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The wet season
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Has anyone out there stuck it out for the wet season in Darwin? We are here at a wonderful caravan park called Tumbling Waters,near Berrry Springs.The heat is not too bad,was worse in Katherine.On the way up here we assed heaps of vans going south,it felt like we were the only ones heading north. Cheers...
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Is Granny OK ?
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Just wondering if Christine is ok or has she hit the road?
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back from streaky bay
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Much to my regret i had to come home from South Australia. Neil and Lynne went to Becks either last tues or Wed and jenny was not there. Had planned to go back again but the weather was so perfect we went fishing a lot and got our bag limit of king george whiting everyday which was great. Not long now until you...
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Coles and Woolworths to loose their duoopoly???
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In the news today Woolworths and Coles will no longer be allowed to have restrictive leases that preclude another supermarket opening up shop. They have done this in the past and now it's to be stopped to allow competition, Costco are rumoured to have twisted the arm of the ACCC to allow them to set up sh...
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RFDS ON THE NULLABOR
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Just watch a programme on television. Allan......a GN?.........fell in his caravan, broke his hip, drove 300ks towards Eucla. He was driving as he couldn't move to get out of the drivers seat to let his wife drive. Made it to Mundrabilla where the Ambulance met him and his wife and took him to Eucla M...
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any one here on facebook?
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Just wondering how many are,if you are add me as a friend,www.facebook.com/jasonwramsay
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milo
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Caravan insurance hike
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Just received my caravan insurance renewal notice ... which announces a whopping 40 percent increase over last year! We are now being asked to fork out $1540, instead of the $1116 we paid last year. The company explains the rise by saying it received an avalanche of claims arising from this year's sto...
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The Ranger.
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Has a bit of a run in with the Rude Ranger.We stayed at Northaven near Laurieton nsw for a few days recently.I took my dog "Wally"down to the off leash section of the beach.Not a soul in site,off we went happy little vegemites,skipping and jumping along the sand.Noticed a couple with a large...
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filling up with deisel
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im not good on maths , so need some help , we got a 3litre turbo diesel engine with a 120 l tank just wondering how much it would cost to fill up, which we havent done yet. been told we should get 800-900 ks, auto,with cruise control. any one know? or have something similar, diesel seems to be around the same a...
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How far would you go?
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Ok, so its the first weekend in the new house that we dont have visitors, appointments, tradesman or gardening to do, so lets go off in the van. Just a short trip, about 1 hour to the local dam. Red alert for Blue green algae, no good for the dog or fishing. Well lets travel 2 hours to free camp on the river,...
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in the tardis
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Ben the dog and i are having a couple of test nights in the motor home while its parked at my dads place. the van is rockn a bit with the wind, ben the dog has seemed to settleled in ok. the van has a connection to connect a hose , theres one section that says non pressured water? i have to find out how big our tank...
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Generator question
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Could someone please advise about safety and legal issues of carrying a generator & spare fuel inside a motorhome?
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Engel Fridges
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Has anybody out there heard of factory seconds?like a dent in the casing or such.I've heard you can get them. Google but buggered if i can find anything Thanks Syd
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Fumes Spark Blaze
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Re the editorial "Fumes Spark Blaze", those of us who are (or in my case have been) pilots are well aware of the dangers of static electricity when refuelling. When refuelling aircraft the plane is "earthed" by clipping an earthwire "static line" from the bowser to...
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towing a small car?
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just wondering what would be the best or easyiest way to tow a small car with the motor home? I've heard of like a front wheel frame or something like that or maybe a car trailer?? any one here take there cars with them?
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Finally
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We are booked on the ferry to the mainland on the 23 oct.Then its off to see this magic country we live in.Thanks to those who have given us help and advice,you never know we might met up one day.Ballerat is our first stop,has anybody got info on the best park to stay at? Pajero & 19ft 6 Supreme with en...
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Vale Mike Leyland.
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So sad to see a person pass away.As the editorial said the Leyland bros.were an inspiration for lots of folk to "get up and go".I live near the "Rock"and it is only in the last couple of years that it has had a bit of a tidy up.Plenty of space for an overnight stop and half a dozen fast f...
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RAINBOW BRIDGE: In Loving memory of SHARNA who travelled on the HOTRODBUS.
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Just this side of Heaven is a place called RAINBOW BRIDGE. When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, they to RAINBOW BRIDGE. There are paddocks and hills for all our special friends to run and play together. There is plenty of food and water and sunshine, and our friends are war...
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Bit the bullet
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Well folks, just 11 days after arriving in Perth (we were both sick for 7 of them) and we bought our camper van yesterday. We have to wait a day or so to transfer money from the UK and then we will be off on our first trip out. We had some good advice from the forum about what to buy and we can't wait to get on the ro...
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I think
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Well this well be sort and sweet i do go to quiet a few other caravan etc forums but i have to say my personal thoughts are this one is the BEST Dave
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