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CathnAl · CathnAl

Hi Fellow Travellers We're looking at purchasing a 2000 Ford Transit which is Victorian registered until Oct 2021 (our state) as a van (no VASS) what would be the implications of this? The seller said she got insurance through CIL Insurance however I'm wondering whether we would run into difficu...

Settle4more · Settle4more

Hola and greetings........This Ray, have just joined and planning an AWD and Caravan trip around Australia. At present doing one in NZ and will complete sometime next year (2022) and than shift to Australia to explore and do 'a lap' of the country. Am single and in a previous life have been, for many y...

CharlieBucket · CharlieBucket

Hello all, we have finally picked up our van, we had planned last year with the kids and grandkids to do up the middle to Darwin. Thank you Covid for vetoing that (although it did allow us to get our own!:) Anyway it's on again in about 5 weeks, no grandkids this time as work commitment have stopped them. N...

Nick2000 · Nick2000

Hi Just purchased Newlands Tourister 550, pick up in late August. Happy :)

New Member · Raggeties

Hi Anne & Andy our first big trip and we are interested in seeing how many days you would allow travelling with caravan at a relaxed pace from Alice Springs to Darwin via Kakadu.

ANDYVS · ANDYVS

Hi, just joined. I live in Townsville and am about 6 months off from retirement. We just bought a Jayco Starcraft Outback with dual axles, 19'6" with island bed layout. The van is in immaculate condition, you would swear its just came off the showroom floor. We bought it from a relative of a friend in C...

BarneyBDB · BarneyBDB

G'day all, signed up a few weeks back but just been soaking up some of the info here so far. Was recently made redundant and decided to have a go at retirement. Retired our X Trail and bought a new MUX ready to take home an Ezytrail camper sometime in January, ordered after the last Camping and Caravan show...

DolanAus · DolanAus

Gday Everyone Permalink Reply Quote Gday everyone I recently upgraded from a soft floor camper trailer to a Jayco Swan. Much easier setup and a lot less arguing with the missis. My tow rig is a 2017 GXL Toyota Prado with a few extras. Our next trip is to Reflections holiday park Cudgegong river ne...

Carmela_123 · Carmela_123

Hello nomad friends.....hope everyone is healthy. I have a 2008 Jayco optimum long wheel base with only 77000 kms and was under cover for the first 8 years of it life. Since I purchased it in 2016 I have only done 20000 ks and have polished it twice. I would like to hear what others have done as I am in the bel...

Gaisie · Gaisie

Hi! there everyone. I am a newbie. I am in the process of selling my home and " hitting the road". I turned 70 last year and decided that life was passing me by. A lifetime ago I had the pleasure of a solo life on the road for, four years, then life got in the way. My question is this - at 70, am I whistling-Dixie,...

redrain · redrain

any comments on this make and model??

Jim Featherby · Jim Featherby

Greetings all, this looks like a friendly site for travellers. Glad to be here. Hoping to hit the road in July. Work and covid put a hold on the last two years plans so getting restless.

RogerHTas · RogerHTas

Greetings to anyone who has an older Jayco Journey and can help with this issue. Just got this second hand caravan and am getting ready for a first trip. Tanks won't accept water through the 50mm white plastic fillers. There's clearly a lot of air pressure generated when I try to fill, even with sink tap...

New member · MurrG

Hello everyone, Just got a Kea Nomad M700 for some touring and I am pleased to be excepted to join thanks

New member · Solitaire27

Hello! We have just bought a (gorgeous) second hand Jayco Journey. We realise how lucky we are in these weird times to get our hands on a caravan at all (!) let alone one in our budget / state. COVID has forced us to close our business earlier than planned (YAY) and rethink / bring forward our retirement p...

Gavin and Julie · Gavin and Julie

Hello Everyone, Just introducing ourselves as Newbies to your forum. This looks like a terrific site with a lot of friendly and helpful people. We are busy planning our road trip from Brisbane to Perth in October 2021. Regards, Gavin and Julie. (Sydney) -- Edited by Gavin and Julie on Thursday 8th of...

