Not enough hours in a day....
I found 5 core tinned copper marine trailer wire at All About 12 Volt in Somerton. They stock 7 core as well. Unbelievably, at $2.10 / m it was less than half the price of normal copper wire from the usual auto stores. Nice to have a win occasionally. 6mm twin core to run brakes and power to the trailer battery was only $4 /m, too.
Had the usual fun and games dealing with VicRoads. Bloke on the phone said that to book an inspection (I need one as the trailer will be registered with ATM > 750 kg), I need to "get a VIN number issued". I was going to ask him if he thought I should use my PIN number to get some cash out of an ATM machine and buy some LPG gas on my way to VR to pay the inspection fee, but figured he probably wouldn't have got the joke...
Anyway, the advice was that I would have to take the manufacturers plate into VicRoads in person to be issued a VIN. "Sounds like a crock", I think to myself, but head off anyway - not bothering to dig out the manufacturers plate, deciding it would have nothing to do with the situation. After waiting patiently in the queue of what I'm told is the busiest VR office in the state (Broadmeadows) the helpful young lady behind the counter (she really was, actually.) asks me why it wasn't just issued over the phone. "Dunno", says I, "As long as we can sort it out now, I'm a happy camper". So to cut a long story moderately shorter, a couple of keystrokes later had me a shiny new VIN printed out ready to stamp on the draw bar and an inspection booked.
Now I have a deadline to work towards - got two weeks to get the trailer ready to register. I'll add all the camper bits once that's done.
This weekend, I'll hopefully be putting the floor, sides and gates on and it'll really start to look the part.