hahaha........some of us guys will speculate as to why your Auntie nicknamed you jamjar - and it no doubt was not for that reason at all - but we can have a laugh about it.
But a good nick for sure - doubt if anyone else is using it. I use a well known nick for many of my personal logons and never conflicted with anyone else, but no some buggers have had the temerity to also use it on sites that I am enrolling on and so I have to add extra letters or numbers onto my nick. Wish now I had used sometime more obscure like yours.
Jamjar said
07:04 PM Oct 22, 2015
Bruce, you'd be surprised how common Jamjar actually is. I'd love to know why others use it.
J.
Daryl620 said
07:55 PM Oct 22, 2015
I was camped there last night (21/10) in the trees at the western end, didn't hear a thing, slept like a log.
Did try to use the toilet in the Lions park but it was locked at 7pm, so walked aross the bridge to the Bowling club......
Jamjar said
08:27 PM Oct 22, 2015
I was there the night before, Daryl. They must have known I'd be there. :)
Loo was open at 8am, thankfully.
J.
-- Edited by Jamjar on Thursday 22nd of October 2015 09:48:55 PM
Travelling Andos said
09:34 PM Oct 22, 2015
hi all,
We have read the above comments and we use a gennie to watch tv. We turn it off at 10pm and are always considerate of others around us. We love sport and when camping we love watching tv. Surely people that watch tv with their gens on to watch footy or golf etc are not "arrogant". Not every camper has power in their vans!! We have parked next to other campers with gennies and always tell them we will be using our gennie to charge phones etc. and watch the footy and we have never had a problem.
Not all campers have the luxury of having solar etc ,and as many on here have said, quite a few people do need to run their gennies for medical reasons.
Unlike many that have commented above we need to run our gennie to watch tv etc. Be considerate of others that need to run a gennie!
Happywanderer said
09:57 PM Oct 22, 2015
I will be at Forbes tomorrow night if anyone is in the area. I don't run a Genny.
Jamjar said
10:34 PM Oct 22, 2015
Ok, all this generator talk got me thinking I should get one too. Have just bought a very small and light Lectron 800w Inverter Gen.
I only need it to charge ipad and lantern. I could even splurge on a little fan for the summer.
J.
Young Simmo said
12:35 AM Oct 23, 2015
Jamjar, our 1000 watt Honda Inverter genset runs our 2 fridges, 42 inch TV and a couple of lights when we get a power failure, and doesn't even sound like it is loaded so you can spoil your self a bit more.
Simmo.
Jamjar said
08:48 AM Oct 23, 2015
That's good news indeed, Simmo.
J.
Santa said
09:40 AM Oct 23, 2015
Perhaps we're just lucky, in our years of traveling have never experienced a problem with generator noise or come into conflict with a fellow camper.
We tend to free camp most of the time.
chrisnchris said
10:09 AM Oct 23, 2015
Re needing a gennie for a c pap Hubby uses one and we use a small 300watt inverter and a 12 v connector and have had no problems in 2 yrs and it uses very little power Maybe the only negative is that the humidifer has to be off .
Cheers
Hydeeeho said
01:28 PM Oct 23, 2015
How day everyone
It seems not to many like other people using generators, but I bet some of the complainers have those bloody noisy diesel heaters they run on cold nights and cold mornings, they are as noisy or worse than genny's as this happened to us at a nice free camp at Brockelhurst, so each to their own I guess
Santa said
04:40 PM Oct 23, 2015
On a positive note, we stayed at the free camp being discussed on a trip down the Newell Highway a few months back.
Probably 6 or 8 others camped there on the night we stayed, we found it to be a delightful spot, right on the water/lake, well maintained with lots of trees.
As a bonus Forbes is a lovely spot to spend some time looking around.
Santa said
04:44 PM Oct 23, 2015
Hydeeeho wrote:
How day everyone
It seems not to many like other people using generators, but I bet some of the complainers have those bloody noisy diesel heaters they run on cold nights and cold mornings, they are as noisy or worse than genny's as this happened to us at a nice free camp at Brockelhurst, so each to their own I guess
I agree, diesel heaters are noisy buggers of things, lucky the Kea is well insulated against heat and noise, coupled with a bit of hearing loss we seldom if ever have a problem with noise.
Perhaps growing old does have some benefits.
Jamjar said
06:24 PM Oct 23, 2015
I'm smiling, as our power has been off for a couple of hours and the bloke across the road and three houses down has his generator going. I can hear it loud and clear.