New member · irish guinness

Hi everyone new to this forum hoping to get some great advice from time to time. we have just bought our caravan Colorado and are hoping to get away in a few days time, planning on Moonta as we loved it last time when we had our first van. cheers Irish guinness

M Alston · M Alston

Hellooooo All GNs! So excited to pick up our new Motorhome next week. Would love some feedback on places to store undercover a 7.2metre MH near the Bayside region. Also, as I need to work from our MH what is the best system to install to be able to work from anywhere in AUS? Wifi, internet, bluetooth requ...

mikekathy · mikekathy

G'day all. Our names are Mike and Kathy Bennett. We spent six months on the road in 2008. Returned to the UK because of grandchildren in 2013. Big mistake! Could never adapt to this weather! We're planning on returning in November (2021 -covid permitting) and looking at purchasing a smallish...

GavMat · GavMat

Hello Everyone, Just a quick hello from someone who is new on the forum. Regards, Gavin and Julie.

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	Ford Transit 2000 Model - Conversion - NO VASS (Preview) Hi Fellow Travellers We're looking at purchasing a 2000 Ford Transit which is Victorian registered until Oct 2021 (our state) as a van (no VASS) what would be the implications of this? The seller said she got insurance through CIL Insurance however I'm wondering whether we would run into difficu...	CathnAl	2	1440	05:59 PM May 13, 2021 by Steel Dog
	Ray Treadaway 1191078 Intro (Preview) Hola and greetings........This Ray, have just joined and planning an AWD and Caravan trip around Australia. At present doing one in NZ and will complete sometime next year (2022) and than shift to Australia to explore and do 'a lap' of the country. Am single and in a previous life have been, for many y...	Settle4more	0	878	07:21 PM May 10, 2021 by Settle4more
	Hello from the L plates (Preview) Hello all, we have finally picked up our van, we had planned last year with the kids and grandkids to do up the middle to Darwin. Thank you Covid for vetoing that (although it did allow us to get our own!:) Anyway it's on again in about 5 weeks, no grandkids this time as work commitment have stopped them. N...	CharlieBucket	11	613	12:43 PM May 4, 2021 by Whenarewethere
	Hello from Adelaide (Preview) Hi Just purchased Newlands Tourister 550, pick up in late August. Happy :)	Nick2000	2	1171	10:40 AM May 2, 2021 by Dougwe
	New Member (Preview) Hi Anne & Andy our first big trip and we are interested in seeing how many days you would allow travelling with caravan at a relaxed pace from Alice Springs to Darwin via Kakadu.	Raggeties	9	1323	04:58 PM Apr 26, 2021 by Tony Bev
	Newbie from Townsville Jayco Starcraft Outback Townsville Electrics modifications (Preview) Hi, just joined. I live in Townsville and am about 6 months off from retirement. We just bought a Jayco Starcraft Outback with dual axles, 19'6" with island bed layout. The van is in immaculate condition, you would swear its just came off the showroom floor. We bought it from a relative of a friend in C...	ANDYVS	4	1556	04:37 PM Apr 26, 2021 by Tony Bev
	Newbies from SA (Preview) G'day all, signed up a few weeks back but just been soaking up some of the info here so far. Was recently made redundant and decided to have a go at retirement. Retired our X Trail and bought a new MUX ready to take home an Ezytrail camper sometime in January, ordered after the last Camping and Caravan show...	BarneyBDB	8	1266	12:38 AM Apr 23, 2021 by BarneyBDB
	G’day from the NSW Central Coast (Preview) Gday Everyone Permalink Reply Quote Gday everyone I recently upgraded from a soft floor camper trailer to a Jayco Swan. Much easier setup and a lot less arguing with the missis. My tow rig is a 2017 GXL Toyota Prado with a few extras. Our next trip is to Reflections holiday park Cudgegong river ne...	DolanAus	1	919	08:50 PM Apr 22, 2021 by Possum3
