Our Previous Setup

The decision to embrace the ‘home is where we park her’ mindset, lead to plenty of preparation and planning.

Our family of five – including three larger-than-life children – wanted a reliable off-road setup to take us to ever corner of the country, whilst ensuring the creature comforts of home.

We spent months attending caravan shows, talking to car manufacturers, and reading reviews, until finally the Royal Flair Aussie Mate – Family 22’6 and the Toyota Landcruiser 200 series GXL 2016 (which we affectionately named ‘Lucy’) were warmly welcomed into our family.

As time goes on and our journey progresses, so does our setup, as we endeavour to create our perfect home on wheels.

It’s proving to be the lap of a lifetime (although it’s turned into more of a squiggle around the country), and we’re so excited you’re here for the ride!

2019 Royal Flair Aussie Mate Family

THE ULTIMATE IN OFF-ROAD CARAVANNING JUST GOT BETTER

Royal Flair are a family owned company (which we love!), and their Aussie Mate 4×4 has been a reliable and super comfy choice for our family.

This beautiful beast has tackled some of the toughest terrains on our adventure, and never once let us down. The state of the art G&S Control ride TS tandem off-road chassis has made for a truly stress-free adventure, allowing us to easily explore remote and hidden gems around Australia.

Our Aussie Mate 4×4 has endured everything from punishing 4WD tracks in Cape York, to the rough, rocky and heavily corrugated roads of the Australian outback. We’ve conquered soft sand dunes, water washouts, and highways that go for days, but it’s not just the rugged exterior of this baby that we love… the interior is pretty slick too!

Soft touch leather furnishing, high-quality finishings, and the latest gadgets and creature comforts has helped make this durable caravan the ultimate home-away-from-home for our family of five.

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Main Features

Chassis & Underbody

Chassis

Aluminium chassis in lieu of galvanised steel
A-Frame extended bar straight
Main bearers & A Frame 6”
Lovells 4 tonne coupling with safety chains and weight distribution hitch
Electric 12” drum brakes
ESC
Honeycomb composite flooring
Jockey Wheel 8”

Underbody

Mesh stone shield in front of gas bottles
Checker-plate toolbox with two side doors and generator slide
Spare wheel bolted on to rear bumper
Jerry van holder bolted on rear bumper x 2
Tyres 265/75 r17 Cooper ST Maxx
Rims MPC DC3 17” black
Airbag man onboard compressor

Suspension

Electrical

The Enerdrive Pro Series including

ePOWER DC2DC 40+ Charger to charge from the vehicle and portable solar
Morningstar Tristar 45A Solar Controller to ensure the highest available energy from the rooftop solar panels
Lithium BMS Monitoring & Control System with Active Balancing for maximum battery protection and lifespan
Battery Shunt Module SC301
Individual Charge/Load Module SCQ50
Tank/Temperature Module ST107
Main DC Isolation Switch
Simarine PICO Monitoring Screen for battery/loads/tanks/temperatures
Load Control Relay
Charge & Load Circuit Protection Plus Main Fusing
ePRO Combi Inverter/Charger 3000W-120A to run all of the creature comfort AC appliances
Alarm Monitoring Expander Controller for Air Conditioning Auto shutdown to protect the battery system
1 x 300Ah Pro Series Lithium Battery (Slim)
3 x 200watt solar panels

Other Electrical

12 Pin plug
External 12V and dual USB sockets
Internal 12V and dual USB sockets
Anderson plug
Thetford 274L compressor fridge
NCE GREE 3.5kw reverse cycle A/C roof mounted
Antenna LPDA200
Breakaway
NCE Smart 24” LCD / DVD combo tv wall mounted
Microwave
Range hood 12V
External TV box and hatch
Fantastic electric hatch
Lyons CaraFan pressurised hatch
NCE CD / radio / MP3 player & speakers x 2
External speakers x 2
RV wifi
Cel-fi Go Telstra booster unit
Broomstick antenna mounted to front for Cel-if Go unit
Internal antenna for Cel-fi Go unit
Smoke detector
Sirocco fan x3 – each bunk
Sirocco fan x 2 – main bed / lounge area
240v power points x 12 internal
240V power points x 2 external