Must be some sort of omen. :)
J.
03_Troopy said
06:43 PM Oct 23, 2015
We lost power for a week when we had storms here around Newcastle a few months ago, and ran our Honda EU20i from 7am till 9pm for the whole week. The only complaints at the time were that people couldn't buy a generator because they had all been sold.
Jamjar said
07:19 PM Oct 23, 2015
I bought a Kinchrome 7HP 3000w one, after our power was off for 18 hours and I ended up with $400 worth of defrosted rats. I've never had to use it, touch wood.
J.
Happywanderer said
08:42 PM Oct 23, 2015
I am at Forbes Free Camp at the moment. I can hear a generator going somewhere not too far from here and it is 8.30 pm.
I also wonder what are the rules for grey water here? There is a caravan not too far from here with grey water running away underneath and for a good 10 - 12 feet behind the caravan it is flowing.
Not having a gripe on either, just an observation because of this topic.
Jamjar said
08:52 PM Oct 23, 2015
I didn't see any signs at all re: water etc. I emptied a bucket of water - all biodegradeable - onto the ground as it was looking very dry.
Is it still crowded there?
J.
Happywanderer said
09:11 PM Oct 23, 2015
Jamjar wrote:
I didn't see any signs at all re: water etc. I emptied a bucket of water - all biodegradeable - onto the ground as it was looking very dry.
Is it still crowded there?
J.
Yes, quite full. Would say 15 to 20 vans of all descriptions.
Jamjar said
09:23 PM Oct 23, 2015
Is it common for a free spot to be so busy, or is it just Forbes that's popular.
It's not as if it's a touristy place and Parkes is better for shopping.
J.
Happywanderer said
10:10 PM Oct 23, 2015
It's always been a popular spot as far as I'm aware. I have been staying here twice a year for at least the last 4 years, usually two nights each time.
Because I stay here I usually shop here, haven't really shopped in Parkes at all.
Jamjar said
11:33 PM Oct 23, 2015
I first went to Parkes for the pet shop. Then discovered they have Coles, Woolies and Aldi. The nearest town to me only has IGA, so when I go to a bigger town I do a mega grocery shop.
Forbes having Bunnings and Spotlight is a bonus.
The Caravan repairers in Parkes are very friendly, too! and seem reasonably priced. I had work done at the Forbes one, on my previous van and I thought he was very expensive.
J.
Aus-Kiwi said
12:19 AM Oct 24, 2015
A good start is to get a 12v LED TV and at least a 100 AH battery.. Even if it charges off the engines alternator .. It will give you heaps of TV time at night... Reminds me Of this joke...
A guy came knocking at my door 2AM in the morning.. Lucky I was up playing ACDC ...
-- Edited by Aus-Kiwi on Saturday 24th of October 2015 12:22:51 AM
Happywanderer said
03:50 AM Oct 24, 2015
Well, I can tell you at 3.45am now, it is not a caravan generator. Having been outside twice overnight with Daisy, I can tell you the noise is coming from a property over the road. Maybe a commercial generator.
Aus-Kiwi said
04:17 AM Oct 24, 2015
Could be a water pump ? Anything ...
Jamjar said
08:46 AM Oct 24, 2015
Well, that's a bugger, as it means it isn't going away. :(
J.
Happywanderer said
11:42 AM Oct 24, 2015
Sounded like a refrigerator unit and I haven't had much sleep. Funny I've never noticed it before.
Jamjar said
11:49 AM Oct 24, 2015
Yes, I thought it sounded like a refrigerated semi, but I couldn't see one.
If I stay there when I pick the van up, I'll go walkabout and see if I can locate the source.
J.
Mutt said
02:21 PM Oct 24, 2015
a lot of semi drivers sleeper cabs have a small Diesel engine they run while they are sleeping. it is a a/c climate comfort control. I thought at first they were a refrigerated units. it sounds as if someone is running a generator.
But a good nick for sure - doubt if anyone else is using it. I use a well known nick for many of my personal logons and never conflicted with anyone else, but no some buggers have had the temerity to also use it on sites that I am enrolling on and so I have to add extra letters or numbers onto my nick. Wish now I had used sometime more obscure like yours.
Bruce, you'd be surprised how common Jamjar actually is. I'd love to know why others use it.
J.
Did try to use the toilet in the Lions park but it was locked at 7pm, so walked aross the bridge to the Bowling club......
I was there the night before, Daryl. They must have known I'd be there. :)
Loo was open at 8am, thankfully.
