What vehicle should I choose?

[Turtlegod1234]

So small background first, I've just turned 23, 6ft 4" tall, male, from Ireland and moving to Australia(melbourne to start) in 3 weeks. Want to get into vanlife over there and tour up the east coast. Have a small budget to do so.

From my research I am aiming for either a toyota hiace/ mitsubishi delica/ nissan nv 350 type of van OR more of a micro van like the volkswagon caddy/ berlingo/ kangoo type of van.

• Am I too tall for the micro vans?
• Is the gas millage you would get out a small van worth the loss of space?
• What fuel type should I get for Australia? Petrol or Diesel?
• How much should I budget for buying a van there?
• Would I be better off buying a van already fitted out? there seems to be plenty of toyota hiaces already fitted out
• How many kilometers on the odometer is too many when buying second hand?

Thats all I can thing of at the moment, my priority is getting as good a vehicle as I can so I can have a good foundation to "build on". Thanks