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NDIS
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Hi Folks. Do you realise that if you develop a "qualifying disease or disability" for NDIS you must be under 65 years of age. Unless a particular State provides funding for certain over 65's, you go into an aged care facility (which the Fed Govt is clamping down on with its funding), are entitled to a Di...
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Bushfire Emergency Warning - travelling along Eyre Highway and ****lebiddy Road between Madura Roadhouse and Norseman...
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SEE FIRE UPDATES; Top of General Section,,,,,,,,,,,, K.J. -- Edited by kiwijims on Wednesday 7th of December 2016 06:08:40 PM
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NULLARBOR BUSHFIRE UPDATE .......
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ROAD CLOSURES AND CONDITIONS: Eyre Highway is now open. All roads and tracks within Nuytsland Nature Reserve remain closed. Motorists are asked to avoid the area, reduce speed and drive carefully due to smoke. A bushfire ADVICE has been issued for people travelling on the Eyre Highway near Kockle...
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Caravan Bliss
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Caravan Bliss There was movement at the station, so wrote a famous man But how did the Banjo know this? P'haps he towed a caravan. Perhaps Banjo had been woken, in a van park from his sleep Some two hours before the sunrise, by strange noises from the deep. All the 'erk, erk, erk' of van legs, being screwed...
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centerlink
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hi all when I am getting letters in my inbox from center link about my pension they open up in some sort of format that I cant read its all numbers and all sorts of letters can some one help cheers snap
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Thong trees
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Just wondering how many 'thong trees' there are out in the playground. I'm camped near this one at Lloyd Jones Weir just out of Barcaldine in central Qld, although there is other footwear "adorning" this one, and it doesn't appear that any of them are nailed to the tree. Joe
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The luck of the draw
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For two nights we stayed at the Loch (Vic)recreaction reserve for $15 a night. Fabulous, all alone, quiet, peaceful etc. Tonight (Sat) one night in Cowes caravan park. $43 a night. One side of us like rock music but at least that stopped at 9:30pm. The other side of us 5 young adults in one tent laughing a...
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Christmas & New Year in Vietnam
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Hi All, Bags packed - check, visas sorted - check, passports - check, dong (millions) - check, tickets - check. Wednesday we hop on the 757 Dreamliner and head to Saigon (or HCMC) via Bangkok to spend time with our son and his family. Returning home early Jan. Check out his website (saigonunseen.com) a...
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Cmca ingham
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hello everyone, is anyone here in the cmca? thinking on joining cmca since caravans now have full membership but am wondering about the ingham place to stay and want to know about grey water. Do we need to be self contained, is it piped like a caravan park or does it flow onto ground. Also want to know abou...
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Insurance
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Hi to you all.
Nearly finish our van conversion. Not to sure on insurance as its registered as a van and want to keep it that way. Would like to know what insurance company to use. Can you insure as a campervan if its registered as a van etc etc?
Our friends did a conversion and insured as a camper but sti...
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ITECH WORLD 4.8kva Fuel Injected Generator
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ITECH WORLD have an advert in todays Sunday Times (Western Australia) for a 4.89kva Fuel Injected pure sine wave inverter Generator reduced to $1400.. I am still undecided on whether to buy a generator or not and have read previous posts about the pros and cons, but would be interested in others views...
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Vintage car/van first holiday
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Readers might recall our 2001 JBA Falcon Tourer thread here a few weeks back. The car, a UK kit car based on a 1930's sports car like a Jaguar ss100 has a V6 Holden engine and 5 speed manual gearbox. We towed our home built 3.3 metre long 700kg loaded caravan to Loch in West Gippsland and stayed 2 nights at th...
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Newstart
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I was wondering if Newstart Volunteer work can be done on the road , while travelling. Haven't given work away yet but not too far down the track , can't get pension till I'm 66 , 3 years to go now, if they stop moving the goal posts. Cheers Mick
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Travelling Indefinitely soon - what to keep?
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Hi all just joined GNA today - my partner & I have sold our house and are renting until we retire later next year and take off indefinitely in our lovely Sunland off road caravan. We have done a bit of travelling for a month at a time both in tent and then moved to our new Caravan this year. Our question...
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Awnings
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I am looking to buy an awning for my camper! Would appreciate any recommendations or experiences anyone may have had in this area please.
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Starting New
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My wife and I are in the final stages of selecting options, colours and layout to our new van Retreat Whitehaven. The question I would like to pose to this group is what would you have done if you were starting over again. Are there any little things that would have made life easier. We are upgrading from a...
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Supercell storm caravan damage
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Hi adventurers Does anyone have any dos and don'ts for claiming insurance on a damaged van. We were hit badly this weekend. Awning completely ripped off with a chuck of side, two windows blown right off van. We were planning heaps of camping trips including road trip over new year and thinking we will...
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Parking Van on slope
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Hi, My van is parked on a slope. (see picture below). The height of the tow ball is 1000mm raised above the ground to keep the van level. This takes a lot of mucking around to unhitch and also to hitch up. Does anyone have any ideas on how to streamline this process? Are there better ways to do it? Are there an...
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New van
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I have put a holding deposit on a new van ,it will not be ready to pick up from Newcastle till april next ,can not wate .It is a retreat brampton ,has anyone got one of these vans ,what do you think of the retreat range in general ,Thanks JOHN..
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air conditioners
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EC3 Portable 12 Volt Air Cooler / Evaporative Air Conditioner Does anyone know anything about the above air con. Or any advice at all on portable air conditioners for a small caravan. Cheers, albro
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