Accommodation

With my vague plan, I then looked at accommodation options.  A tent was out.   A few years back we travelled form Brisbane to Phillip Island.  It was hard work setting up the tent every few days and that was only for a few weeks.  A camper trailer was too much like a tent so I started looking into Caravans.  I couldn't find one with 8 beds that looked like it could be towed with a normal vehicle.    I found that the Jayco Expanda 16.49.2 looked like the way to go.  It popped out in most directions, weighed around 1500kg.  The only thing that put me off was the price which at around $43k new seemed  lot of money to me.  The interesting thing was that they seemed to hold their value for a long time  I saw a 2005 one advertised for around $25k and speaking to the owner found she had written a book called "Young Nomad".  One of its messages was to encourage you to wander Australia with your family while young.  It kind of connected with where I was at and made me think that the idea wasn't so "hare brained" after all.
Anyway, that Van sold so I moved much quicker when an outback Expander was advertised the following Monday.  I bought it the same day.