David & Merrilyn Peck

Note: Merrilyn has elected not to actively participate in the site.

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Introduction

David has kept up to date fuel consumption figures for his vehicle which are pasted in below.

It should be noted that David has a manual vehicle and is achieving a much better mileage than the automatic vehicle owned by Gary.

David does not use his air conditioner unless it is quite warm, was initially running in “2WD” mode (until he discovered this was very hard on his tyres when he then changed to “Automatic 4WD mode”), and the towed weight weighs in at around 100Kg less than Gary (where an average of around 6 kilometres per litre is being achieved). Talking with other caravaners this (Gary’s fuel consumption) is still a very good fuel consumption whereas David’s is considered to be exceptional.

Fuel Consumption Figures

Fuel Consumption

Date	Kilometres	Fuel				Mileage	Mileage
		Litres	Cost			With Van	Car only

15/4/07	356	53.0	73.00	6.717	Greenough
18/4/07	129	15.0	20.70	8.600	Greenough	385	100
24/4/07	256	31.0	44.45	8.258	Kalbarri	173	83
25/4/07	252	37.0	53.00	6.811	Nanga
27/4/07	254	35.0	53.00	7.257	Carnarvon
29/4/06	356	40.0	53.90	8.900	Carnarvon	600	262
30/4/07	144	21.0	30.25	6.857	Coral Bay
			328.30


5/03/2007	254	36.0	55.26	7.056	Exmouth	389	9
5/06/2007	230	19.0	29.73	12.105	Exmouth		230
5/06/2007	282	40.0	69.33	7.050	Exmouth	282
5/07/2007	284	41.0	58.25	6.927	Paraburdoo
5/07/2007	90	12.0	19.00	7.500	Tom Price	341	33
5/08/2007	351	28.0	40.80	12.536	Tom Price		351
5/11/2007	581	72.0	110.30	8.069	Port Hedland	454	127
5/12/2007	168	24.0	37.90	7.000	Pardoo	168
5/12/2007	160	22.7	36.96	7.048	Sandfire	160
13/5/07	291	38.3	59.40	7.598	Broome	198	93
22/5/07	208	22.1	32.69	9.412	Broome		208
23/5/07	305	43.0	63.40	7.093	Derby	222	83
26/5/07	279	42.5	62.85	6.565	Fitzroy Cross	214	65
27/5/07	309	28.0	41.40	11.036	Fitzroy Cross
28/5/07	295	40.7	61.07	7.248	Turkey Creek	486	118
30/5/07	165	25.0	39.90	6.600	Kununurra	165

			818.24

6/01/2007	304	30.0	41.00	10.133	Kununurra		304
6/01/2007	387	40.1	63.10	9.651	Timber Creek
6/05/2007	368	45.8	80.60	8.035	Katherine	505	250
6/08/2007	160	21.4	31.67	7.477	Kakadu	160
6/09/2007	184	21.0	31.69	8.762	Kakadu	80	104
6/11/2007	391	37.0	55.71	10.568	Jabiru	56	335
6/12/2007	318	39.0	55.17	8.154	Darwin	253	65
26/6/07	303	30.8	41.00	9.838	Darwin		303
29/6/07	337	51.6	63.09	6.531	Katherine
30/6/07	286	39.1	64.55	7.315	Daly Waters	599	24
30/6/07	147	20.5	32.66	7.171	Elliott
30/6/07	231	34.7	58.59	6.657	Three Ways
30/6/07	190	27.0	48.49	7.037	Barkly Hmstd	562	6

			626.32

7/01/2007	263	38.0	59.63	6.921	Mt Isa	263
7/02/2007	324	46.5	51.60	6.968	Cloncurry	324
7/02/2007	290	43.1	61.60	6.729	Richmond	290
7/03/2007	118	17.5	23.42	6.743	Hughendon	118
7/04/2007	273	38.3	47.86	7.128	Charters Towers	265	8
7/05/2007	245	29.5	36.31	8.305	Cardwell	245
7/06/2007	258	35.9	46.27	7.187	Mareeba	258
7/09/2007	375	29.8	39.80	12.584	Mareeba	75	300
16/7/07	484	49.9	65.85	9.699	Karrimine Beach	92	392
19/7/07	317	42.6	52.44	7.441	Airlie Bch
20/7/07	284	42.4	55.50	6.698	Airlie Bch	522	79
26/7/07	317	41.5	51.05	7.639	Marlborough	317
27/7/07	261	38.4	47.61	6.797	Rockhampton
28/7/07	316	41.6	51.50	7.596	Bundaberg	495	82
29/7/07	281	33.2	39.21	8.464	Coolum Beach	281
31/7/07	254	26.6	30.50	9.549	Brisbane	120	134

