The camper photos attached show progress up to as of now. There are still a few more things to do but basically all the hard work is done. The whole process as documented has taken 12 months less 6 weeks spent in New Zealand in March 2009. That equates to one person full time on the job. There was a lot of learning and trial and error that slowed the build down as I had no prior experience working with these fiberglass composite materials. Having said that, I ...

After retiring in 2005 from working in the education and training sectors we got to work on building a home on our 34 acre property in lovely Clydesdale deep in the gold fields country of central Victoria, Australia. After completing our passive solar house Rob got restless and needed a new project. "Why not build a new lightweight camper on our old 1996 Land rover Defender that will fit in a shipping container and drive around the world." he said.....OK!!!!!!......