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Well, got my Toyota LC and camper trailer together and made my first trip from Central Coast to Drake at friends to finalise setup and get equipped for the journey North West. Then the learning will really begin.

Hello to "The Forum" We are recent retirees that have been gifted a 2004 Jayco Heritage (26' and weighing in at 2950 fully laden) our tug is a 2004 Jeep GC Diesel 8 speed, we are all set up and adjusted with our WDH, Red Arc brake controller etc and having done a few trial runs we feel quite comfortable with t...

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Hi, I will be in Darwin soon, and am thinking of taking a day trip to the Tiwi Islands on the Sealink Ferry. Has anyone done it, and would it be worth staying a night.

Hi All, I have just bought a new Cruiser ( Sahara ) and find it very bouncy towing the van, I have put Air Bags in it and when the van is on they are at 30 PSI, 5 PSI with no van. The van is a 22 ' Traveller and I feel it is well balanced when being towed, the local ARB store has recommended OLD MAN EMU suspension , I do...

Any recommendations for a solar specialist in melbourne, looking at ramping up our solar capacity

Have had my Van plugged to the 240 supply from home make sure the house batterries are fully charged as well as the breakaway battery just incase we decide to wear some more tread off the Van tyres in the near future :). Upon inspection of the breakaway batterry it was showing Red(Flat ) although it had be...

I am a big fan of the BOM, I use their forecasts a lot and often rely upon them for my welfare when I'm in remote locations. To my considerably surprise the Melbourne weather forecast text was much longer than usual this morning; upon reading it became apparent it was rather more than a forecast ie: ---- h...

Aussie Paul.

Sometimes you have to bite into the budget and pay for a air flight to get a different perspective of the area. In the last lot of pictures,Michell Falls are in WA. The plane flight was from Kakadu.

An older lady was standing at the railings of a cruise ship, admiring the view. But the wind was strong and she had to hold on to her hat so that it would not blow off in the wind. A gentleman approached her and said: "Pardon me, Madam. I do not intend to be forward, but did you know that your dress is blowing up...

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hi all can anyone share their experiences with Active Caravans? > Quality? > warranty? > after purchase support & service network> > Any other thoughts Looking to buy a new or second hand van and active has popped up so want to know how good they are before going ahead cheers k...

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Insurance company's are reminding campers that if their tent is stolen in the night they are not Covered.

i am confused. Gvm over 4.5 tonne at chinderah nsw. That would be nearly all cars with caravans. So, r they saying we all need to pull in? If thats the case, the place would b clogged up. or if signage says over 4.5 tonne pull in, does that mean us towing caravans.

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Aussie Paul.

Was going to fit a McHitch on our van but from information on here and elsewhere they had some issues disengaging when pressure was on the hitch , I have been looking at the Hitch Ezy and it looks a better unit and a bit pricier , anyone on here retro fitted a hitch ezy on their van or got one on a new van purcha...

We are going to Darwin for a few days in our Motorhome in a few days time. Can anyone recommend a Caravan Park near to the centre. I think its easy to get around Darwin, and beiieve they have good buses going into the centre.