Reverse cameras

What's happening in Mt. perry?
I started the reverse camera project (dutch: achteruitkijkcamera). The view to the back while towing the caravan is not great. Yes i have mirrors, but there is always a black spot. So when we were in Singapore I bought a set of four wireless mini-cams and a viewer to solve this one day. Question was how to get the cam weatherproof on the back of the caravan. Well, here is my solution.
A standard licenceplate light (Super Cheap Auto), strip all the interior parts with a Dremel, replace the diffusing plexiglass with some clear plexiglass, and fiddle the cam in the housing. Done !
Now its a matter of mounting the unit on the back of the van, connect a 9V powersupply (12V -9V converter from Dick Smith Electronic's), and it should work.
I will mount a second cam on the back of the car (handy for hooking up the caravan) and maybe a third to the front of the car that takes a picture every minute or so (to record where we have been).
I keep you informed. Jan is busy !

Mount Perry

Mount Perry is a great place to be. We are enjoying the opportunity to make some modifications to the car and the caravan. The back of the car is now nicely set up to get the more heavy stuff easy in and out. The genny (generator) and washing machine now have a rolling floor that we can pull out. Some stupid cabinets in the caravan have drawers now. So we are busy in rearranging and repacking.

In the meantime we get our regular visitors: the birds, the green frogs, and yes those ugly canetoads as well. We enjoy a visit to the pub, drive around in the area, be lazy; short: bloody comfortable !

Coming weekend are the Mount Perry races (horseraces). It is going to be a great event. Looking forward to that.

There are a few more pictures in the photobooks.

Mount Perry truck pull

back in Mount Perry since last weekend. We had a busy week in unpacking, cleaning, some repairs to car and caravan, but it was also nice to have a bathtub to yourself again.
It is hot here, but a lot nicer than in Darwin. Not so humid.
Today was the anual Truck pull. One of the big events in town. It was realy fun to see the kids, the women and the big guys pull the huge dump truck over 10 m. After a long day there was entertainment and food in the hotel. Huge crowd.