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Im 61yo. I can recall as a child we piled into our Austin a40 farina car on a Sunday, drove at 45mph (75kph) from Deer Park to Pykes weir an hour up the highway. Even them days the big v8 fairlanes, chevvys or jaguars would have to slow down from 60mph to our 45mph if boxed in the slow lane. Horns were regularl...

Hi all, Well it had to happen BAT season in Sydney v our 13 year old Jack, We have two 7-8 year old Mango trees that yeild 100's of Beautiful fruits each year, with imputs from yours truly. With the impute of Chook poo and tons of H2o. We removed again 3 laundry baskets of yumie fruit on new years day. Last nig...

NO POWER, NO SHOWER, Limited water taps & bins.CAMPS 8, NSW 30, notes full facilities and honesty box payment.NOT TRUE I'm afraid in March 2017. All the power posts have been locked up with a bunch of padlocks.Only open facility is a small old style toilet block (2stalls) full of mossies.Plus a...

Hi All This is no doubt a popular topic but search as I may I haven't found any specific answers to my question. I have a 2011 Windsor Genesis 535 poptop with 12V halogen lights throughout and I'd like to replace them with LEDs (for better light and energy conservation). Problem is (and doesn't seem to...

Hi there, I'm a newbie to the forum and just wanted to introduce myself. I currently reside in Melbourne and am slowly outfitting my new Hyundai IMAX van as a camper. Over the years I have travelled a lot overseas and now I'm hankering to see the rest of Aus. Cheers, Jewel

Hi All Has anyone converted their Hyundai Imax into a campervan? I'm keen to find out if you have and the changes you made as I'm currently investigating my options. I'm based in Brisbane. Many thanks Jo

hi all happy new year does anybody know if it is possible to take the newiq3 box from home and use it when travelling if you use a portable sat dish. Thanks for any replies

The wife and I are thinking of a motor home, so, we're after some information: Mileage, layout, shower/toilet or not, power roof and so on. Either ute based or van based, happy for any help.

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...