G'day Robert,
The van has an 85 litre onboard water tank and 2 - 20 litre plastic jerry cans in holders on the front. Depending on where we are travelling to and the availability of water, we carry anywhere up to another 180 litres in containers stowed in the tow vehicle. Hence the need for a large gutsy 4wd. We also carry filtering equipment to be used for obtaining clean potable water from muddy creeks and farm dams if we really have to although that rarely happens.
As you can well appreciate, water is probably the most important thing to consider when planning a trip into the arid inland areas and many ill prepared travellers have perished due to a poor knowledge and poor preparedness even in recent times. Our outback areas are very unforgiving especially during the hotter months of the year.
The following photo is one we snapped on the Great Central Road a couple of years ago and this will give you an idea of the sort of terrain in the outback - definitely not the place to run out of water.
cheers
diesel
The van has an 85 litre onboard water tank and 2 - 20 litre plastic jerry cans in holders on the front. Depending on where we are travelling to and the availability of water, we carry anywhere up to another 180 litres in containers stowed in the tow vehicle. Hence the need for a large gutsy 4wd. We also carry filtering equipment to be used for obtaining clean potable water from muddy creeks and farm dams if we really have to although that rarely happens.
As you can well appreciate, water is probably the most important thing to consider when planning a trip into the arid inland areas and many ill prepared travellers have perished due to a poor knowledge and poor preparedness even in recent times. Our outback areas are very unforgiving especially during the hotter months of the year.
The following photo is one we snapped on the Great Central Road a couple of years ago and this will give you an idea of the sort of terrain in the outback - definitely not the place to run out of water.
cheers
diesel
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