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CARAVANNING & adventure
Stunning Shark Bay and Steep Point WA
I would recommend if you’re towing you’ll doing this trip with two require assistance at vehicles because the times to access this
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Steep Point is one
ing around.
It would be very easy
Point, we will definitely try to get back there – to spend more time at Steep Point itself and perhaps incorporate a week on Dirk Hartog Island.
of the best land-based fishing destinations in Australia, where fishers can balloon live baits out as well as spin off the rocks for incredible spanish mackerel, co- bia, small marlin and snapper.
to launch a boat off the calm beaches sheltered inside the bay and run out through the heads to fish offshore or go exploring the huge wa- terways of Shark Bay.
sand was quite soft, and
piece of paradise.
While we were there, we saw large schools of pelagic fish feeding offshore and several huge fish frames from previous catches of big spanish and cobia ly-
A barge will ferry your vehicles and camper trailers over to Dirk Hartog Island, which would be another amazing place to ex- plore.
A definite for my ‘must do’ list, and with a truly spectacular camping area on the beach with beautiful clear water.
After doing our re- connaissance of Steep
It was one of those places that will stick in your mind and had the feel of a remote slice of paradise all to yourself.
Tiny shells from Shell Beach.
ULnderstanding how lithium batteries work
amount of time. to be charging the bat- actually takes a few we could ask for.
We seemed to be us- teries to their maxi- cycles of recharging The batteries crash-
AST month I
mentioned lith-
ium batteries ing a lot of battery mum potential. for the phone to reach
and wanted to share just to stay comfort- To say we were con- its full holding-charge ing benefitted us and
what we found, hop- ing it may help others understand, and save time and stress.
able, especially if we had the van parked in semi-shaded areas.
cerned would have been an understate- ment, so I contacted Lennie Mifsud who, with wife Jennifer, own On the Move Caravans.
potential. allowed us to discover
I can honestly say our new On the Move Vortex Black Edition caravan has kicked butt throughout this trip, but earlier we did have concerns about the capacity of the battery system and our ability to stay off- grid for a reasonable
We run three 150W solar panels to re- charge two 100Ah lithium batteries.
Lithium batteries in caravans are exactly the same and require a number of crash cycles to offer full working capacity.
their true potential. I’ve spoken to a few people who’d experi- enced the same charg- ing problems and were left wondering what the hell they had paid
The author’s brilliant 100Ah lithium batteries.
This is because it
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We did have an oc- casion where our whole system crashed in the early hours and we were left without power.
Lennie is a qualified auto electrician and relishes in the latest technologies available to the caravan indus- try.
They can also crash into a dormant state and need to be jump- started back to life.
all that money for. They had taken their vans to auto electri- cians who told them their batteries were rubbish and to look for
The sun the next morning didn’t seem
My dealings with Lennie have led me to know this guy as a straight shooter and I trust any of his recom- mendations.
We followed Len- nie’s advice to jump start our deep cycles by charging them with the truck and then, at the same time, on a second- ary charge with our Honda generator.
alternatives.
Like I said... I’m
He carefully ex- plained to me that when a new mobile phone is purchased, the battery always seems to die quickly.
The crashed batter- ies sprang to life and from that time on our system has provided us with the most ef- ficient energy source
sharing our experi- ence, what we were told and how to achieve maximum po- tential.
Right or wrong, I really couldn’t have asked for a better out- come.