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We recently stored our 6mt long mesh security shade under the caravan while at Uluru campground. During the night it flooded so the folded screen was under water. We've found it very difficult to get the red dirt stain out of it, unfortunately it's stained on some of the folded squares and not others so...

You've all heard of the Air Force's ultra-high-security, super-secret base in Nevada, known simply as "Area 51?"Well, late one afternoon, the Air Force folks out at Area 51 were very surprised to see a Cessna landing at their 'secret' base. They immediately impounded the aircraft and hauled the pi...

A delightful angelic little boy was waiting for his mother outside the ladies room of the gas station.As he stood there, he was approached by a man who asked "Sonny, can you tell me where the Post Office is?"The little boy replied "Sure! Just go straight down this street two blocks and turn to your right...

A golfer is in a competitive match with a friend, who is ahead by a couple of strokes. "Boy, I'd give anything to sink this putt" the golfer mumbles to himself.Just then, a stranger walks up beside him and whispers "Would you be willing to give up a quarter of your sex life to sink the putt?"Thinking the ma...

A thief in Paris planned to steal some paintings from the Louvre. After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings, and made it safely to his van. However, he was captured only two blocks away when his van ran out of gas. When asked how he could mastermind such a crime and then make such a...

I went to the liquor store Friday afternoon on my bicycle, bought a bottle of Scotch and put it in the bicycle basket. As I was about to leave, I thought to myself that if I fell off the bicycle, the bottle would break. So I drank all the Scotch before I cycled home. It turned out to be a very good decision, bec...

There was once a sheep farmer who had a French farm hand working with him to help castrate his sheep. As the farmer castrated the sheep, the French farm hand took the parts and was about to throw them into the trash. "No!" yelled the farmer "Don't throw those away! My wife fries them up and we eat them, they...

G'day all, new to the forum. My wife and I are retired (5 years), live un Melbourne, and have been doing long and short trips around Aust. (except the West), both pre and post retirement, starting out in the 70's with a Jayco camper trailer with family, then in a 4wd and tent as a couple, and now with a Mitsu...

Hi GNs - does anyone know of a certified engineer in SE Melbourne who is able to upgrade the ATM of my 2014 Jayco Outback van by about 200 kgs ? regards

I am in my planning stage at the moment (Who only knows how long that will be) and over time will ponder questions to the life on the open road. When I leave, I have no plans returning any time soon to WA but eventually will come full circle and keep going. I presume my question may have been asked a few times b...

I have now joined the family of solo travellers. After some heated domestics I felt it was my time so here I am I am in Queensland and slowly heading North with no plans or timeframe. Chris

Just curious, during services you may have had done, what happens to the wheel bearings, and for what price?

Good evening all. We purchased our first van on Monday and we will be picking it up on Sunday. Cant wait. As the plan is to zig zag around Australia, on and off road, metro, country towns, rural & remote traveling, we are selling the old Hilux, and CX5 and are looking at a 100 series 1HD turbo diesel L...

The rotary flush knob on our C4 was not delivering a full dose of water, took it apart yesterday, seems the plastic bellows (see pic below) had collapsed over time and was not expanding to its full size, took it out and placed it in a jug of very hot water, this softened it, blew into the hose to expand it, th...

Does anyone have an update on where John is these days, or what he's up to? I followed his inspirational travels for years. Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity to meet him in person. He was one of the reasons I regularly visited this forum. Stay safe

Hi all We're in the process of purchasing a new tug and 'van and are now wading through the insurance process for both. I'd love to hear from people's experience and if naming particular companies is frowned upon, please pm me to have a more private discussion of pro's and cons. So far we've had a couple...

Heading south on the New England around Tenterfield is a great stretch of road for a first time drive (tow). I suggested to the wife that she give it a go. At the time she was not feeling up to it. After two weeks on the road and only driving when the van was not on, the good wife had had enough of sitting in the n...

Our first camp was at Kiata campground in the Little Desert National Park. Lots of Emus around. A rare Malleefowl wandered through our camp. Southern Scrub-robin, always hard to get a photo of. Brown Treecreeper. We then moved on to Broken Bucket Tank in the Big Desert. Broken Bucket Bore windmill. R...

Hi all. Yesterday we had breakfast and went to see if Jetski operations were a goer. They were and the guy finally got us on. We had to go 300 meters at walking pace due to rules and regulations. When we got past the that point I slowly got a little faster asking Eril if all was ok. It was dragging the tail down...