run many of the LR power plants, it simply comes down to how remote you are going. I would trust the 300tdi engine (Disco 1) the take me around the world one if the most bullet proof engines going. Td5 Lots more complications. Sent from my iPhone using OB Talk

Hi folks, I am Rolf Location East Anglia/ UK. Rig: Currently 2012 Jeep Rubicon towing my trailer "The Escape Pod" Experience: Born and bred in the wilds of Papua New Guinea where Overland was a way of life through the first 20 years of my life. Since then I have mostly been off roading locally...