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Tribute to Dave06 on 1000 posts!!
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This is a special tribute to Dave on post number 1000 and his wonderful contributions to this forum. Remember that song by Harry Belafonte called The Banana Boat Song ???? Just to remind you it goes like this............. Day o day-ee-oh, daylight come and he wanna go homeSix foot seven foot eight...
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Couple of good quaffers
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Just thought I would mention three wines I have been trying lately -Three Brothers reunited Shiraz rated by Nicks wine merchants as best shiraz under $10 -can vouch for this - an excellent drop. Also Sauvignon Blanc -Murf's has two -NZ wines which are quite good in my view -Toi Toi $9.50 and Overstone $...
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have photo will travel
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Lets see if I did this correctly
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Clean clothes on a long trip?
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This might seem like a silly question, but to a newbie who is just starting to plan ahead for our nomad adventure, how do you cope with laundry duty when you are on long trips? Especially if you are trying to stay bush, or in National Parks as much as possible? Thanks for a great site, I will be making the mos...
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Fridge problems
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You can bet your bottom dollar on it , ready to go to South West Rocks in the morning and the bloody fridge has fagged out not getting cold on 240V, compressor running and all seems in go position . Could it require just simple regassing, it's about 8 Years old. Know bugger all about the working of van fr...
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Where Do You Put The Fridge?
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We have a tent style camper trailer and would like to know where other campers have their fridge. We have a 32 litre Engel. Is it best to place it in your vehicle or in the camper? If we put in a dual battery where does this battery go? For longer trips should we use the fridge as a freezer and use an esky as well...
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Bend over here it comes again
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To all the ADF Vets out there you will be pleased to know that the government is reviewing a situation where our families were getting ripped off even after our death . It took a lot of work by a lot of people to get the government to even recognize that there are anomalies in the DVA system so getting it...
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Merry Christmas To All
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To all those traveling over the holidays, Safe travels If in NSW beware, now that year 12 has finished up the young wankers are out there in force driving around all day with nothing to do but circuits and bumps around town in Mums / Dads car At least when school was in the roads were safer between 9 -2 . Th...
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not happy frank!!!!!
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mate it must be well over a week now since your last update, hell I hope you are not crook again, if not, wheres our update, we are in this together and if I cant get there to help you and interfere and generally get in your way then at least let me errr!!! I mean us!!! see what you've done Pleeeeeeaaaassse!!!...
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Newbies - lots of questions...
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We are from Melbourne and are about to realise a long held dream of hitting the road and joining the Grey Nomad tribe. Yesterday we put a deposit on a beautiful new Adria Adora caravan - one which we have been going back to have a look at over about 18 months! We don't move that quickly!! We intend taking...
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Live and learn
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Learned a good caravan lesson today, on my first trip with a new van (a Jayco Flamingo wind-up camper). Lesson is this: when you leave your driveway, check that the bloody van parking brake is NOT on. Becos if you don't, about five kms up the road, a horrible smell will come when you put the brakes on at a tr...
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Hello from a newbie
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Have been reading this site for a few weeks now and took the plunge yesterday to log in. Love how everybody is keen to help and pass on lots of info. Not exactly a solo but we are 2 girls on the go. Travelled the circumference of Oz in 2005 and 2006 with our trusty "Tammy" the 80 series Cruiser an...
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why didnt we listen to the indians
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found this while bludging Errr!!! hmmpphhh!! catching up with some statements with the putey When the white man discovered this country Indians were running it. No taxes no debt, women did all the work White man thought he could improve on a system like this. ~ Old Cherokee Saying smart people those i...
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Registration and Insurance
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Why is it so hard caterisering Camper Trailers for registration and insurance.?...Sorry Sir...is it a caravan.No...its not got hard sides.Hmmmm...is it a tent...No.its got wheels......Hmmmm..has it got an engine...No..not last time I looked.Hmmmmm...Ok...We will register it as a box trail...
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Registration and Insurance
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Why is it so hard caterisering Camper Trailers for registration and insurance.?...Sorry Sir...is it a caravan.No...its not got hard sides.Hmmmm...is it a tent...No.its got wheels......Hmmmm..has it got an engine...No..not last time I looked.Hmmmmm...Ok...We will register it as a box trail...
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Water filters
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As the date nears for the van to arrive, the questions are going to be posted at a rate of knots! Question: should we consider a water filter? If yes, what is best? We are not going bush but will be free/independent camping when possible.
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you oughta see what we bought for our grandaughter for chrissy
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went to whyalla to the money theiving place (commonly known as westlands) by royal decree issued by her grandness "madam dragon" "we are not amused by the common gifts found in our regional locality" I said "HUH!" " nothing decent to buy in Pirie" she...
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A Pollie to Vote For
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We all like to knock our pollies but here's a pollie after my own heart. I could vote for this guy Australian politics One thing about Australians is that their hearts and humour are always in the right place! T. B. Bechtel, a part-tim...
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Cleang awnings.
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Having bought the Jayco Penguin we put up the awning before our trip to north haven nsw.how do we remove stains etc?.A tiny bit of mildew,otherwise just all kinds of marks and whoknows what.Cheers Ibbo.
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Back in Wa
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G'day all, Well we are back from SA at last. Brother in law is still hanging on, has the medics baffled, they reckon he should either have been shaking hands with St. Peter or him down below about 6 months ago. Congratulations to Dave 06 on his 1000th post, hope you keep it up mate. I haven't had time to catc...
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