80lover96gxl
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Thats whats stopped me getting an rrt aswell, if moving everyday probably not an issue but if base camping would be a pia i reckon.
show us your camp setups!!
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80lover96gxl
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Perfect.
Sharee Eldridge
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Your awning looks quality ... what brand. Have just bought a roof top hard shell, now looking for shade. Cheers
loose cannon
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Wet season setup.
Six metre tarp, the small green tarp was moved as required for protection from either sun or storm and I slept in the back snug as a bug.
Ground sleeping is out of the question because I'm on the banks of the Fitzroy river and there are salties here in number.
Plenty of spare ropes, pegs and posts in case things go Kimberley crazy. Still have good access to offside of tray and when I set it properly not too much water pools on top. Need a pretty good gimpy hammer 'cos there aint no topsoil left.
The views are pretty special. Back in '78 the river had a major flood and was 25km wide here. About 2 to 3 metres deep here now so probably about another 20 metres or more during the flood and everything you see would be under water. This is some serious river. At the end of the dry, the river is a series of pools and you can walk across and explore the pools etc.
Six metre tarp, the small green tarp was moved as required for protection from either sun or storm and I slept in the back snug as a bug.
Ground sleeping is out of the question because I'm on the banks of the Fitzroy river and there are salties here in number.
Plenty of spare ropes, pegs and posts in case things go Kimberley crazy. Still have good access to offside of tray and when I set it properly not too much water pools on top. Need a pretty good gimpy hammer 'cos there aint no topsoil left.
The views are pretty special. Back in '78 the river had a major flood and was 25km wide here. About 2 to 3 metres deep here now so probably about another 20 metres or more during the flood and everything you see would be under water. This is some serious river. At the end of the dry, the river is a series of pools and you can walk across and explore the pools etc.
TonyF8
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Sharee, this is a Durarig 4.8m x 4.8m tarp, it actually goes over the roof and sits out about 800mm on the drivers side. It has aluminum telescopic poles under the roof rack that extend out so I have coverage down the drivers side as well, unfortunately i don't see it working with a RTT. You could always cut a tarp into an L shape, get acanvas sewer to put in some rope and run sail track down the side and across the back, slide the tarp in and bingo, you have the poor mans foxwing, set up would not take any longer and about a 15th of the price.
Sharee Eldridge
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Sharee Eldridge
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Thank you. Food for thought
Sharee Eldridge
New Member
Hi. Love the look of your set up! What type of awning do you have? Recommend/not recommend. Your rear drawers look fab - did you make them?
SeaJay
Active Member
We used a roof top tent thru the Pilbara and Kimberly's, we did get an extra bit of eggshell foam for the mattress and it still folds closed with that and the sleeping bags and pillows. Mostly we use it without the annex set up, and on hard ground put the ropes under the legs of the ladder as you can see in the pic. For the price there fantastic, as quick if not quicker to set up than a camper trailer, and your off the ground away from the crocs 
billolga
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You need a good Drill (I now use a 240 volt with an Inverter as my cordless wasn't powerful enough) with Masonry Bits Mate & even that is not enough.
I saw a guy spend three days in Broome trying to put in half a dozen pegs.
loose cannon
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Ha ha, yeah. There have been a couple of occasions when I've had issues but nothing that some serious swearing and and almost maniacal level of violent swinging of the gimpy won't fix.
idiomatically
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From a recent trip...
