I am so so happy right now!
Today I walked out of the TMR office with a pair of shiny new number plates for my bus.
She is now an officially registered motorhome!

I almost can’t believe that I am finally here, after so many years of dreaming about bus life, saving money, getting my own bus and all the work to get to this point. It now seems a bit surreal.
But it is real and I couldn’t be more proud of myself and what I have managed to do.
Of course, the bus is a long way from finished and I still have a lot of work to do, but I can relax a little now and finish the rest of the build in my own time, without worrying about having to pass inspections or being caught out by changing rules.
I was so nervous yesterday, waiting for the inspector to arrive. I honestly did not know whether he would approve of how I had built the inside, or even whether the bus would pass a roadworthy, given that she had not been off the driveway in almost a year!
But in the end, she passed both the roadworthy and the motorhome inspection with flying colours.
The inpsector also gave me the certification and mod plate I needed for the change in number of seats, and then all I had to do was take all the paperwork into the TMR office and hand over my money.

Registering a Toyota Coaster as a Motorhome in QLD
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residential quarters permanently fixed to the vehicle
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rigidly fixed sleeping berths
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rigidly fixed cooking facilities
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rigidly fixed table (may be removable)
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travel seating for all sleeping berths
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rigidly fixed storage facilities
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an approved fire extinguisher in the living quarters
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at least one outward opening or sliding door on the left hand side or rear of the living quarters
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the vehicle must NOT have designated load carrying area
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Your current Qld driver’s licence
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Your completed motorhome inspection form
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A valid roadworthy certificate (mine was a COI as my coaster still has the original GVM and is a heavy vehicle. If your coaster has been downgraded to less than 4.5T you’ll just need an ordinary safety certificate.)
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Certificate of seating modification if you have had change in number of seats or if you have installed new seats.
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A record of the vehicle’s tare weight (the unladen weight when empty) You may need a weighbridge ticket to get this. I had last year’s rego papers which had the original tare weight and they accepted this. (this may have been because I wasn’t changing the GVM at all. If you are also changing the GVM they may be a bit stricter about needing the recent weighbridge ticket)