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Croc Harry\'s - Coober Pedy, SA
© Gavin Murray
Tales of the travels, trials and triumphs as we explore Australia in a converted bus
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Welcome to Hobohome
The website for Australian Caravanners and Motorhomers
On this site you will find our Travel Log (over 7 years of travelling Australia in a converted Bedford bus) as well as a wealth of information and articles relating to motorhoming and caravanning around Australia. If this is your first visit, you may like to view our overview page to get an idea of what we are all about.
Hobohome Travel Blog
Our travel log is a collection of stories and photos from our travels.
Click on the excerpt below to view the latest entry or you can
browse the entire collection to see where we have been.
There is a map on the Travels Page that shows our full track around this great
country.
Thanks to the great people at SoftRock we are carrying a SPOT satellite GPS messenger with us for the duration of our central Australia trip. This amazing little device tracks our location 24 hours a day and can summon assistance (urgent or otherwise) if necessary. To see where we are right now (and read more about SPOT) - click here.
19th of July 2010
I am now officially the undisputed king of Bedford Brakes! I realise that this is like being the a world expert on cutting dinosaur toenails - and perhaps even less useful, but it does feel great to have finally conquered an issue that has been bothering us for over 7 years. After several hundred kilometers of corrugated road (some very badly) - we still have brakes. And not just brakes - perhaps better brakes that we more...
Hobohome is a 1968 Bedford TRP bus that has been converted into a comfortable motorhome.
However, Hobohome is far more than that ... it has had a number of owners and each
of us has added own own
additions and improvements.
It is fairly unique in that it carries a small car INSIDE the motorhome (tucked neatly under the queens sized bed).
To learn more about Hobohome, visit
The Rig Page for a virtual tour of our home on wheels.
Motorhoming & Caravanning Articles
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Latest Article
Basic Electrics for Motorhome and Caravan Owners (Part 2)
6th July 2010 at 8:46 am by Hobo
This is the second (and final) part of my introduction to basic electrical theory for owners of motorhomes and caravans. In this section we will look at watts (and we all know that solar panels are rated in watts) and also the connection of batteries in both series and parallel. But before we launch more...
Recent Articles
Basic Electrics for Motorhome and Caravan Owners (Part 1)
1st July 2010
Installing Solar Panels on a Motorhome or Caravan
25th June 2010
Free Satellite TV Guide for Australian Aurora
18th June 2010
6th June 2010
Emergency Communications for Remote Travel
17th May 2010
240v vs 12v fridge in a motorhome or caravan
2nd May 2010
You can see a list of all of our motorhomming and caravanning articles by clicking HERE
Croc Harry\'s - Coober Pedy, SA
© Gavin Murray
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