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https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/03/24/13/40/more-victorians-die-in-older-cars-tac

Victoria has recently introduced optional three and six month registrations for cars with only a minor cost penalty over the 12 month registration. Additionally it seems one is able to renew a registration further than one month out from its expiry date which is very useful for remote area travelle...

Returned home from weekend away where we were plugged into the mains for duration. Ran small vacumn cleaner off the solar fuelled batteries during clean up. Part way through cleaning power cut out. Figured I had drained the batteries. Quick check showed the microwave, exterior lamp and hot water sy...

A LOVE STORY I will seek and find you. I shall take you to bed, and have my way with you. I will make you ache, shake & sweat until you moan & groan. I will make you beg for mercy, beg for me to stop. I will exhaust you to the point that you will be relieved when I'm finished with you. And, when I am finish...

Gday fellow vaners, Iâm sure these questions have been asked before but Iâm really after a current indication of what is available in the way of portable panels. Like the rest of you Iâm after the most bang for the least amount of buck but will make adjustments where prudent to do so. Iâm running 2 panels...

was wondering if any one will be at the Fortesque river mouth campsite on these dates as i am travelling up there to launch my boat and head off to the montebellos , was thinking of taking my car and trailer to the campsite and asking if someone could watch it while we are gone . There will be a few bottles of w...

A warning for dog owners, although at about $150 for 18 kg bag I doubt many of us would have been feeding this dry food. "A MAJOR recall has been issued for dog food linked to the death and severe illness of several police dogs. The ADVANCE Dermocare dry dog food range is being pulled off shelves and owner...

Superlatives just aren't enough to do justice to the genius of the man!

Greetings all Well, I finally decided to join this forum! I've been a visitor to it for about 8 years. A real long time lurker! I actually remember reading the very first post by YEOELEVEN before he set out on his travels. I guess the primary reason I did not join earlier was that internet access was a...

The Last Bit of Tasmania.

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/man-killed-by-snapped-towing-strap-as-he-was-helping-bogged-driver-in-central-queensland-20180318-p4z4x1.html

Thought I would kick this off. Wonder if anyone has anything else useful?

https://mobiletyreshop.com.au/blog/should-australia-have-a-ban-on-tyres-over-10-years-old/

Good afternoon all I am a new member to the site I have only been caravaning for the past three months My wife Wendy and I are becoming keen travelers and hope we meet some of you all on our travels Tom and Wendy McQuillen Catalina NSW#

Took the Chugger out for its first weekend away with us as its operators. Headed for the caravan park at Yambuck Lake, in South West Victoria, about one hour drive south of Warrnambool and a similar distance north west of Portland, and just up the road from Port Fairy. Nice little park on the lakeside, a...

Good evening everyone , I would like to say a big hello from my wife & I as we start to enjoy our new adventures together after purchasing a camper trailer . We have recently moved to Australia from the uk and now look forward to exploring many great areas of South East Queensland . ...

Hello fellow campers my husband Rob and I Chris in our late 50sand early 60s have a new caromal 612 towing by a toyota 4.2 turbo Diesel this the first time caravanning but Ive tolled horse float and drive school buss it its self contained we Are from WA Broomehill and would like to go to Esperance over E...

Well dead in this case. I have smelt something dead for about a week now every time I walked past and just out the side of the aluminium TeePee. Last night Mark smelt it too and found it. A dead snake. In fact it WAS a 4'6" Brown beast and in a very smelly state. It had gone in under the netting of a pear tree to pi...

Very scary presentation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecClODh4zYk

Watching TV this evening saw an encounter "I have it all on dash cam", so will we be seeing persons going into a dangerous situation on the road, knowing they are in the right, but if they took a breath and waited, an accident avoided regardless of who is in the right. A typical place I can think of is with ro...