Hi Paddler Ed - good ideas there. I have an ebay scan tool which seems to connect ok with the VDJ79. I agree they are a useful thing to have along with the number of cars out there with modern electronics. I did love the simplicity of the agricultural electrics on the '91 Patrol. Spare electrical cable is always a good idea, and with the trailer wire you can strip it apart to get the colour you need. I also carry a collection of terminals and a good crimping tool. You made me laugh with the fencing wire - I collected a short length of that just a few days ago on a local property. And good call too on the brake cleaner and contact cleaner. I have those on the shelf in the shed, and will find room for them before we head off.
Where are we heading to? More of the same actually. Home is in Canberra so we are spoiled for choice. We take delivery of the camper in July, near Brisbane, so the first trip will be touring along the east coast on the way home after a visit to family in Hervey Bay. I'm planning for a longer touring trip in late winter which should probably include the Murray-Sunset NP, Gawler Ranges and Googs Track, Coober Pedy, Oodnadatta, Dalhousie, Mount Dare, Old Andado and up to Alice Springs. I've never been to Uluru, so we might get there this trip. Then east across the Plenty Highway, eventually to Birdsville and Cameron Corner then home though western NSW. Plenty to see along that rough route that I've missed on previous trips. We are retired now so we can take a bit more time, and I don't need the more challenging 4wd tracks - been there and done that. Once we are bedded in with the new vehicle and camper we'll do another Simpson Desert trip (I love it out there - the landscape and the remoteness) and think about heading further west. So many tracks ...
Firewout - thanks; I'll PM you (if I can get that to work) with my numbers.