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Towing mirrors
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Hi to All Just come back from a little jaunt up the centre, down the West coast, then back to Melbourne - One thing that bothered me was the amount of times in different locations & town shopping centres was that a lot of drivers dont remove their extendable mirrors after unhooking the van. Bloody da...
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Over cautious?
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Now I'm not being critical, however check this rig out. Camped on council approved overnighter on perfectly level ground, there was this rig with a stone in front of and behind every wheel, including the jockey wheel - 18 stones in all! Just an idle thought that it my have been a slight overkill! -- Ed...
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Where does it all fit?
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We were at ALDI today and management brought a few bowls for the van... fair enough, when I was so bold as to enquire what was coming out so they could go in .... I received a withering look... women, funny critters, on the odd occassion something comes out of the house, very rarely the van... the standa...
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Anyone been to Sapphire?
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Just wondering if anyone can tell me about Sapphire? Any free camping there or just the caravan park? Also any work of some sort?
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Blonderer
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Home Brew
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Sitting here supping on my first home brew of the evening, as per my new avatar, and was wondering if many others make their own? I would be particularly interested if anyone brews it while they are travelling? I guess you would have to stop in the one place for about 8 days. I have been making mine fo...
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petengail
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Looking to buy
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I am looking to buy a campervan, something about the size of a Toyota Hiace. There's nothing here in Echuca where I live and know I will have to go to either Bendigo or Geelong to see whats available. Anyone here got any ideas on where to start or have you seen any around worth looking at. Looking to spend b...
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Happywanderer
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New Start or Job Search
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Helllloooooo out there! Maybe someone can help me out with this question.Hubby is on the aged pension so thats fine,I am not pension age and have just gone on New start with centrelink. I have to either look for 8 jobs a fortnight or do 15 hours volenteer work a week.My problem is how do I do that on the road...
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Caravan choice?
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I am looking to purchase my 1st caravan and the two dealers in my area sell Galaxy and Windsor Caravans. To me they both look to be quite nice and reasonably priced vans, does anyone own one of these and if so, are you happy with it? Thanking you in advance. Ray.
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Windsor caravans
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I am writing to ask a favour. This week I am aplying for a job selling Windsor Caravan's. I would love to know your opinion on Windsor. Are they a good product? How do they rate against other Caravan's on the market? What are their good points? What are their bad points? Any information you could give me...
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Home Again
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Hi Everybody, just back from 3 lovely weeks away, had a great time, learned heaps, now planning our next trip! (as you do!) Our house-sitters were a great success, all was in excellent order when we returned. The Jacarandas in Grafton were lovely, (Grafton's a nice town too), but we particularly...
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Gerty Dancer
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Tired old Tyres
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Bugger! After the van rego & insurance this month I just checked & found out I need new tyres for the Landcruiser to pass rego early next year. Pulling the caravan really wears them down fast. Any suggestions for the cheapest new ones available to get or even 2nd hand ones with lots of tread in th...
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tow hitch bolts
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Just doing some pre trip maintance on our van, new wheel bearins and seals, new springs, check brakes, new tow hitch. Well have just removed the old tow hitch and even though the bolts look ok they were rusted to about 70% of their size where the tow hitch and mounting plate meet. So from just a visual insp...
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Whats going on ?
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Notice lately fellow Nomads how we are being inundated with programs on Retiring nomads and caravans A C A This day tonight...I wonder if we are being set up by the greedy ones out there. Announcing higher fees......For the Air that we breath..Ha Ha ha! I am suspicious of the lot of them
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Farmstay
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Gundarah - Farmstay - (content deleted by webmaster) Sorry guys. We do not allow people to use posts on the forum to advertise their products, services or places to stay for monetary gain. Unfortunately, this one slipped through the net. If we had noticed it earlier, we would have immediately dele...
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20 years worth;
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Yes, I know that I have put this on before, & that was 12mths ago to the day, where has it gone? There has been a lot of new members on here since then & thought we would share it again. Over half of it was done during working life with some areas done several times. We have since added the west coast &a...
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Caravan A Frame Warning
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This warning was from a major caravan repairer (who knows his stuff) on another forum and is worth repeating here, it could save someone's life, see below; "Another incident of a totally severed 'A" frame this week. At least six thru the workshop in the last couple of months. This poor bug...
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special licence for towing a caravan?
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I caught the tail end of a story on ABC radio a few days ago,seems some politition thinks we need to have a special licence to tow a caravan, why? I dont recall there being a high number of caravan accidents,is this just the government trying to get my last few dollars, or is there some merrit in this ,inte...
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coffe maker
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Hi to all and happy vanning now that the warmer weather is coming on us. Looking at getting a small automatic coffee maker for our van and wondering what others have been using. I love my coffee, use a plunger for home and work but don't want to have to continually go to coffee shops for decent coffee, Ha...
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WARNING ; 2.5 NAVARA.
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If you have a engine oil light come on take it as serious,there has just been one at local dealer , 90,000kls ,completely striped the primary drive gear for the oil pump. This gear is a very bad design, just a round collar with two very small flat sides that do the drive, these rounded off.
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Bad fuel
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General concensus required. Have any of our travellers picked up bad fuel, ending up with major $$ spent in repairs? What comeback do we have - if any? How do you prove where it came from? What sort of record taking do travellers do to record info on where fuel was purchased? Would that info stand up in &qu...
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