Friday 9 June 2023

Setting up the exterior ...

Our first Spacevan had an interior kitchen, with an exterior BBQ and slide-out pantry. 

After our first trip in that Spacevan, we worked on better organisation of the pantry drawer (along with other missions).

The plastic baskets fit the new Spacevan, though I've filled one with our plates etc rather than the plastic containers.  

One of the many ads I viewed showed an exterior kitchen with expandable cutlery drawer - so I bought a similar one from Kmart to try.  It may be that I can fit another shallow container on top for a few longer utensils but I'm happy with the plan so far.

Kmart also had a "magnetic laundry station".  It fits quite well beside the window and I'm hoping it can hold a few essentials to free the limited bench area.  (It won't travel on the side of the van, just be put up when we're on-site).

I've joined a Cub Camper specific FB group, where the members share their various mods.  A few had DIYed an exterior side shelf, rather than buy the Cub version.  We also decided on a cheaper solution, using some supplies from Bunnings.

At this stage, we've only tried our improvements in the backyard.  We're hoping to have a night away soon for some proper testing!

Our 2006 Spacevan was an early model.  The 2015 design has sliding windows.  It also has bungee loops to clip the canvas into place, rather than press studs (as used previously).

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