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Hi All. This morning along with friends went along to the CWA rooms in Julia Creek, their first week of operation a morning tea room in the main street of Julia Creek. We had cappuccino and scones with jam and real yes real cream for $5 a head, fresh baked scones out of the oven at 9.30am. Plenty of parking...

Is ANYONE OUT THERE (in Victoria) able TO HELP us ??? We have a 6.5m JAYCO STERLING, on site @ KILMORE. We don't have a powerful enough vehicle, with which to tow it. We had it delivered to site, by the Dealer from whom we bought it! The Van weighs approx. 2.2tonnes + has Electric Brakes. We need to arr...

Hello All Just getting back into caravanning after a lengthy layoff. Just after as much info as possible, on what people are using, brands and setups, and recommendations on a suitable portable satellite system? I would hope to cover all of oz, nth, sth, east and west. cheers -- Edited by topspark on...

Hi, I am looking to meet others into camping out and who would like to explore abandoned and extinct towns here in WA, there's a lot.., do a spot of metal detecting looking for historic items, coins jewellery etc....me, retired 62, 2004 Hilux diesel ute set up for expeditions, live Mandurah...have re...

I'm ordering a new JB Gator van and think that an air heater would be a nice idea to fit. JB tell us that gas is quieter than diesel, but we plan to spend time free camping and think that saving gas for cooking and HWS might be preferable and the tug is diesel. What can you tell me to help decide between gas and d...

Can anybody give me any feed back on how these fridges preform?

Its p-ssing down outside, and I am wondering if anyone catches this water. We have come by the gutter brackets for the awning, but its a pain to set up, and I am loath to have the awning up during rough weather. However the van roof has quite a catchment area, and it tends to flow down at just two points, it co...

As per my recent thread in the "Technical" section of this website my six month old Honda EU20i generator recently developed a fault which caused it to run roughly and then cut out. Sometimes it would run for a couple of hours without issue and other times only a few minutes. A warranty investigation an...

I have installed a DC to DC charger however it doesn't seem to charge the auxiliary battery to its full capacity but is showing 13.2 volts. The charger is a voltage 30amp which is at the back of my tub charging directly to the battery in an ark pak (not through the ark pak 4amp charger). I have driven from Vi...

Do any of you RV'ers with built in grey water tanks have a level guage and do they work. The Jayco system of three probes reading to the tank guage soon gets grudded up and gives false readings, am thinking of installing a float switch instead of.

A blonde wanted to sell her car but she couldnt find any buyers. She called her friend for advice, and her friend asked how many kilometres she had on her car. She answered, 300,000. Her fried told her that was the problem. So the blonde went to the mechanic and told him to put it down to 70,000 kms. A couple...

Gday all, Just a heads up for anyone driving in the Shark Bay Area. Diesel fuel yesterday (wed) in Denham was 8 cents per litre cheaper than at the Overland roadhouse out on the highway so if going into Denham or Monkey Mia it may be worth waiting till you get into town.

Hi All, just a quick update on the old van, since last posting i have been busy making over head cabinets and seating, you won't see to much happening in the pics but in the following post i should have the all fitted in place. In the pics attached the long cabinet hanging there is just being checked for fit...

Usual disclaimer I am not a Gas Fitter, I do not play around with LPG, and I have not posted to start a flame warCan someone shed a bit of light on a Dometic RM 7401 three way fridge problemHistory is around March (7 months ago), prior to crossing the Nullarbor from east to west, I must have purchased a bad...

If you are not sure whether or not you want to visit the Kimberley, have a look at the ABC's "Mystery Road". I saw it on Iview. It's filmed in the Kimberley and in my opinion the Kimberley is the star of the show and not the human actors or the camera operator/s. Human stars include Aaron Pederson, Judy Davi...

Just letting all know, we recently finished a fantastic 6 month caretaking job north of Broome at a place called Banana Well Getaway. A fishing, crabbing, vege out camping, caravan and cabin type resort. We were only supposed to stay 2 nights but were lucky enough to be there at the right time to take up...

We have a caravan which is now a little over 4 years old. As standard equipment an Aquaport (under bench top) two stage filter was fitted to the drinking water outlet. It appears as though the Aquaport AQP-RFL-C filter system is now obsolete. Does anybody know if and where these filters (1 a sediment f...

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yettogo wrote: Hi all, We are only 18 months off becoming grey Nomads and travelling our great country full time. my problem is what vehicle do I use to tow my 2600 kg Van, dual axle.Really could do with some advice please from you experienced lot. thanks in advance. Gday... Originally posted here - ht...

Hi. I couldn't find an answer by searching because it all seemed to be about tug tyre pressure.My question is about motorhome pressures. On bitumen my tyres run at 80 psi and work really well but on badly corrugated roads I am wondering what others run their tyres at. Up till now I've kept them the same bu...