Lightning

Internal Lightning

Awning lights x 2
Handle light
LED internal down lights
Speaker lights x 2
12v hatch with light x 2 (toilet & shower)
Touch LED lights in main bed / lounge area
Touch LED lights in tunnel boot x 2
Front & rear Iluma LED light bars

External Lightning

4” height increase of van to 2100mm internal
Alucobond composite van panelling
Front full length tunnel boot
Small quarter length storage boot
Checkerboard plate
Aussie Traveller Annex Roller 18 foot
Camec black 1750mm x 622mm door
Tunnel boot galvanised internally
Thule Superb bike rack mounted on front tool box
Thule Superb bike rack mounted on rear van
Reversing camera

Plumbing

Water tanks 95L x 2 fitted with stone guard
Grey water tank
Slide out kitchen with triple gas burners and plumbed sink
Gas bottles 9kg and holder x 2
Camec Washing machine 4kg
Eberspächer diesel heater 2.2kw
Toilet
Internal mini grill and three burner bench top stove

HWS in gas and electric
External gas bayonet
External tap on drawbar
Black tapware / mixers and sinks throughout
12V water pump
Water filter
Main pressure water filler
Lockable water filler

Internal

2016 Toyota Landcruiser GXL Wagon

VDJ200R GXL Wagon 5dr Spts Auto 6sp, 200kW/650Nm 4.5-litre turbo-diesel standard with extras

When we think of a reliable vehicle, we think of a Toyota, which is why welcoming Lucy to the family was a no-brainer.

Lucy is a 2016 Toyota Landcruiser GXL and trust us when we say she packs a punch! With a thumping 4.5 litre twin-turbo diesel V8 engine, she has had no dramas pulling our caravan across some pretty tumultuous terrain.

We knew our adventures would take us to remote locations, so Lucy’s fuel economy was a big win for us, with consumption sitting at an average of 9.5L per 100km. We also opted for a Safari Armax snorkel and a genuine Toyota alloy bull-bar to ensure we were well-equipped for whatever the outback threw at us.

Lucy has tackled corrugated tracks, rock roads, dirt trails and waterways, always safely delivering us to our destination. We’ve now visited six of Australia’s states with the help of this reliable 4WD, and plan to drop in on the other two pretty soon!

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Main Features

Chassis & Underbody

Chassis

Lovells GVM (gross vehicle mass) 3.8 tonne and BTC (braked towing capacity) 4 tonne upgrade including engineers approval
Toyota genuine alloy bullbar
Safari Armax Snorkel
Clearview towing mirrors

Underbody

ROH Vapour 18” alloy rims
BF Goodrich KO2 All-Terrain 285/65/r18
Bush Ranger nighthawk 9” spotlights

Electrical

Navigation

Cel-fi Go telstra booster
Uniden UH9080 UHF radio
Garmin RV775 MT-S GPS
Spot Gen3 GPS messenger
RedArc brake controller
Pre fuel filter and water sensor kit

Batteries

Upgrade primary starter battery to lithium
Installed secondary iTech 120AH lithium battery
Dual input 25amp in-vehicle DC charger
BMPRO – battery check monitor
12V ROK LED lighting mounted on tailgate and side of roof racks

Extras

Storage

RV storage solution – eco lite 1000 twin draw system
ARB storage cubes for drawers
RV storage solution cargo barrier & dividers
Front recovery points installed
Rhino Rack pioneer tradie platform

Interior

Installed 50A red anderson plug
Installed dual USB plug and 12V plug to rear
60 Litre Engel fridge /freezer combo
MSA DS60 drop fridge slide
MSA 4×4 seat organisers on back seats
Maxtraxx & holders
Long handle shovel & mounted holders
SupaRV supa wing deluxe 270 awning
Fleximate 60L box type water bladder

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Our Previous Setup

2019 Royal Flair Aussie Mate Family

Main Features

Chassis

Underbody

2016 Toyota Landcruiser GXL Wagon

Main Features

Chassis

Underbody