	Gel coat cracking in Jayco Optimum (Preview) Hello nomad friends.....hope everyone is healthy. I have a 2008 Jayco optimum long wheel base with only 77000 kms and was under cover for the first 8 years of it life. Since I purchased it in 2016 I have only done 20000 ks and have polished it twice. I would like to hear what others have done as I am in the bel...	Carmela_123	4	1285	05:25 PM Apr 19, 2021 by peter67
	To be or not to be (Preview) Hi! there everyone. I am a newbie. I am in the process of selling my home and " hitting the road". I turned 70 last year and decided that life was passing me by. A lifetime ago I had the pleasure of a solo life on the road for, four years, then life got in the way. My question is this - at 70, am I whistling-Dixie,...	Gaisie	7	1310	10:57 AM Apr 19, 2021 by StewG
	Design RV Model: Forerunner Touring (Preview) any comments on this make and model??	redrain	0	1139	01:37 PM Apr 15, 2021 by redrain
	Newbie Hi (Preview) Greetings all, this looks like a friendly site for travellers. Glad to be here. Hoping to hit the road in July. Work and covid put a hold on the last two years plans so getting restless.	Jim Featherby	5	964	12:06 PM Apr 12, 2021 by Jim Featherby
	Jayco Journey - Tanks not filling! (Preview) Greetings to anyone who has an older Jayco Journey and can help with this issue. Just got this second hand caravan and am getting ready for a first trip. Tanks won't accept water through the 50mm white plastic fillers. There's clearly a lot of air pressure generated when I try to fill, even with sink tap...	RogerHTas	8	1905	10:27 AM Apr 12, 2021 by Possum3
	New member (Preview) Hello everyone, Just got a Kea Nomad M700 for some touring and I am pleased to be excepted to join thanks	MurrG	5	1241	12:52 PM Apr 11, 2021 by Gavin and Julie
	New member New member (Preview) Hello! We have just bought a (gorgeous) second hand Jayco Journey. We realise how lucky we are in these weird times to get our hands on a caravan at all (!) let alone one in our budget / state. COVID has forced us to close our business earlier than planned (YAY) and rethink / bring forward our retirement p...	Solitaire27	4	1531	12:50 PM Apr 11, 2021 by Gavin and Julie
	Hello from a Newby (Preview) Hello Everyone, Just introducing ourselves as Newbies to your forum. This looks like a terrific site with a lot of friendly and helpful people. We are busy planning our road trip from Brisbane to Perth in October 2021. Regards, Gavin and Julie. (Sydney) -- Edited by Gavin and Julie on Thursday 8th of...	Gavin and Julie	6	1061	10:04 AM Apr 11, 2021 by Gavin and Julie
	New member (Preview) Hi everyone new to this forum hoping to get some great advice from time to time. we have just bought our caravan Colorado and are hoping to get away in a few days time, planning on Moonta as we loved it last time when we had our first van. cheers Irish guinness	irish guinness	4	1146	10:01 PM Apr 10, 2021 by Tony Bev
	New GM - Places to store Motorhome undercover Melbourne Victoria and best wifi network system (Preview) Hellooooo All GNs! So excited to pick up our new Motorhome next week. Would love some feedback on places to store undercover a 7.2metre MH near the Bayside region. Also, as I need to work from our MH what is the best system to install to be able to work from anywhere in AUS? Wifi, internet, bluetooth requ...	M Alston	5	974	08:55 PM Apr 10, 2021 by Tony Bev
	In our seventies and looking forward to returning from the UK to Australia to carry on nomading. (Preview) G'day all. Our names are Mike and Kathy Bennett. We spent six months on the road in 2008. Returned to the UK because of grandchildren in 2013. Big mistake! Could never adapt to this weather! We're planning on returning in November (2021 -covid permitting) and looking at purchasing a smallish...	mikekathy	4	973	08:45 PM Apr 10, 2021 by Tony Bev
	Hello Everyone (Preview) Hello Everyone, Just a quick hello from someone who is new on the forum. Regards, Gavin and Julie.	GavMat	2	962	07:51 AM Apr 7, 2021 by Possum3
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