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Caravan storage FNQ
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G'day, Col and I are heading to the Cape in July this year towing our Kedron pop top. We want to leave it parked somewhere up near Port Douglas and do the rest of the trip camping out of the ute. I've heard of Mt Carbine and would love to stay there, only its not on the proposed itinerary. Does anyone know of...
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Awnings in windy weather
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We have been in the habit of rolling our awning in whenever gusty winds come up, especially at night if we want to sleep without hearing flapping noise. Having seen the damage done when an awning flicked over the top of the van, we've just always been extra cautious. Lately the weather's been a bit unfri...
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The best butcher in Aussie is on the Gold coast.
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Having lived on the gold coast for close to 20 years, the best butcher shop I found was at Cav's steakhouse at Labrador. You pay app double the price of any cut of meat from there butcher shop, but its the old story you get what you pay for? I used to buy the rib eye fillet it melted in your mouth, and the owners...
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Stoneguard for Coaster
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We're having trouble finding a stoneguard for the windscreen. Toyota tells us they're not stock standard but need to be purple built. We're in central Victoria. Any ideas?
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200 watt solar panels $215.00 free delivery
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I have bought this item in ebay a 200 watt solar panel and it gives me 11 amps on full sun. I ordered another one today and there delivery is so quick by toll, I ordered of a Friday was at toll depot in Whyalla the next Wednesday Planning on another panel on my next pay, that will give me app 33 amps into my 2 x 27...
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Today is National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
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http://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/t57545453/today-is-national-fibromyalgia-awareness-day/
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Suitable cars
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Well we ave been on the road for a week now! First 4 days were fabulous and we thought we will do this forever! Wrong!! On leaving Pambula to head to Tathra our automatic in the car blew up on a very dangerous bend 9ks out of Merimbula . The most frightening experience in my life. We have been caravaning for 3...
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One of the best pie's in Aussie is in Whyalla Sa.
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As to having tasted pies from all over Aussie, these pies in Whyalla take a lot to beating. The French bakey is owned by Vietnamese and there bread is cheap $2.50 a loaf sliced, and there yummy pies are $3.50 all varities. There in Playford ave on the way going to Port Lincoln, map below.
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miserly mates
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copy of our GreyNomadTimesIss71V.pdf HELP WANTEDDear Jaclyn and Heidi,Now, I?m a nice guy but I?mfed up with my Happy Hoursbeing turned into very unhappy?many hours? by a tight-fisted,beer-guzzling, so-called mate!We met Dave and Janice nearMargaret River and have beentravelling with the...
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Redclaw crayfish
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Whilst at Wuruma Dam recently there discussions about whether or not a license was needed to catch redclaw, I was looking at the requisite Qld Government website and found the following answer.Do you need a permit to catch redclaw crayfish?No, you only need a permit if using a fishing line or set lin...
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Emergency Exits?
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Hello GN Forummers Why are Emergency Exits not standard in caravans? We have been discussing this at length recently as there have been some recent tragic incidents involving vans catching on fire and we thought ... what would we do if the kitchen caught on fire as our door is at the front right next to t...
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Why don't they have van prices in magazines
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why don't they put prices on there vans in magazines and on there web sites. New vans I'm talking about. Shopping for one but as I work away for month at a time I can't get to the yards and I have a budget . So spend a week looking at a particular brand only to find out its way over budget .More just a statement th...
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Using the loo
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I guess this is a bit like the "are you a scruncher or a folder" debate, but today I actually read the instructions for the porta loo, and it said 1. With the slide closed, press the bellows and add water to the bowl 2. After using the toilet, open the slide and depress the bellows to flush and cl...
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UPDATE #3
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Howdy all, Gee time flys, I have been here in down town Townsville now for over a month, yep, true. During the couple of weeks since the last update I took the tug for a run over to Charters Towers, just down the road really, approximately 130km, so 260 km return trip without turning engine off to te...
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Re cable brakes on a Viscount van.
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How would I go in taking off the brake shoes and drums and finding a rear cable disc brake have to be a 5 studer,to put on my older Viscount how would I go? I had a 1987 Nissan pintara once it had cable pull cable to the rear brake pads. The wheels are 14 inch and there a 5 studer,maybe remove the whole bakin...
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Northern NSW
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Hi all my husband and I have just started traveling around our beautiful country. We have decided to go South ( we have never seen snow or changes to leaves ect) At the moment we are at Kings Cliff . If anyone has any wonderful places to see on the Coast and inland please let us know. Great parks / free parkin...
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CB radio, do we need it?
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Our Priscilla has a CB radio onboard. We're not sure how to use it or whether we really need it. What do other GNs do?
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Number plate
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Are there many people out there with with personal plates on your van? To start the ball rolling ours is SORRY We bought a van many years ago with this plate and often say to the kids "sorry we are off again" Dhutime -- Edited by Dhutime on Saturday 10th of M...
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UHF Radios
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Many of us have a radio, some switch it off and only turn it on if they want to make a call. Ours is on when we are on highways, off when in cities, but we don't have signage on the van. Yesterday we saw a caravan being towed on the highway with one side of its pop-top unsecured and lifting. They had "CH18/...
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Re Dash Cameras.
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G,day ,I profess to know nothing whatsoever with regard to dash cams so before I go and spend maybe $90 or so {and I will cause I figure for the small outlay compared to most caravan accessories its not bad considering legal liabilities etc being what they are and only going to get worse,why not have an &...
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