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The Shakedown Tour …

… is complete. The AOR Quantum plus has had its first trial and its first service. Tomorrow we cut the umbilical cord and head into the outback.

The tour took in a circuit of south east Queensland, covered just over 2000km of towing over two weeks and looked something like this …

The Quantum plus passed with flying colours. Minor teething troubles have been fixed. The three burner stove was fixed before leaving Caloundra. A stabiliser leg needed minor attention and a shock absorber was replaced on our return. I have tried to avoid a millimetre by millimetre account of the rainfall but the weather has been dreadful. The Quantum+ does not leak and the awning can withstand some hefty gusts.

Cattle Egret, breeding plumage
Apostlebird

Made it …

We made it for our appointment at the AOR showrooms in Caloundra and picked up our hybrid camper trailer. Broome to Caloundra is quite a hike. The journey was uneventful and we had time to catch up with friends.

Our Quantum+ van looks like something like this this …

although this photo was filched straight from the AOR Website. Ours is a much nicer colour. Here we are driving it away …

So far we are very happy. The handover was very thorough. It took about 4 hours. We left with a reasonable chance of putting up the awning and managing the various facilities. We stayed that night at the nearest caravan park.

There was a small problem with the stove but that was fixed the next day. We are now at Hervey Bay. I suspect the van will meet our expectations but let’s not attempt a review until we know what we are talking about – this is not Youtube after all.