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Tug and Towed vehicle weights.
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Anyone else out in the playground wonder at the regulations for tow vehicles and what they can legally tow....... For example my Motor Home has a GVM of 10.5 Tons. Normal weight when loaded and full water tanks and fuel tanks runs around 8.5 tons. I tow a Suzuki Grand Vitara flat towed behind the MH. I h...
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Buying A Van? - Checklists
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Hi ... I was wading thru the Au Govt. Dept of Infrastructure & Regional DEvelopment when I came across these super checklists. I'm not sure in what context they were submitted/posted, but they are certainly Super Checklists. Look at items 47 & 48 http://search.infrastructure.gov.au/...
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Info on road into Eighty Mile Beach WA
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Any info on the road into Eighty Mile Beach would be appreciated. Looking to be there mid August. Wanting an overnight stop with power between Port Hedland and Broome. Bit unsure taking van of the bitumin. Thanks
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Maxy
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"Set your own price" CP experiment success in small WA town
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Saw this on Facebook - probably wouldn't work everywhere, but it would be nice to see more of this. Kulin is about 80km southwest of Hyden.
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Re fridge
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Hi Guys Who owns an RM 2553 Fridge 148ltr model I'm after info for how much gas they use How long does an 8.5 or 9 kg bottle last ??? Thanks in advance Cheers John
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Catch 22 on Over Weight Van
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Having read on forums many interesting comments about weight limits I decided to weigh my van. SHOCK horror to find its 400kg over the stated maximum on the plate. AND its only partially loaded. If I remove the water, the tools and the gas bottles it will still be more than 200kg over the weight stated o...
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WINTON, 10 MONTHS LATER
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Mid last year I put a post on here about being caught in the floods at Long Waterhole, Winton. We are there now. The place still looks like it has been nuked, even the track marks from the front end loader that towed us out are still. The waterhole is almost dry, ground just dried out mud. Hopefully this p...
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"There's no paper!"
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I virtually always rough camp in deep bush and therefore dig my own latrine however I'm currently following a caravanning friend as he and his wife travel to some very out of the way places in west NSW, SA and WA. They are mainly using campsites from Wikicamps and after receiving a Spot message from him I...
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TRAVELLERS "WATCH OUT"
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If you happen to be travelling North from Adelaide , "WATCH OUT" for the Boys & Girls in their old cars, charging up the highway to Darwin............****box Rally: Hundreds of cars set off from Adelaide bound for NT and Cairns. "http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-27/****box-rally-hun...
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Buyer Beware
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BUYER BEWARE !!! I have a friend who has the misfortune to be the owner of an "Eva Kool" 12 volt portable fridge. Started having problems third time he used it. Turns out the warranty doesn't even make good toilet paper. So prospective buyers beware ! I do not advise anyone to make the mistake he made b...
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Newbies in Eucla
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We didn't really consider our odyssey to the east had started until we left Norseman. This was not the first time I had been to Eucla. In 1956 when I was 7 years old, I travelled with my parents across the Nullarbor in an FJ Holden. Very different journey in those days! The Eucla stopover was down on the fl...
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Driving partners
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I see the Grey Nomad Times has a story about a new caravanner's partner who refuses to drive while towing. I certainly can understand someone who hasn't had experience with towing having that fear. Luckily my wife is not too fazed by doing some of the driving with the van or our boat behind. We've towed...
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A Different Time and Life
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1 General Store Rainbow Vic 2 Jeparit Supermarket Vic 3 A man and his dog Hopetoun Vic 4 General store Rainbow Vic Cheers, John. -- Edited by meetoo on Saturday 20th of May 2017 08:05:02 PM
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Week or two at Kinka Beach
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heading north and looking for a nice place to spend a week or two at between bowen and Hervey Bay . Looking at Kinka Beach area as the park sounds nice , they aren't booked out yet which sounds promising but just wondering about that area . We aren't people to sit around a lot but enjoy fishing and walking a...
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Stuff from a newbie
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I'm finally getting around to commenting on our one and only caravanning experience to date, 3 months thru to Sydney and back, and throwing in some pics. I might put in a regular post plus pic or two from time to time as long as the 'old boys and gals' don't tell me they've had enough. I'd like to put the...
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Alpine Way Bright to Omeo
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Did this trip today for the first time towing the Trailblazer gooseneck behind the Hilux . Prior to this had tried to find about it on the web and got a lot of conflicting reports about suitability for vans including that it is not recommended to take a caravan on this route. The only sign that mentioned a...
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NEXT GEN CARAVANS
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Anyone had any experience or knowlege of these. Thinking of buying one.
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Wren rooftop air con
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Sorry but maybe an stupid question Will the Honda 2.2 be able to run Wren roof air con ??Cooling output: 3.0 KW Heating output: 3.0 KW In an Coromal Princeton 702 thanks John -- Edited by Cruising Cruze on Wednesday 24th of May 2017 05:48:38 PM
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Are you a Lighting Junkie?
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In recent times we've noticed many campers with gimmicky lighting set up around their camps such a solar lights near their tent pegs that turn red, green, blue then yellow constantly all night. The other day we noticed someone whose awning had more LED lights than an amusement park ride. Even along th...
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TANAMI RD, ANYONE RECENTLY DONE?
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I did a search and noted the update June last year. But still wondering if anyone has been this year. We don't have long range fuel tanks so that will be the main problem. We are driving a Mazda BT50 Duel cab ute and towing a Goldstream RV 16.6' off roader. Also what is the suggested psi for both front and rea...
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