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tyre pressure
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What pressure are we all running in our van tyres. I took off an old set of cross ply tyres today and update to radial light truck tyres and was surprised at the pressure needed to make them look inflated cheers blaze ps have a 16 foot van, single axle
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WHICH CHANNELS;
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There appears to be a little confusion over which uhf channel to use. If you use the group scan button on the radio, select channel 40 for the trucks, press memory, select 18 for the vanners, press mem again, then select the channel you want to use as priority,18 or 40, then press scan, this will scan the...
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avoid spuds!
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Hi everyone, during our recent trip from Port Augusta to The Painted Desert in South Australia we had the misfortune to be conned by Spuds roadhouse advertising "last fuel for 100k", assuming that the price could only be the same or dearer we filled up only to discover later down the track t...
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Gold Coast to Broome
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Hey Guys, We are a not-so-grey couple who need some real grey advice about our impending trip from the Gold Coast to Broome where we are going to work for about a year. Unfortunately the trip has to occur over a four week period between mid January and mid February. We have a landcruiser (turbo diesel)...
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My Post.
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Would some-one please e-mail me a copy of the Photo I posted on [at the moment] page 5 ? I can't see it myself, and can't remember what it was. Thanks, Sheba.
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Lotus and Trackvans
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We recently took our van to the workshop for a minor job, and noticed there were six Trackvans and Lotus sprints, with the entire front of the vans being replaced. Apparently the cladding has not been sealed correctly and water gets in and the frames had rotted. So if your Lotus van has been built in the l...
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is it a good idea ?
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I have noticed quiet a few vans have names and their uhf channel on the back of the van. Is this a good idea, what channel should you use. Your thoughts please.
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THE VOICE;
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Well, who seen the news tonight? They showed Karen, the voice behind the prompts on the Garmin GPS. & that is her name, aussie as well.
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justcruisin01
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couple q's
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http://avannsw.com.au/index.php?option=com_rdautos&view=detail&id=80%3Aavan%3Aa...
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HELP ! Need good sandfly repellent.
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Where I am camping at the moment beside a river, there are morning and night sandflies. I've been taking Vit B, but hasn't helped much. After having numerous bites appearing on me, tried Aeroguard = no good. Now using Bushman Heavy Duty = it works. But not too keen on using long term as found Deet not good...
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WHEN AWAY :
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can people who are travelling on here please tell me when and how they use the net do you buy some optus on a stick, which im told is very expensive so how do others use the net when away ? just interested for future travels when we take our laptops any info would be interesting thanks :)
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glassies
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Low carb low alcohol home brew
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Not really sure if this should be here, health forum or cooking tips, but I thought more interested people may see it here. As a diabetic and pensioner who does like a beer, I really object to paying $40.00 per case. To make good low carb low alcohol beer simply use 250 grams of dextrose, instead of the w...
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naming the van
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hi one and all, how many of you great travellers have given your van/camper a name. we've had our dear old jacoy dove for a few years lived in her for over 12 months and are taking of again next year for a couple of years. i tried several names but none have stuck. there must be a list somewhere. i want to write...
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Wahoo - veteran member
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Woohoo - just tagged as a "veteran member" - don't know quite how or why - but quite pleased with it anyway.
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van registration!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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My wife looks after the registration for the car and caravan, apparently I am not smart enough to walk in to the post office before the the due date and pay...................,well gues who forgot to walk in to the post office before the due date and pay. Unfortunatly the caravan is now unregistered.I...
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Reversing cameras
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Hullo wise and experienced travellers! I think I'll buy Mr D. a reversing camera for Christmas... two actually, so he can put one on the back of the van too. Is there any particular brand that is better than others? Or any that are duds?
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SOMETHING DIFFERENT; TRY YOUR KNOWLEDGE
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There are only nine questions.This is a quiz for people who know everything! I found out in a hurry that I didn't. These are not trick questions. They are straight questions with straight answers.. 1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the lead...
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Still stuck at home
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Hi everybody, Gaz and Marly are still at home , one daughter left to finish ( Matric) or year 12 , get a licence, car , and work out the washing machine) and then we can buy the van and the new tow vehicle. Hav been members for a while now and we enjoy reading everybodys blogs about their travels . I look at th...
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GNs In Tents
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Interested to know if many GNs are out there are using a tent rather than a caravan/motorhome/campertrailer/whatever. Have been thinking about this recently and can see the positives and the negatives. My curiosity was sparked by a new tent from the OzTent people which does away with the need to mou...
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Caravan Protection Products
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Hello to one and all. I am seeking your comments, good or bad on the caravan protection products, eg Vantec or RV Gard. Do they really work or am I better off saving my money and cleaning my van the with normal car cleaning products. The advertising hype gives the impression that the products are the du...
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