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AT ELMORE
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Almost had to paddle on the way down from (un) sunny Qld. rain finally stopped just before Dubbo and it has been fine and sunny ever since, bloody hot at Elmore and the rally still has a week to go ten we are off to the Grampions for a week or so before we head off to the coast
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Overseas travel before local travel?
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One night around a campfire in the Warrumbungles, we met a couple who were on their first caravan trip. They had travelled overseas extensively and discovered that some people on the other side of the world had visited here and knew more about their own country than they did. So they decided to fix that...
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Gerty Dancer
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Echuca not RV friendly
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Hi Everyone, Happy New Year... Now my gripe. While travelling through Echuca - Moama, I stopped at a Moama Caravan park & asked if there was a council dump point, the people in reception said they didnt know of one in Moama, but directed me to the Echuca Information centre just over the Bridge. Wa...
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camping in the beach side carpark - sydney style
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http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/carpark-campers-take-prime-sights-at-clovelly/story-e6frfq80-1225980867301
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petengail
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weight limits
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Hi we have a 16ft traveller caravan and are a bit confused re the towing weight On the a frame it shows us that the ATM iS 1670 the GVM is 1590 the TARE MASS1370 and the towball weight 80 We recently got the caravan weighed fully loaded except for water it weighed in at 1645kg we tow it with a Hyundai Terracan...
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tabby
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Bide a wee while in Uralla in Autumn
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Hello everyone, I am new on the board. Currently slogging away with the dream in mind of tootling around our gorgeous country one day. I am living in Uralla in the New England and I coordinate the Uralla Lantern Parade. Not sure if this is the right place to post this but here goes! I am seeking expressio...
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allie
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some pics from the Queensland floods
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http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/gallery-e6frer9f-1225979450055?page=1
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milo
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SWB versus LWB Coaster?
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Hello all. Happy new year! Still in the South East housesitting. Will be up at the Sunshine Coast for 3 weeks from the 14th January. I was intending to upgrade in size to a Sprinter, but have been to a conversion place and am now thinking about a coaster. As i will be using it for town travel as well, I am thin...
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wannabenomada
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NSW South Coast "Spots"
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We are hoping to spend a couple of months on the south coast. Would love any recommendations- we like having a campfire(conditions permitting), don't need toilet or showers, and sometimes like electricity. Not just looking for free camping but hate the caravan park cement slab & side by side...
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didiaust
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looking to buy our caravan
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Hi everyone hope you all had a good christmas and new year, we have been looking for a caravan now for a few months and have found it a little difficult actually decide which van to purchase we intend to do the big lap next year and so a well built van is a must we are favouring coromals as they seem to be of a qua...
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nallingtoon
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weekly news
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What has happened to the weekly news bag on the home page. Has it fallen over again. Also i think the stories on the home page are a little stale.
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william the third
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any caravan shows around ?
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any shows comming up in sydney , south coast nsw ? missed the one in ulladulla last year..
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milo
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Cleaning up camping spots
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Loved Welcom's signature..." I always leave my camping spots cleaner than when I found them" Goodonya Jimbo! I carry latex disposable gloves, to start with for first aid if needed, but lately have been using them to pick up stuff at free camps and rest stops. Its really not too much troub...
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Gerty Dancer
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TomTom
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I would like to ask if there are any GN's using a Tom Tom......I would like to ask a question......When I go to charge it up The green light continues to shine...I would have thought that the Red light would come on when empty..Does that make sense?
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jimbo
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Some fishermen are great blokes
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We camped for 10 days, early December at Wuruma Dam inland from Bundaberg QLD. The purpose of the trip was to bag a fresh water Barra. Well I beat the water to foam with Bomber A's and soft plastics to no avail. A fairly local bloke, who knew the dam well arrived and as we chatted he said "if I get a Ba...
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petengail
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Was anyone else near Ballina NSW yestereday? very awful accident...
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We were travelling north from our daughters, near Coffs, towards the Gold Coast and fortunately decided to take the Teven road to bypass Ballina as the traffic was very heavy. We stopped at Tintenbar for a pie and whilst eating it noticed a massive pall of smoke, obviously from an explosion. Attach...
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petengail
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Recall on Prado Alloy Bullbars
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Hello All A friend recently took his 2005 Toyota Prado in for a service and was informed they would need they car all day as there is a recall on the bullbar and the brackets need replacing. I enquired at our local Toyota dealer and they confirmed a recall but there is no mention on the recall website or let...
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ken thomas
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RV Bases/Villages
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I tend to agree with the sentiments of the editor re the proposed RV village in Maryborough Qld. It does appear to be a grab at the upper end of the RV market. What is actually needed is a place where the whole range of facilities are centralised in one spot.Ranging from repairs,installations,accessor...
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Yuglamron
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home insurance
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Hi folks, We're new members looking at doing a nine month trip round Oz. We've heard that house insurance becomes invalid if you are away for more than three months at a time. Does anyone have any information on this as we prefer not to take it up with our insurance company until we know which way the la...
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landy
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peak hill caravan park
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stopped at peak hill caravan park last night what a lovely park nice clean resonable price. The RSL is just a short walk down the road and we had the best chinese meal ever big thumbs up
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signwilson
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