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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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pension info ?
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very sorry know its nothing to do with caravaning but can any one tell me any info re getting a part early pension ?? does this exist? or at least point me in the direction i need to go looked at aus gov site and cant find anything there ?
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Brisbane to Sydney between Christmas and new year
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Hi to all We have on the spur of the moment decided to leave on Boxing Day to go to Sydney and back. 8 days. We have a 20 ft van shower and toilet. Our dilemma is where to stay? On the way down we will look for free camp or rest stops off WikiCamps but once near Sydney I have no clue. I'm assuming like Brisbane all...
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Gas Prices
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Had to go into town (Darwin) to swap 2 8kg gas cylinders over. First stop at a United Station to fill up, I go there because of their consistent lower price and to got their gas price $38.00 per cylinder... Off to Bunnings instead $19,85 each about half price. Wondering what the prices are in other st...
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Bit of a worry for free campers.
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-01/french-tourist-dead-man-arrested-over-outback-stabbing/8082488
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meeting up with other Travelers..
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Good morning Fellow Nomads... I am traveling by myself through Victoria at the present Moment and was wondering if there is any sites like yours where you can meet up with other people First time traveling by myself and would be lovely to catch up with other people traveling by themselves...all info...
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Fitzroy Crossing loses power after fire as temperatures soar
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The remote West Australian community of Fitzroy Crossing has lost power after a fire at the town's power station on Friday night.Emergency services put out the fire quickly but the control systems were damaged, leaving 750 customers without power.Horizon Power crews worked through the night to r...
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Caravan repairs
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Hi all I havn't posted for a while but have been reading others. Now i am in need of some advice, and will post on the tech side later. As we have a problem (see Tech page). But am asking for any well known repairers on the south eastern suburbs of Melb Dandy/Carrum downs area.
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Who's On The Forum
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Guest12:15 PM Nov 29, 2016 AustraliaGuest12:14 PM Nov 29, 2016 CanadaGuest12:14 PM Nov 29, 2016 AustraliaGuest12:14 PM Nov 29, 2016 AustraliaGuest12:14 PM Nov 29, 2016 United StatesGuest12:14 PM Nov 29, 2016 AustraliaGuest12:14 PM Nov 29, 2016 United StatesGuest12:14 PM Nov 29, 2016 Austral...
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