F
ounder of Stoney Creek, Hank Rojek,
has just returned from the trip of
a lifetime. He and his wife, along
with the couple next door and the
husband’s brother, set out from Brisbane early
in June, and proceeded to travel around the
upper stretches of their state and then over
into the Northern Territory, before returning
home in mid-July.
KITTING UP FOR THE TRIP
“We were sitting around one day at home,”
Hank tells Camper. “And we thought, we really
ought to go and experience all of those places
we’ve missed on previous occasions.”
“As for our neighbours, they’ve always
wanted to go to Cape York and do the extreme
stuff; but they had never felt confident
enough.”
ON THE ROAD
So they collecti
wide-rangingitin
undertook anad
while Hank selectedtheappropriateRV
models fromtheStoneyCreekstable.
For himself and his wife, the Scout
Hybrid Off-Road Caravan stood out as
most appropriate. It’s made for two and
is something Hank, with his offroading
experience, could handle at 2.5 tonnes ATM.
For the other three, the ultra-nimble SC-WT
(Walk Through) took the cake, with its ample
storage space and room to sleep as many as
six.
Offroad-ability and quick set-up times
(given the amount of travel) were two other
important factors. But then all Stoney Creek
RVs are built with these attributes in mind,
Hank says.overnight.Allthehybridtakesis toraisethe
pop-top,whereasthesoftfloorsimplyfolds
over, with a wee-bit of canvas positioning.
Hank ran us through the setup of the Scout:
“We had a free camp setup with solar, a king
bed that was perfect after a hard day’s travel,
cafe dinette and shower/toilet combo – rare in
a 14 footer.”
And of course, the 4x4s – a Mitsubishi NW
Pajero and Triton – had to keep up on the
rough stuff: “On the NW Pajero, we had a
two inch lift, Iron Man suspension, Yokohama
A/T tyres, a bull bar, winch, and quarter inch
plating underneath the motor gearbox and
fuel tank.”ly conceivedthean ni course,“Anywhereyour4WDgoes,ourcampersd ft on the towbaKarumba colours at sunsetJabiru. Best appreciated from the bank