photographer from tassie

hi forum,

my name is lotus, and i bought my first nissan patrol in 2007 to tow my new off-road campertrailer around australia. we [me, wife, 2 young kids, and dog] left early 2008 and spent the next 12 months driving all around oz taking pictures.

the patrol is a '93 GQ TD42 diesel [naturally aspirated].

it recently hit the 300,000 km mark and still feels rock solid in almost every way [except for the superficial stuff like a couple of small rust patches and the fuel guage no longer working : ].

i forgot to mention ... before we left on our travels i had a D-gas system installed, so it runs diesel but uses gas injections at pre-set rpm's to help the diesel burn more fully.

more than the power and economy benefits of the increased burn, we did it for environmental reasons ... the extra burn results in much less particulate matter and overall cleaner exhaust emissions ... apparently.

Welcome Lotus, enjoy the forum and by the way we love photos here....hint hint.

Welcome to the forum Lotus. You have come to the right place mate....lol...We love photos and you have spent 12 months around Australia taking photos which I'm sure look amazing!

Feel free to put up any photos you want in the 4x4 photos section. Landscape shots, action shots or just any photos that you want to put up would be great to see!

Enjoy the forum!

G'day mate - welcome aboard. Heaps of useful information, great people and a good laugh to be had on the forum, so feel free to get amongst the conversations and make the most of it!!!

Welcome mate. Hope you and your family have had great travels. Looking forward to seeing some great shots.

thanks dogman ... my dogs a 10 1/2 year old border collie cross [looks just like a caramel/white bc]. i got her in 2000 as a pup, and she has travelled australia with me since the start of my wanders ... first in the 'peace frog' [my '73 kombi van that had frog silgouettes all over it like army camo : ]. i would never leave her behind ... she loves the freedom.

regarding photography,

here's my old site [let's call it the kombi period] ... www.elementalearthphotography.com
and here's the more recent stuff [the patrol period] ... www.grantkingston.com

Welcome to the forum Lotus.

Tony

Just had a quick look at some of your photos mate, what can I say but Bloody Brilliant, well donehttp://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/

cheers dogman :cheers:.

i just had a look at some of your photos too ... a little different to mine of course, but very cool all the same.
i even had a look at that 1.25 video of you almost tipping. i had a moment like that in my old kombi ... problem is, i tipped :furious:.


i hunted around for a photo that is actually about my car, and i came up with this one ...

http://www.elementalfootbags.com/ima...patrolboot.jpg

i really wanted one of those sliding drawer systems in the back for our travels, but then i saw they can cost $2,500+ ... so my inner handy man emerged. the beauty of making it myself was that my stuff actually fitted in it properly ... and when your travelling for an indefinite period with wife, kids, and dog, that's more important than looks!

you can see my 80L boab water tank slotted in there nicely, and the drawer was for all my photography equipment and fragile stuff.