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| HITCHING UP WITH MAX TAYLOR WATER WORRY I’m beginning to seriously question my family’s water usage when we’re out and about with our van. We mostly free camp in towns that operate almost entirely on collected rain water. My van is equipped with two 60L fresh water tanks and though 120L sounds like a lot, on one recent trip my family of five – two adults and three kids – ripped through it like it was ice cream on a hot day. In just under three days, it was gone, and I’m still trying to work out where. After all, the water was only used for washing dishes and one quick hose-down of the kids after a day at the beach using the external shower. So either I need to switch to disposable plates or I need to upgrade my water tanks. I also pack jerry cans of fresh water as a back-up supply but 20 or 40L is a drop in the ocean when you want to stay on site for a week or more. I only use about 250 of my van’s 475kg payload capacity, MANAGING EDITOR GRAPHIC DESIGNERS SALES DIRECTOR WEB DESIGNER Grant Manson - 0417 052 819 Darcy McDonald NATIONAL SALES MANAGER PRODUCED BY Max Taylor Robbie Mangoni + Ruby MacKinnon VIDEOGRAPHER/EDITOR James Manson GoRV Pty Ltd www.gorv.com.au Cameron Damon Media www.camerondamon.com.au PRODUCTION COORDINATOR EDITORIAL ENQUIRIES   Ashley Manson - 0438 051 354 Adriana Manson 4 so there’s plenty of scope to increase my fresh water storage. But until I can afford the upgrade, I think I’m stuck lugging jerry cans of bore water to my van in order to wash dishes after the first three days. If you've done the bore water dash before, you'll understand why it's so frustrating! If you have tips on how to save water, please send them to info@gorv.com.au – we’d love to hear them. gorv.com.au info@gorv.com.au