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Bruce Highway
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Hello all, My name is Estelle and myself and my husband, Steve, are South Africans and new residents of beautiful Australia. We live on the Gold Coast and Steve works from home, so we have decided it is the right time to go walkabout. We have bought a 19ft Royal Flair Piazza and a Ford Ranger to tow it. We ha...
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BATUCARAVANS
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We are searching the Web for a used Motorhome and found a site called Batucaravans and am wandering if anyone out there has dealt or purchased a van with them. I have contacted them online but because the prices are so low I feel its some sort of scam.
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New member
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G'day Nomads! My wife and I are purchasing a Jayco Starcraft "bush pack" pop-top. We haven't caravanned since the late 80's when we had an old 16" Viscount, two dogs and two kids, and spent two years around Australia, destroying an on-road van on some pretty harsh off road places! Much has changed, obv...
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Manual water pump
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Hi, new member first time enquiry. Can anyone tell me where to purchase a the kit to stop the water leaks at the manual pump in the kitchen sink. I have 2011 Jayco starcraft 16.52.
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Waiting on my first Van.
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Gday. Irish here. Big things happening. Been lookin at all things caravans. Does ya head in mate! Car is a Toyota Hi-Lux 2014. With a GVM to 3125. Waiting on a single axel van. 16 foot. Demo. Been put through its paces. Wasnt going to buy a van, but well Wife said Pleas your self. So thats a yes Cheers. Irish...
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Swappimg van for Longreach whats your thoughts
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Hi all We are looking at selling our Jayco Silverline 24.75 and buying a Longreach, what do people think? we are setting up for retirement so we can pull behind a car and a boat, but need to find the right trailer. whenever I go away I am always overweight on the back axle of the RAM. The ute itself inside is...
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New Member
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My Van, a ZoneRV offroad 20'6" is now 5 years old and it's about time I joined the Grey Nomads. Love wandering around beautiful Australia with my wife and friends. Met so many wonderful friendly people over the years- amazes me how helpful fellow travellers are out on the road. I have recently recove...
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Motorhome towing car
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Hi just got a 2017 Mercedes Euro Delux motorhome and I am trying to work out what automatic vehicals I can tow behind the motorhome with not much success. Any help would be greatly appreciated
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Chris and Angie
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Jayco Silverline 21.6 3. I have a question of owners of this type of van :)
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02/08/24 Hello everyone, I am new on this page and was wanting some comments. I am in the process of buying a van and want to be sure I choose wisely. I am wanting to buy a Jayco silverline and had heard some comments that they can leak. I have had a Newage for 12 years and never been happier, but want to choo...
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New member thanks for having me!
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Hi, a new member, we have a 20.5 Paramount Vogue bought 2nd hand. Hubby is pretty good at all that he does, Im next to useless at directing him to park the van Wondering if anyone knows of an Overnight parking spot between Northampton and Galena Bridge WA? Thank you in advance
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another New Member
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G'day to all, I turned 69 middle of June 2024, currently based in Murray Bridge SA, beginning of June 24, my wife and I bought our caravan, 1985 21' Windsor "The Windcheater" with ensuite, quite amazed at how easy it is to tow and reverse, has rained, now I have found lots of...
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new member
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Hi all, new member here but have had our Windsor Daintree motorhome for two years now and thought this a great platform to assist in any fault finding/positives regarding the vehicle (mostly positives!).
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Hi - advice welcomed
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Hi everyone, I'm looking to take my first steps into caravaning in the near future, after recently selling my Delica 4WD. I'm looking at getting a smallish 90s caravan, around 17' poptop and hopefully around $10K. I'll initially be towing it on my Suzuki Vitara and it will have to be towed on gravel/di...
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Hello, new to site.
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Hello, we are new to this site and about to renew our caravan adventure after a few years rest. we are looking for both a tow vehicle and a caravan. we are interested in a coromal element 512, Tare: 2151, ATM: 2841. we would have liked to get a tow vehicle first, but the van looks pretty good. i am interested...
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Tow vehicle
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Hi, let me introduce myself. Dorry or Dee. Answer to anything. I am on the starting line of van life. Single. White. Female. I have to buy a tow vehicle and am looking at ritzy pajero. One is 2005 .223,157klm 6cyl petrol. The other is 2010 4cyl diesel 197025klm. There is 3 k difference in price. Which wo...
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Newbies here - Oz Star Vans
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Hi everyone Chez and Pete here from Hadspen, Tasmania and thanks for the add to the group. We are not quite ready to start our adventures but considering upgrading to a more comfortable van in the meantime (we currently have a Jayco Hawk Outback, upgraded with a JackaJay easy lift system, diesel heate...
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New Here
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Hi all, First post here. Hopefully not the last (or we'll never get that fence built). Have travelled a reasonable amount over the last 40 years, both on two wheels (now using a 'wing with a trailer) and towing a caravan. Most common destination for us lately is Mt Panorama where I've worked at the rac...
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Hi all! First post.
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G'day everyone, I'm Sean. I've just started getting into really wanting to be an Off Grid Grey Nomad, so I got my comfy winter clothes, walking boots and good socks on ready to go on trips down many and varied rabbitholes, and learn as much as possible about living the best Grey Nomad life I can when the t...
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New to all of this
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I'm not only new to this forum but also to the 'van life'. I'm a retired web developer/programmer who has a tendency to over analyse things. I will be a solo traveller. I'll (hopefully) be getting my motorhome (be spoked Ovation M9 C Class) in January 2025 so I can then start my journey. Reading up, and wa...
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Van roof water leaks
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New to this forum, Looking for suggestions/ideas that havent already been tried. We have a 28 foot Jayco Heritage (30 foot from drawbar to tail) and have owned this beast for about 18years. I have water ingress issues that are testing the best techs. We have replaced the popup vent assembly to only fin...
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