On 31th of July settlement finally happened and we were free. Two days in the yards of Caraworld/Goldcoast and our rig - Viadestra - was ready to go. We decided on Sandel-Wood Van-Park south of Ballina and it was an excellent choice: Beautiful surrounding and even more beautiful people all over the place. Yesterday (17.8) we experienced the a campfire for the first time and we had the feeling this to be even more the beginning. In the middle of next week we will have to go back to Caraworld to get the last polish for the vehicles and then we are off south.
Yesterday we also had to go back to the Gold Coast because of some trouble with the black water tank. After it was fixed Trucker Bianka drove our 5.5 tons articulated truck all the way home, found it exciting and was proud like a peacock.
Nox has adjusted very fast fast to his new lifestyle, escaped twice but already knows how to get back into the van. Camping butter tastes excellent he thinks. He seems to be very concentrated, so let us not disturb him
Denise asks about the broadband situation:
The choice was satellite ( $ 3000.00) with very good reception every where in Australia but very expensive in the download too, no support and not present at the Brisbane Camping Show. We were told it could be very difficult to find the Satellite and the adjustment has to be repeated at each new location.
Telstra is supposed to have the best coverage, they say about 90% of the INHABITED area of au.
On the left side of the wall the little black box is the Telstra modem which connects up to five Computers by wifi to the broadband. We can use 4 GB/per month which is what we usually need.
The iMac has been installed by Caraworld with great skill and can go down into the desk when not needed. It also doubles as a TV and a Video Player/Recorder depending on the reception.
We plug a double tuner into the USB port of the iMac and mix the signal of two antennas, one is amplified (the bigger black board left of the iMac) and the other on the roof.
The two smaller Antennas an the window of the van increase the signal of Broadband, one is downloading, the other up. As we do not have a notebook/laptop we have not used Mac Donald wifi of similar.
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