J.
-- Edited by Jamjar on Thursday 22nd of October 2015 09:48:55 PM
We have read the above comments and we use a gennie to watch tv. We turn it off at 10pm and are always considerate of others around us. We love sport and when camping we love watching tv. Surely people that watch tv with their gens on to watch footy or golf etc are not "arrogant". Not every camper has power in their vans!! We have parked next to other campers with gennies and always tell them we will be using our gennie to charge phones etc. and watch the footy and we have never had a problem.
Not all campers have the luxury of having solar etc ,and as many on here have said, quite a few people do need to run their gennies for medical reasons.
Unlike many that have commented above we need to run our gennie to watch tv etc. Be considerate of others that need to run a gennie!
I will be at Forbes tomorrow night if anyone is in the area. I don't run a Genny.
Ok, all this generator talk got me thinking I should get one too. Have just bought a very small and light Lectron 800w Inverter Gen.
I only need it to charge ipad and lantern. I could even splurge on a little fan for the summer.
J.
Simmo.
That's good news indeed, Simmo.
J.
Perhaps we're just lucky, in our years of traveling have never experienced a problem with generator noise or come into conflict with a fellow camper.
We tend to free camp most of the time.
Cheers
How day everyone
It seems not to many like other people using generators, but I bet some of the complainers have those bloody noisy diesel heaters they run on cold nights and cold mornings, they are as noisy or worse than genny's as this happened to us at a nice free camp at Brockelhurst, so each to their own I guess
On a positive note, we stayed at the free camp being discussed on a trip down the Newell Highway a few months back.
Probably 6 or 8 others camped there on the night we stayed, we found it to be a delightful spot, right on the water/lake, well maintained with lots of trees.
As a bonus Forbes is a lovely spot to spend some time looking around.
I agree, diesel heaters are noisy buggers of things, lucky the Kea is well insulated against heat and noise, coupled with a bit of hearing loss we seldom if ever have a problem with noise.
Perhaps growing old does have some benefits.
I'm smiling, as our power has been off for a couple of hours and the bloke across the road and three houses down has his generator going. I can hear it loud and clear.
Must be some sort of omen. :)
J.
I bought a Kinchrome 7HP 3000w one, after our power was off for 18 hours and I ended up with $400 worth of defrosted rats. I've never had to use it, touch wood.
J.
I am at Forbes Free Camp at the moment. I can hear a generator going somewhere not too far from here and it is 8.30 pm.
I also wonder what are the rules for grey water here? There is a caravan not too far from here with grey water running away underneath and for a good 10 - 12 feet behind the caravan it is flowing.
Not having a gripe on either, just an observation because of this topic.
I didn't see any signs at all re: water etc. I emptied a bucket of water - all biodegradeable - onto the ground as it was looking very dry.
Is it still crowded there?
J.
Yes, quite full. Would say 15 to 20 vans of all descriptions.
Is it common for a free spot to be so busy, or is it just Forbes that's popular.
It's not as if it's a touristy place and Parkes is better for shopping.
J.
It's always been a popular spot as far as I'm aware. I have been staying here twice a year for at least the last 4 years, usually two nights each time.
Because I stay here I usually shop here, haven't really shopped in Parkes at all.
I first went to Parkes for the pet shop. Then discovered they have Coles, Woolies and Aldi. The nearest town to me only has IGA, so when I go to a bigger town I do a mega grocery shop.
Forbes having Bunnings and Spotlight is a bonus.
The Caravan repairers in Parkes are very friendly, too! and seem reasonably priced. I had work done at the Forbes one, on my previous van and I thought he was very expensive.
J.
A good start is to get a 12v LED TV and at least a 100 AH battery.. Even if it charges off the engines alternator .. It will give you heaps of TV time at night... Reminds me Of this joke...
A guy came knocking at my door 2AM in the morning.. Lucky I was up playing ACDC ...
-- Edited by Aus-Kiwi on Saturday 24th of October 2015 12:22:51 AM
Well, I can tell you at 3.45am now, it is not a caravan generator. Having been outside twice overnight with Daisy, I can tell you the noise is coming from a property over the road. Maybe a commercial generator.
Well, that's a bugger, as it means it isn't going away. :(
J.
Sounded like a refrigerator unit and I haven't had much sleep. Funny I've never noticed it before.
Yes, I thought it sounded like a refrigerated semi, but I couldn't see one.
If I stay there when I pick the van up, I'll go walkabout and see if I can locate the source.
J.