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OMD · OMD

Hi everyone, we are at mataranka now for couple nights then Katherine to restock. As above 34 today but beautiful. Happy travels to u all. OMD

Wilburys1234 · Wilburys1234

Hi folks we really need to get our power situation right before we leave. We have been given 2 dry cell batteries Ritar 12v 75AH 10 hr we have another big batterie in van can't get in to see brand we just bought a 120 w power wiize solar panel kit from auto barn also purchased power tech 6 in 1 power station. We...

Phil C · Phil C

Thanks to Lundy5 on facebook, couldn't resist this one...

Jenzarl · Jenzarl

A question for more experienced travellers, How do you store pantry Items? eg. flour, rolled oats, sugar. I have thought about plastic containers or snap lock bags or original packaging. But then got to thinking about weight and ease of use. What do others use?

Extaff · Extaff

I've only just caught up with the stories on the home page (been sick, it's a long story). Re the one called "The Naked Truth"- I've been a nudist for about 10 years and until recently part-owned a nudist retreat north of Gympie. From experience, I can tell you that at least 90% of our guests...

The Doo crew · The Doo crew

Stuart Highway has been reopened after another four wheel drive towing a caravan has come to grief. What is it with this 2km stretch of road that has so many caravan rollovers??? All seem to be out of state vehicles & we get 3-5 every dry season in the same location, road is in reasonable condition, d...

Voyager00 · Voyager00

Hi again all and thank you for advice on " shake down " trip . We also have purchased a Weber Q BBQ and I'm wondering where the best place to store it would be . Hubby is thinking of storing it in the tunnel and building a slide out mechanism for it . Any other suggestions would be appreciated . T...

JayDee · JayDee

My Question is this:- Is there anyone on the Grey Nomad forum who is a resident at the RV Homebase Village in Maryborough Qld. This is a unique style of retirement accommodation where they provide a specially built garage to allow one to park an RV or Caravan undercover. This is a first I believe for Quee...

Hey Jim · Hey Jim

Hi all, Does anyone take a trail bike on your travels, and can you carry it a the back of your caravan. I am thinking of just a small unit to play with 125cc to keep the weight down. Hey Jim

Desert Dweller · Desert Dweller

Took this photo on our morning walk today, they were still asleep. Taken in Murrayville VIC. just a couple of minutes walk away from the small immaculate community caravan park that we're staying in is. $9.90 per night for a powered site. When are these morons going to stop giving the rest of us a bad nam...

Voyager00 · Voyager00

Hi all . We have just purchased our first van. We have almost completed setting everything up , thanks for the advice out there , and hopefully we will head out of Melbourne for a couple of days to check it's all in working order. As we are first time caravanners , we would like to find a CP first up which has r...

NIFTY281252 · NIFTY281252

Anybody know of cheap or freebies campsite in or around Darwin area for a big rigs.

circlek · circlek

We've just spent 3 days at the Evening Star Tourist Park in Charleville and we can highly recommend staying here. The owners are very friendly and helpful, happy hour every night at 5pm with free damper. Very dog friendly as well. -- Edited by circlek on Friday 24th of July 2015 08:57:07 PM

Juan · Juan

I will not be using my motorhome for about 6 months.My water tanks hold 120 litres of fresh water and I am not sure whether to drain the tanks.I am worried about the water going stale and/or the seals drying out.I do not have any filtration system. Any advice would be appreciated.

kiwijims · kiwijims

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-23/broome-boosts-police-ranks-with-20-new-officers/6642920?section=wa

kiwijims · kiwijims

The crash happened just before 11:00pm, when the red hatch collided with a road train about 7km north of Dewar Road on the Brand Highway in the town of Gingin, 90 kilometres north-east of Perth. The driver of the car, a 30-year-old man from the Perth suburb of High Wycombe, died at the scene. The 24-yea...

lottie · lottie

Does anyone know about a project called rv homebase on the fraser coast?

Cara · Cara

Hi. We are travelling and had been able to tune in channels however a few days ago the TV picture started breaking up and stopped completely...showing "tune channels" ...when we do this no channels tune in. We noticed a few days before we lost reception completely that the 12 volt lights w...

uncle wombat · uncle wombat

Hi all, has anyone heard about someone being booked by Victoria police at Bairnsdale over "D" shackles being used on tow vehicles: I was informed today however that Vic police are not doing this as there is no legislation in place covering this, I guess the questions are 1. Do the chains hav...

marto1944 · marto1944

I posted this question a while back and finally go an official response from the RMS in NSW thought it would make interesting reading and commentCould you please advise on the following : If you have a camera mounted at the rear of a vehicle or caravan is it only to be activated when the vehicle is in rever...