			760.15

8/06/2007	383	36.5	41.61	10.493	Southport	78	305
8/12/2007	358	37.7	43.40	9.496	Southport		358
14/8/07	340	41.4	50.30	8.213	Brooms Head	241	99
21/8/07	316	42.7	53.80	7.400	Glen Innes	247	69
25/8/07	373	42.4	55.94	8.797	Tamworth	212	161
27/8/07	397	42.5	50.95	9.341	Cessnock	247	150
31/8/07	512	43.0	52.41	11.907	Cessnock		512

			348.41

9/03/2007	415	45.7	54.00	9.081	Blackheath	248	167
9/10/2007	570	49.0	58.30	11.633	Blackheath		570
17/9/07	572	48.0	56.30	11.917	Blackheath		572
19/9/07	562	54.0	67.00	10.407	Moss Vale	179	383
21/9/07	432	44.4	58.61	9.730	Canberra	160	272
26/9/07	386	31.7	39.20	12.177	Canberra		386
29/9/07	328	38.3	53.64	8.564	Jindabyne	177	151

			387.05

10/01/2007	368	36.3	50.03	10.138	Cann River	233	135
10/03/2007	268	31.0	39.65	8.645	Lakes Entrance	136	132
10/04/2007	280	44.9	56.05	6.236	Koo Wee Rup	280	0
10/09/2007	455	49.6	55.55	9.173	Melbourne	94	361
10/11/2007	365	35.4	46.00	10.311	Deloraine	109	256
15/10/07	361	31.3	39.66	11.552	Launceston		361
18/10/07	349	43.1	57.72	8.097	St. Marys	246	103
22/10/07	515	51.5	62.25	10.000	Richmond	199	316
26/10/07	615	49.4	65.77	12.449	Richmond		615
29/10/07	316	31.0	42.40	10.194	Mt Field	88	228
31/10/07	290	24.1	33.01	12.033	Mt Field		290

			548.09

11/02/2007	247	35.5	50.32	6.958	Queenstown	227	20
11/03/2007	183	13.6	19.29	13.456	Queenstown		183
11/06/2007	331	34.4	43.02	9.622	Waratah	128	203
11/08/2007	512	45.2	58.30	11.327	Wynyard	72	440
11/10/2007	176	22.0	27.45	8.000	Narawntapu	115	61
14/11/07	432	44.5	60.90	9.708	Lorne	186	246
16/11/07	347	40.5	56.65	8.568	Port Fairy	240	107
18/11/07	464	46.9	61.90	9.893	Mt Gambier	172	292
19/11/07	179	25.3	34.35	7.075	Robe	158	21
22/11/07	341	45.4	62.10	7.511	Port Elliott	333	8
27/11/07	345	33.9	43.66	10.177	Adelaide	103	242
28/11/07	353	45.3	64.30	7.792	Port Augusta	336	17
29/11/07	160	11.8	16.75	13.559	Port Augusta		160
30/11/07	427	58.8	87.40	7.262	Streaky Bay	398	29

			686.39

12/02/2007	414	64.3	103.65	6.439	Nullarbour Stn	414
12/03/2007	545	85.1	145.25	6.404	Caiguna	545
12/04/2007	590	81.4	130.50	7.248	Esperance	577	13
12/09/2007	260	21.2	31.25	12.264	Esperance		260
12/10/2007	509	65.8	95.30	7.736	Corrigin	509
12/11/2007	220	27.2	37.25	8.088	Greenmount	214	6

			543.20

	31426	3672.1	$5,046.15	8.56		18,018	13,408

						7kpl	12kpl
						2574	1117.333	3691.333

Bonding with his Vehicle

Pictured at the head of this page is David washing his car. To understand the significance of this one has to know David. He has, since the trip began, struggled with as to whether or not his car would let him down. After using it in place of a boat with water coming over the bonnet he has come to like it a little. The photograph of him washing his car is like trying to get a photo of a crocodile mating, fraught with danger and only going to one with unlimited patience.

More to Come ???