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Fuel Costs - 1000km trip towing a lightweight caravan
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Hi board members, first post... I have a Toyota Aurion 3.5lt and it costs me $140 to travel from Cessnock NSW to Melbourne City - a distance of almost 1,000klms each way. If I were to tow a 600kg van can anyone give me an estimate of how much extra it would cost for fuel. You help is greatly appreciated. Chee...
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hello all
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hello thought i pop in say hi ..seem like ages sence i been on here very busy at palm island still ...very windy and cold here tonight even had to put a jumper on lol ....
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lighting it up while we are doing it
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So...today's question is what are u all doing for lighting. I like to read at night but don't want to flatten the battery. running this on the battery at presentDawa
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what do YOU do
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OK here i go again. What do u guys do when the weather is so bad u just cannot go out. I knit...crochet....hand embroidery......read at night Dawa
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jut a bush camp
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Have been propped in the bush here near Wyong for a few day. Has rained o my clean water supply i topped up. Plenty of wood for cooking and heating water for shower. 12v shower works great. small pond for water for shower and washing. Took some great pic of the wild flowers and a couple of orchids. tried to...
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Camooweal Billabong
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Monday and I set off towards Camooweal and saw the kms sign indicating 300kms to Queensland, it has taken 10 months to get me back to Queensland and I was excited at the prospect. There has been nowhere on my travels that would tempt me away from the Gold Coast as a base. Camooweal Billabong Camps6 #315 ha...
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Longreach Waterhole
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Friday and I set off for Longreach Waterhole Camps6 #94 just under 300kms away. Took it easy and arrived just after 3pm, not an easy site to find but after getting local knowledge found it easier. Coming from North it is the first turnoff to the West just before the grid. It is a beautifulground and very q...
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Darwin
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Went to the jumping crocodile tour and was not disappointed, the guide told us that it was high tide and the crocodiles would be hard to see in the mangroves. Later there would be sandbanks exposed and the crocs sun themselves but that didnt stop some of the crocs swimming out to the boat to get some meat...
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Moved on and now in Mt Isa
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Have had no internet since Katherine and now it has taken 45 minutes to upload one picture to the blog. Have several to post but haven't time to post them but will come back and then edit the posts.
I will just post text for the time being on the blog and hope to catch up with regular posting when I have regul...
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Be aware it will cost!!
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As a solo new "grey nomad" and having first crossed the nullandbore the other month and am now sitting in Alice just thought Id give you a few warnings I thought fuel costs were high at $2.00 at Nannutarra... and Broome was bad at $1.70... but lessons have been learnt Fuel at Caguna on the Null...
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I didn't pull the plug
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Yesterday when I stopped I neglected to pull the Anderson plug. Now I have a flat car battery..........out in the middle of no-where and not a soul in sight. Have connected my E-charge to the car and it will....[given time] put enough charge in to get me going. Am just south of Cowra and heading up to...
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Centurion cs2000 switching power converter
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Hi everyone I would like some help choosing a new switching power converter to replace my old centurion cs2000 model. something about 25/30A would be good any suggestions would be helpfull Cheers davo2
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Kakadu
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Just updated the blog with 4 posts and the internet is too slow to post here as well. Am heading towards Mataranka with a view to fishing for Barramundi. Steven is going his way and hitching back across to Derby with a view to travelling the Gibb River so again I am a solo traveller. John
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Public Showers
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I will be traveling in a campervan and staying in free camping places and most don't have hot showers. I was hoping to find a site that shows were public hot showers are. What do others do for hot showers in the winter that are in campervans.
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Three months on
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Thanks for all the advice you all gave me before I started my journey. I am now on the peninsulas in South Australia, slowly heading for Adelaide then cutting across to Lightning Ridge by the end of June. I know my five months on the road is just a 'taster'. I can understand those who never go home again...
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Solo Nomads in WA?
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Hi all. As a Newbie to this site, I am excited about the possibilities it may open up for me. Have always wanted to live this lifestyle but somehow, life always had other plans Have recently had a change in circumstances and am eager to give it a try. To start with I will be camping only and travelling in m...
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Times have changed
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Hello all
Wow has my life changed in the past 8 months, I got to Tassie in jan/feb for 5 weeks, which was as great as I had heard and met some wonderful people as I travelled.
While I was away I was offered the chance to buy a training company thatbspecializes in emergency management and a few othernthi...
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dawa's blog
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Is anyone else having trouble with Dawa's blog? It comes onto my screen, but I can't get it to scroll down, or do anything except sit there.
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G'day!
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OMG! After heaps of procrastination I have finally got my campervan. I'm off to Dawin next weekend for the dry - look out Markets here I come! - then to Kununurra in August-ish. I must admit I'm excited/nervous/terrifed about this solo business - so if you come across an aged silver Nissan Urvan camp...
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Newbie alert - about to hit the road for my first trip
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Hi everyone, Let me introduce myself - I'm Leonie in my ealry fifties and love being in the great outdoors. I have a 1995 Landrover discovery which I love for all the freedom it give me when I travel. My A'Van camper's name is Arrabella A'Van the Adventure Wagon and we have been getting to know each other o...
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