We were a day late picking up the van as the rain had been so heavy the person building a bed in the back hadn't had the dry 2 hours he'd been waiting for to fit it. Thursday morning we got up early all excited, we took the tram into the city and stopped off to buy some essentials for the van, the best thing was a HI-Country 4WD Thin Double Sleeping Mat, the most comfy bed ever and it's self inflating. You just take out the plugs and it inflates, you have to do absolutely nothing! Is this new cutting edge technology or do we have these at home too? (We've never really had air beds). They're amazing! Anyway, Joe the Van Man then picked us up with all our gear and headed off to his garage. Previously when he'd asked us if we had any preferences about the bed frame, we just mentioned that we had a few surf boards with us to fit under the bed so he said he'd make sure he'd leave room for them. When we arrived at the garage and had a look at the bed we were both a bit surprised at how high the bed actually was, he'd left absolutely loads of room underneath, which left the top a bit cosy, but at least we had our super thin super comfy mat that inflates its self.
A week or so into the trip and the van has been brilliant! The bed height even turned out to be perfect,once we had all the gear in and then did a supermarket shop on top of that it's amazing how we filled every inch of the underbed part of the van and the bed is not a squash, just cosy, sitting up is well over rated. Also because the boot lifts upwards we have an instant porch! The duel fuel tank is great as it's economical to do long distances which has been perfect as we've been traming up and down the Great Ocean Road to the different surf spots. The bodywork on the van is also very lightweight, all part of it being economical but this means it dents really easily, due to it's battered appearance we have named him Cod!
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