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somewhere to stay at dapto, nsw
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Any recomendations for a C/V in Dapto, near Wollongong, NSW.
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Beautiful sunset at Stanley
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We are at Stanley, Tasmania, camped on Godfreys Beach- beautiful spot - short walk into town. Last evening the setting sun put on a show for us - and we were all saying how great the next day would be, given the old sailor's adage of red sky at night, etc. Don't know what happened, but it is raining and has...
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WATERFALL,RAINFOREST NEAR BRISBANE
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Hi Everyone, Strop and I have decided to go away at Easter - weather permitting. We would like to go camping and go walking to see a waterfall and rainforest. Does anyone know a nice place for us to camp say near Toowoomba? coming from Brisbane. oh. and we have an ordinary sedan. Thanks. Rocket -- Edited...
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Huge Power Bill
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Just recieved my power bill for the last 3 months, and was a bit shocked!How do they expect me to apay the huge amount of 5 cents! I think I will send them a cheque.I have my own grid connect system, and sell power back to Ergon at 44c a kilowatt hour.The bill also includes my ambulance fee of $27 a quarter, w...
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Savannah Way
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Hello all, this is our first post on your site and after reading it, I think we will have all our questions answered. My query is about the above road. We will be leaving Lake Munmorah at the end of June for a long trip and we are considering doing Sav Way, but we are a bit wary of our new van, a Sterling 19 foote...
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Braidwood freecamp vandalised.
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Hi everyone, just an update on Braidwood NSW freecamping site, number 693 Camps book Number 5.
Located on the Shoalhaven river, it is a beautiful location however due to vandals you should have a portable toilet if planning to stay as the long drop has been totally destroyed with some moran taking t...
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Has any one ever been asked to move on ?
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Hello all, was reading Bill12s post about being asked to move on from a c/ park owner.It got me thinking about the time we were sitting in our van having a cuppa in the big rig park accross the road from IGA in Nothampton in WA , when bang bang on the side of van , opened door and the guy from the c/ park was stand...
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Off to Tassie
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We are on board the Spirit of Tas headed for Tassie. We will be ending time with family and friends for a couple of weeks before we return to Melb to get ready for setting out to SA where we will spend most of this year until about Nov before heading back to Melb. If you are headed that way as well then we would l...
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Beth54 IS IN THE HOSPITAL
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Hi Everyone, I decided to put this in the General Forum so that more people would see it. Just letting you know that yesterday afternoon, Beth was taken by ambulance and admitted to PA hospital in Brisbane. She thought the shortness of breath that she was experiencing was an asthma attack but it seems t...
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Crossing the Nullabour Melbourne to Perth
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We want to cross the nullabour in a sedan, Melbourne to Perth. Can anyone help with the following...Don't want to go off road, How long will it take stopping whereever there is something interesting to see. Where would we sleep overnight, what stops, (we wont have a van) so needs to be established acc...
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What to do in electrical storm
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Probably been talked about but cannot find an old thread, anyway we had a big storm last night and being new to caravaning made us think about being out there in a big thunder / lightning storm. Sitting in a big metal shell feeling like a target. !!!! Any tips to keep ourselves safe ? , and what NOT to do. ...
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Travel Book - The Devil in Tim (Travels in Tasmania) by Tim Bowden
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I have just finished reading this very amusing and informative book by Tim Bowden, former host of ABC's Backchat programme. Thoroughly recommended for anyone contemplating visiting Tasmania, or anyone interested in a really good Caravaning travel story. Tim, a native Taswegian, has some rea...
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Car Rego
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We decided to check out the rego cost for our car here in W.A. other people in this park pay a lot less for W.A rego, we paid $630 for a year with the pension discount for Qld, and it cost us $260 yesterday for a year in W.A. with pension discount. Apparently it has recently changed for people on the max rate fo...
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Daylesford Vic.
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Any good caravan parks at Daylesford , I done some searching ,but it is all old information. Cheers Hans
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BEWARE Internet Rip Off Please Help
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We have been working and travelling for the last two years, currently in western NSW working on a station. We needed to updated from a pop top to a full van with a little more comfort, we had been shopping around for about 6mths.We finally found the van that had everything we wanted, was a 2008 Excellent c...
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Hot Water Anode
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Dos the hot water anode continue to deteriorate even when the unit is turned off? Or does it only happen while the electricity is running through it?
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An Idea On Free Camping.
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Ok talking to a mate today the subject of the war between caravan parks and free spots came up. Now thinking as both a caravan park manager and a grey nomad I made the following sugestion and now I wonder what others think. An area has both a caravan park and a free camp close by....... Blue Water north of To...
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Fuel Pricing Info-MyLocalFuel.com
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G'day Everyone I wish to inform members of a community website run by Paul Birch of Tamworth NSW which is called: Mylocalfuel.com. The basis of this site is to advise fuel prices by town which can be updated by users who are either travelling through or who live in the area. I think this is a great init...
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RE... Free Camping
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Gordon, i agree with a lot of what you wrote , but i think you are missing the point here regarding free camping. You mention to just move on if there is no free parking to the next town or area where there is , well i ask you where dose one go to when the free parking has all dissapeared from our great country.I...
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Bike racks to carry 2 bikes
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Our tow vehicle is Ford Ranger twin cab ute and we want to carry two bikes. Anyone know of any bike racks that can go on tow bar but you can still tow the caravan. i guess the next option is carry on the back of the van... Did find a nifty bike rack that hooks over the spare wheel and thought maybe we could do tha...
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