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Wind in NSW .


Just be very aware and careful of the wind gusts in NSW at present . I came through a cutting doing 80 kph and the side wind near tipped our 6 ton motorhome over . Lucky there was enough room in lane to correct enough ! The gust wasn't long enough but lighter motorhome or vans could be in trouble !! 



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A good day to stay put.

The usual Ecca time westerlies have arrived in Brissy.

Wound up the blinds on my back deck & tightened the cover on the van.

A good day to sit in in the sun in my antique squatters chair & read a book.

 

 



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Wind has blown the hatch cover off mine, was under a carport $250 to replace but have to wait till it comes, next trip on hold



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graeme c wrote:

Wind has blown the hatch cover off mine, was under a carport $250 to replace but have to wait till it comes, next trip on hold


 Older type hatch covers cheap & easy to replace.   Did mine recently.

Have a look at Caravans Plus web site.  Or Caravan Pro.   Just Google Caravan Hatches Au.



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Decided to stay an extra day in Miles Qld.
Blowing a gale, got about 6 ks up the road when I changed my mind and returned to last night's camp. Very rough.

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Yes, not good. We r off the road today because of the wind.



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Coming down to Hillston from Cobar along the Kidman Way the last 70 kms was white knuckle driving with the gusty winds. We decided to stay 2 nights instead of 1 because of forecast windy weather again. It was a good decision, it was terrible. Moved on to Numurkah today in fairly calm conditions. Can't understand retired people risking their rigs & lives in atrocious weather?

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Hi Keith & Judy,

Very wise. We would do the same. Better safe then sorry. There's always tomorrow.

Jim & Lambie



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12 months ago we were at the showgrounds at Burra SA. We got wind (sic) that the westerlys were to reach 100 kph. Luckily when building our 450kg tare van I added a heavy duty eyelet on each side of the van at the top near the roof top of an inbuilt rollbar. We tied one side to a telegraph pole, the other to a large tent peg, left the van hooked up to the car. At the storms peak our washing was horizontal and a bumping afternoon but secure. On the road we found our friction type anti sway unit invaluable with side wind/road trains. $40 gumtree s/hand. Stay safe.

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