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Gday... How well do you know the road rules? Cheers - John

Hi. Just wondering if it is okay to travel the Great Alpine Road from Bruthen to Bright towing a 21 foot caravan. Has anyone any suggestioons on good camping in that area. Thanks.

Finally a simple explanation An opinion on Bitcoin that resonates alarm bells. Get out before all the Monkeys have gone. *BITCOIN* A lot of monkeys lived near a village. One day a merchant came to the village to buy these monkeys! He announced that he will buy the monkeys @ $100 each. The villagers t...

Communities in WA's north are bracing for the second cyclone in a fortnight, with emergency services expected to issue a red alert for parts of the Kimberley.Cyclone to hit as a category threeBOM duty forecaster Noel Puzey said the system could strengthen to a category three cyclone by the time it hi...

My wife and I decided to make the trip back from Singleton to Brisbane a bit of a holiday, staying a couple of nights at different towns on the way. This is our experience with Goondiwindi. Firstly, and very importantly - the people here are really friendly...I mean it...really friendly. Whether you'...

Broome police are advising residents not to hold "cyclone parties" as Western Australia's north brace for its second tropical cyclone in a fortnight.A tropical low brewing off the Kimberley coast and likely to develop into a cyclone Wednesday night, with the possibility of a category three storm...

Hi fellow travellers My old ACDelco at $ 110AH battery has died. Someone has suggested to go to a AGM battery at $140 extra plus I would need to upgrade my smart charger at $269. My question is it worth the extra expense.

If you own one of these & it freezes & runs continuously, chances are the NTC thermistor is faulty. You have 2 options Pay to repair or do it your self. My option is do it the easy way, Purchase a NTC thermistor 10K @ 25deg from Jaycar sealit up & hot glue to bottom of fridge inside & run wire...

Good morning all. Time to hear from our learned forum. We have an Everest and will be towing a van no heavier than 2.5 tonne laden.Are there any members currently using this tug to tow similar weights.Do you use Wdh or air bags or even a combo of both. We are contemplating putting in an after market tranny...

Hi AllI Have a charging question, I have a 100 Amp-hour battery and when I put it on charge with a amp/watt digital power analyser in-line, after battery is fully charged, that when it has goes into float charge, the analyser tells me 40 Amp-hours have been put into battery, does that tell me it has charg...

Hi Nomads, I am considering a Kings rear drawer for my Isuzu MUX. This drawer kit comes with a fridge slide but I can't work out how I would mount my Waeco CF35 to it. I am happy with the fridge and don't need to upgrade at this stage because our camper has a fridge. The CF35 has recesses that allow the user to l...

Netflix, Satellites and other TV access whilst in a caravan park or travelling - member advice. I would welcome any practical user advice from members re internet based streaming devices or TV's in caravans. The following issues are of interest to me. 1. Is a satellite dish or just a normal TV aeria...

A man walks out to the street and catches a taxi just going by. He gets into the taxi, and the cabbie says. 'Perfect timing. You're just like Frank.' Passenger: 'Who?' Cabbie: 'Frank Feldman. He's a guy who did everything right all the time. Like my coming along when you needed a cab, things...

I see a guy was held up by someone with a starting pistol. Police believe it could be race related.

I have arrived and set up at GreenS Lake. Not the best weather here today (Thursday 16/11). Rain all day and thunder just hit as I do this at around 2.30pm.

Had a Waeco CDF-40 that the foam insulation had absorbed moisture & was afecting the insulation propertys. So i cut it up & found the insulation is only 20/25mm thick. Since i had a good EvaKool fibreglass Esky & its insulation is 40mm thick. Decided to convert the esky to a Fridge/Freeze...

Wanted to buy please : Brown camec floor matting . The old woven type not the current one . Trying to match existing if possible. Dhutime -- Edited by Dhutime on Wednesday 10th of January 2018 09:08:12 PM

Gday... Praps one to begin - You took a long time to leave me loose wheel cheers - John

I cant say that I have ever welded much at all , and always thought that you had to disconnect your battery before welding on a car ? Is that the case or not and is it the same on a caravan , I want to get a cross bar added to my a / frame for attaching a bike holder , previously had them on the back and the bounce all r...

Obviously BEST is not to get in to the sway in first place but If you do your reaction and method of dealing with it will determine the outcome. IMO Hitting the brakes = likely crash Accelerate slowly and use the finger slide on your electric brake controller to apply trailer brakes and straighten trai...