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	Mataranka, 34 today (Preview) Hi everyone, we are at mataranka now for couple nights then Katherine to restock. As above 34 today but beautiful. Happy travels to u all. OMD	OMD	1	611	11:54 AM Jul 26, 2015 by JackieP
	Advise sort on solar panels (Preview) Hi folks we really need to get our power situation right before we leave. We have been given 2 dry cell batteries Ritar 12v 75AH 10 hr we have another big batterie in van can't get in to see brand we just bought a 120 w power wiize solar panel kit from auto barn also purchased power tech 6 in 1 power station. We...	Wilburys1234	3	814	10:08 AM Jul 26, 2015 by Wilburys1234
	This says it all (Preview) Thanks to Lundy5 on facebook, couldn't resist this one...	Phil C	3	1350	09:26 AM Jul 26, 2015 by Kendo
	Storing Pantry Items (Preview) A question for more experienced travellers, How do you store pantry Items? eg. flour, rolled oats, sugar. I have thought about plastic containers or snap lock bags or original packaging. But then got to thinking about weight and ease of use. What do others use?	Jenzarl	26	1943	10:58 PM Jul 25, 2015 by Cupie
	The Naked Truth (Preview) I've only just caught up with the stories on the home page (been sick, it's a long story). Re the one called "The Naked Truth"- I've been a nudist for about 10 years and until recently part-owned a nudist retreat north of Gympie. From experience, I can tell you that at least 90% of our guests...	Extaff	21	6803	08:53 PM Jul 25, 2015 by harleyjs
	Another roll over on the Stuart Highway Virginia (Preview) Stuart Highway has been reopened after another four wheel drive towing a caravan has come to grief. What is it with this 2km stretch of road that has so many caravan rollovers??? All seem to be out of state vehicles & we get 3-5 every dry season in the same location, road is in reasonable condition, d...	The Doo crew	3	832	08:30 PM Jul 25, 2015 by The Doo crew
	Where to store a Weber Q (Preview) Hi again all and thank you for advice on " shake down " trip . We also have purchased a Weber Q BBQ and I'm wondering where the best place to store it would be . Hubby is thinking of storing it in the tunnel and building a slide out mechanism for it . Any other suggestions would be appreciated . T...	Voyager00	14	4267	05:16 PM Jul 25, 2015 by Koala
	Lifestyle village with caravan undercover Maryborough Qld. (Preview) My Question is this:- Is there anyone on the Grey Nomad forum who is a resident at the RV Homebase Village in Maryborough Qld. This is a unique style of retirement accommodation where they provide a specially built garage to allow one to park an RV or Caravan undercover. This is a first I believe for Quee...	JayDee	7	1643	12:37 PM Jul 25, 2015 by Cruising Cruze
	Do you take a motor / trail bike on your travels (Preview) Hi all, Does anyone take a trail bike on your travels, and can you carry it a the back of your caravan. I am thinking of just a small unit to play with 125cc to keep the weight down. Hey Jim	Hey Jim	11	994	11:58 AM Jul 25, 2015 by Spydermann
	Who's hiding behind the bushes? ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) Took this photo on our morning walk today, they were still asleep. Taken in Murrayville VIC. just a couple of minutes walk away from the small immaculate community caravan park that we're staying in is. $9.90 per night for a powered site. When are these morons going to stop giving the rest of us a bad nam...	Desert Dweller	67	2961	10:14 AM Jul 25, 2015 by 03_Troopy
	Where to take van for shake down trip .? (Preview) Hi all . We have just purchased our first van. We have almost completed setting everything up , thanks for the advice out there , and hopefully we will head out of Melbourne for a couple of days to check it's all in working order. As we are first time caravanners , we would like to find a CP first up which has r...	Voyager00	8	1145	10:46 PM Jul 24, 2015 by Steve11
	Camp sites in Darwin (Preview) Anybody know of cheap or freebies campsite in or around Darwin area for a big rigs.	NIFTY281252	5	820	10:12 PM Jul 24, 2015 by The Doo crew
	Super friendly park at Charleville (Preview) We've just spent 3 days at the Evening Star Tourist Park in Charleville and we can highly recommend staying here. The owners are very friendly and helpful, happy hour every night at 5pm with free damper. Very dog friendly as well. -- Edited by circlek on Friday 24th of July 2015 08:57:07 PM	circlek	1	711	09:12 PM Jul 24, 2015 by Gaz n Shell
	WATER TANKS (Preview) I will not be using my motorhome for about 6 months.My water tanks hold 120 litres of fresh water and I am not sure whether to drain the tanks.I am worried about the water going stale and/or the seals drying out.I do not have any filtration system. Any advice would be appreciated.	Juan	6	1135	07:15 PM Jul 24, 2015 by Santa
	Things must be bad in BROOME.............. (Preview) http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-23/broome-boosts-police-ranks-with-20-new-officers/6642920?section=wa	kiwijims	7	1552	06:51 PM Jul 24, 2015 by Bruce and Bev
	fatal crash with road train at Gingin near Perth (Preview) The crash happened just before 11:00pm, when the red hatch collided with a road train about 7km north of Dewar Road on the Brand Highway in the town of Gingin, 90 kilometres north-east of Perth. The driver of the car, a 30-year-old man from the Perth suburb of High Wycombe, died at the scene. The 24-yea...	kiwijims	4	1400	05:51 PM Jul 24, 2015 by TommyG
	rv homebase lifestyle village fraser coast - has anyone heard about it? what does it involve? (Preview) Does anyone know about a project called rv homebase on the fraser coast?	lottie	11	2652	05:21 PM Jul 24, 2015 by Bill B
	Trouble getting tv channels (Preview) Hi. We are travelling and had been able to tune in channels however a few days ago the TV picture started breaking up and stopped completely...showing "tune channels" ...when we do this no channels tune in. We noticed a few days before we lost reception completely that the 12 volt lights w...	Cara	12	3403	10:09 AM Jul 24, 2015 by KFT
	Confusion (Preview) Hi all, has anyone heard about someone being booked by Victoria police at Bairnsdale over "D" shackles being used on tow vehicles: I was informed today however that Vic police are not doing this as there is no legislation in place covering this, I guess the questions are 1. Do the chains hav...	uncle wombat	21	1851	08:41 PM Jul 23, 2015 by TommyG
	Rear camera (Preview) I posted this question a while back and finally go an official response from the RMS in NSW thought it would make interesting reading and commentCould you please advise on the following : If you have a camera mounted at the rear of a vehicle or caravan is it only to be activated when the vehicle is in rever...	marto1944	8	1317	04:18 PM Jul 23, 2015 by 03_Troopy
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