what a lark

dave06 · Guru

what a lark

brickies · Guru

DO you have to pay any insurance or bond , what a way to go

dave06 · Guru

we are sitting here waiting for the pretrip tests to be done, I am not sure as yet and dont really care if we have to pay a bond or insurance a dollar a day is great for me, I will let you know when we get back as to what the costs were

I wasnt going up north again this year but I heard about this neat trick and couldnt pass it up

apparently there are vehicles to go back to their home port all over the nation, we were offered a motorhome to take back to cairns at $1 per day, but all we could get off work was another ten days

I can take however long it takes but my wife has got to go back and my son cant stay in care forever

but yep have alook at the website of a motorhome hire joint and just ask for "returns"

I think we leave around lunchtime for Darwin

al · Senior Member

hey dave
sounds like a good lark.can i ask how you got on to it.

dave06 · Guru

we met a couple of "non posting" grey nomads up north, just back from alice who were taking a toyota camper back to adelaide, I tallied up 15 non posters while we were up north, going to a couple of their places when we get there

I have just got a signal on our laptop just up from hungry jacks, not sure if it is a legal one or not but it is working (we are on our way out of adelaide in our 6 berth from appollo motorhomes) beautifull vehicle

I just thought I would quickly post this info for you, hopefully I dont get shouted down for raving on again, but here goes,

the site for appollo motorhomes relocation deals is here http://www.apollocamper.com/reloc.aspx

the site for all the law stuff and costs is here
http://www.apollocamper.com/pdfs/reloctermsapollo.pdf

if they dont work then just cut and paste them into your search thingy, well worth the trouble

there is a charge for insurance and a deposit but it worked out real well for us, cheap holidays, we may look at taking one up to cairns or broome next year

as I say "what a lark" pity I didnt find out sooner

Rolly · Guru

Try this one too.

http://www.standbycars.com/

Re. linking:

Highlight the text, the link symbol will activate, click on it, a drop-down menu will appear, enter the link in the appropriate boxes.

HTH

dave06 · Guru

I have almost reached my destination and I phoned ahead to establish times and places for handover when the girl on the other end confirmed where I was from, I told her and she said "would you like to drive a toyota camper back for us on monday"

I replied absolutely, so we are going to change the insurance over to the other vehicle (at no cost) and take that one home

no airfare cost and $1 per day, all fuel paid and free camps all the way, a dirt cheap holiday!!

we will be doing it again I am sure, but not this year, I have seen enough of this highway for a litle while

dave06 · Guru

well we returned the landcruiser camper this morning after our little foray, turned out to be a very cheap honkerday, very good and easy folks to deal with and made every thing so easy, we will definately do it again probably take a bit more of a break in between next time though

I reckon I know every damn stone on the side of the road between here and Darwin, the lizards got that way they were waving at us like long lost friends, be a while before I tread that road again

next one cairns maybe??

so now it's homeward bound to see what the wind has left us