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Looking for advice.
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Hi Grey Nomads, I'm just after some info from your members. Looking at vans is just mind boggling.Our budget is around $40,000. About a 20ft van. My husband who is nearly 70 starts his 48wks of lsl from work on 2/07/18. We are looking to buy a second hand caravan. We have a Ford Ranger XLT to tow with. We wil...
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redx2
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Solar Power and Battery Capacity
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I am taking the next step up in my car travels, and want to invest in a 120w solar blanket, so I can run a small 35 litre fridge/ freezer, on my car trips. I currently use an esky, but would like to run a fridge when I pull up overnight. Generally I would run it off the cigarette lighter but then would need the po...
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Travelling Oma
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Ultimate Caravan?
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https://www.realestate.com.au/lifestyle/check-out-this-self-sufficient-rotating-caravan/
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Long Weekend
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Break safe unit- Pulling out the lead?
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G'day everyone, As my van is laid up for the winter months. I had a bit of a thought bubble last night. What if I pulled out my lead to the unit on the drawbar - thus activating the brakes on my twin axle caravan. Thereby using the activated brakes as an extra theft deterrent as its parked on my nature strip ne...
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skins
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I want the real stuff.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEJfiE6mdb8 Is it a boy or girl???? Jay&Dee
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JayDee
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Slide on campers
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Hi, Has anyone got some experience, advice re slide on campers please.
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jetj
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Mary Pool NT
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Stayed last night. Close to 100 vans. Very social talking about travelling experiences. Plenty of small campfires. No noise at night except corellas. Just a magic clean spot. New toilets and big industrial size bins at park entry for rubbish
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LLD
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borroloola
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Hi, Has any one camped at Mcarthur River Caravan Park at Borroloola I am after any information about the park and what shopping is around Banks Fuel Chemist and any thing else. What time of year did you camp there and was the fishing good or other wise any thing else that might be useful. John.
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Mr Red
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New, kind of, mobile phone carrier
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Sorry if this has been splattered over TV in adverts and you guys already know but I don't watch TV. Anyway, Telstra has recently started a low cost arm called "Belong". https://www.belong.com.au/mobile/plans I'm moving across there and think it may be of interest to others. The main attractions f...
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Mike Harding
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RECALLS, RECALLS, RECALLS.
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Goodmorning GN family, I get an email from 'Mr 4x4' on a regular basis and I read there and on this forum about the number of "RECALLS" these days. I have never known so many. It didn't happen in the 'old days'. You know, those days you and I were young whipper snappers driving around in our twin exhaust Pan...
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Dougwe
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Fiat Ducato
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has anyone ever had any problems with their Fiat Ducato and their Motorhome - Auto Transmission wise, and if so did you have to deal with Fiat Roadside Assist - ours is still under warranty, but won't go into detail re the problems we have had with Fiat, just wondering.
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Leither
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De Grey River Rest area Port Hedland
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Hi, does anyone know if the De Grey River rest area is open. It shows that it is on Camps 8, WikiCamps has it closed and I cant find it on Google maps...
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Splottboy
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sherwood suncamper diesal 4x4
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Hi all just sold our small campervan and thinking about getting a small 4wd motorhome .. looked at the ranger sunliner also ... Does anyone own one of these vehicles ? They're not exactly cheap but have all a large motorhomes can offer in a small compact unit that can get to many off road camp spots ..... A...
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Geraldton to Sunshine Coast
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Due to circumstances beyond our control we need to return to the Sunshine Coast from Geraldton, as we don't want to go North and then across and would like to try and avoid Perth and Adelaide as much as possible, does anyone know of a quicker/or better route (we are thinking we may have to cross the Nullab...
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Leither
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Rest area does and dont's
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Hi All, Been on the road now for 7 weeks. I have notice the there are some King & Queens that have no concideration for fellow travellers. They set up in 24 hr rest areas and claim it as there own quite often taklng a space the should be used by another traveller e.g annex out chairs out sipping wine. Thi...
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couple of suggestions any thought
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I have had a few hrs to burn this morning and have been reading a choice article on lemon vans and then reading rogues gallery , it seems that the dog is chasing its tale . The poor buggers that have bought a "lemon" seem to have virtually no chance of getting money back or their vans fixed . Its entirely up to...
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mezza56
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Litchfield and Kakadu
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Hi, we will be travelling down from Darwin eventually to Noosa and Ballina on our big Lap. We have already visited a number of National Parks in WA [Cape Range, Karijini, Bungle Bungles], and are wondering if we should visit Litchfield or Kakadu National Park, or both ? We definitely will go to Bachelo...
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Splottboy
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Tiwi Islands
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Hi, I will be in Darwin soon, and am thinking of taking a day trip to the Tiwi Islands on the Sealink Ferry. Has anyone done it, and would it be worth staying a night.
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Splottboy
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Landcruiser suspension
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Hi All, I have just bought a new Cruiser ( Sahara ) and find it very bouncy towing the van, I have put Air Bags in it and when the van is on they are at 30 PSI, 5 PSI with no van. The van is a 22 ' Traveller and I feel it is well balanced when being towed, the local ARB store has recommended OLD MAN EMU suspension , I do...
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Perry
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Support the Bureau of Meteorology staff
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I am a big fan of the BOM, I use their forecasts a lot and often rely upon them for my welfare when I'm in remote locations. To my considerably surprise the Melbourne weather forecast text was much longer than usual this morning; upon reading it became apparent it was rather more than a forecast ie: ---- h...
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