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Laanecoorie Lakeside Caravan Park & Gold Prospecting Bash 2013.
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G'day, With Julie and little Pepe our pooch, we just spent 4 days at the Gold Prospecting Bash 2013 based at the fantastic Laanecoorie Lakeside Caravan Park located in Central Victorian Goldfields...with about 100 old grizzly roothless and toothless, ugged and near bugged, prospectors and their...
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Outback Speed Limits for 2014
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Outback speed limits will be abolished on a 200 kilometre stretch of the Stuart Highway as part of a 12 month trial that starts in February 2014. Northern Territory transport minister Peter Styles says the outback drive between Alice Springs and Barrow Creek was an ideal place for the trial. The Te...
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copper1
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recommended
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Moama waters in moama nsw.powered and ensuite sites finished. Childrens playground and pool finished. Boat ramp , work in progress.beautiful owners. Highly recommended.
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Broken Hill
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Powered site needed in Broken Hill for a couple of nights any suggestions please. Cheers Dale
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Bush Fire Alert Blue Mountains and Lithgow
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Any Forum Member in the Lithgow or upper Blue Mountains areas there is currently an out of control Bushfire impacting on this area with prevailing winds it has now crossed the Bells Line Road and is into the Gross Valley and travelling east, it is also impacting on the residential area of Lithgow the fo...
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HAPPY DAY WITH HAPPY DAZE
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I had the great pleasure of meeting and having lunch with two really nice people today, "Happy Daze" Annie and Rod. These are two very nice people but then why wouldn't they be, I have only met great people from this forum. Another great meet up, great company, great food and great view, what...
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Dougwe
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My Van has arrived
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My son arrived at 8.30am after driving from Cessnock last night.....very happy it looks as good as I hoped. Had a drive bit different to the little Beep Beep Barina but I went ok. Just have to remember wide left turns I need to get a solar panel installed on the roof somewhere between the aircon and the aer...
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good luck
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good luck gary Kelly on your first trip take it easy on the roundabouts glenn
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Free Caravan site Karratha
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Hi, if anyone is looking for a holiday in Karratha next March (2014) check out this blog. http://170333302341179179.weebly.com/ These people are looking for pet sitters in exchange for a free site, water, power and use of their pool. cheers Wanda
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Bush Fires near Sydney
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There are out of control Fires in the following locations. Heatherbrae near Newcastle. Southern Highlands - Yanderra and Balmoral Lithgow Blue Mountains as per other post covering this fire If you are in these areas listen to the ABC radio station 702 and if possible rhe RFS web site at www.rfs.g...
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Stay Alert
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When driving through country Australia, please remember, trucks can't brake like a car can and are much longer and wider. This was on the roper highway NT 20km from Mataranka, the car was already on the bridge when the truck come around the corner and couldn't stop, it's the worst corner to have a one l...
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copper1
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coleman hot water on demand
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Anyone use one of these, assume they run on gas. Would this be rinse off, soap up / shower milk up, then rinse off. I was reading of it in Lionel Mussel's Blog, he wrote of it but in passing only. Quite curious.
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Telstra Internet Security Update
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I was going to put this on "I digress" but as internet communication is a big part of the RV lifestyle decided it was relevant here. I recently got an email from Telstra saying they are updating their security system (as a result of their recent website crash I'm betting).Telstra Internet S...
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Touring Tasmania
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My Husband & I will be touring with our caravan to Tasmania from 2nd Feb to 29th March starting in Devonport and returning to Devonport, any suggestion of the best route so we can see as much as possible.
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Yeah!!! Picked up our van today!
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Today we drove 3 hours to Blayney from Tumut to look at and, hopefully, pick up our 'new' caravan. It was all as described and, as we had a bank cheque already with us, bought it home. Here it is........... BIG photo. Sorry. This was taken this afternoon when we just got home. Proper chocks and stuff to com...
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Left Broken Hill
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Left Broken Hill today after a 5 day stop over. Had a chance to have a look around with a mixed bag of good and not so. in the main, ok but is looking a bit on the tired side but I think as some mentioned the other day it's a un employment issue that goes with mining towns. Still worth the stop and we are one doing a...
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Tasmanian Western Exporer closed until about March 2014
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The Western Explorer Road in the State's North West will remain closed and unsafe for vehicles for at least the next 5 months. The Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources is aware that this is a significant closure for an important regional tourist route but the damage caused by the rec...
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Old Crofter
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Lesson learned (telstra crash)
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when telsra site crashed last week lucky old me had not renewed my anti virus protection as i am in the process of upgrading my laptop cost me a lot of dollars to get my laptop cleaned up i had not backed up any files (it wont happen to me) and i needed all the info i had gathered for our trip next year so i have l...
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Right advice?
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Hi, happened to be talking to a salesman in a camping shop about solar panels and he told me I shouldn't use our 3 way fridge on 240v for more than a few days or a week, not good for it, use the gas. Never heard of this before. He said it was something to do about the small heating element (??) that could be des...
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Furniture/Insurance
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Hi All we are in the early stages of planning the big trip, but wondering what people do about house insurance as ours says we can't leave the house empty after 60 days, also do you store your furniture or rent it out as furnished. I expect there will be more questions as we get further towards the big one....
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