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Hi all; My wife and my self have moved from the mainland over to Tasmania. A big move for both of us, anyway we have a 2012 caravan that we bought brand new and had it put over the pits ( roadworthy ) to re reg for Tasmania. Being 4 years old one would think their would be not a lot to go wrong. One thing that...

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As are couple of nomads who travelled with there mutt we know how hard good dog sitters are so now weve set up in Broome for a while we are offering a good friendly dog sitting while your here more info merv 0427053848 we will also be offering a full size 21ft van that is pet friendly for rent as there is 1 park...

Hi all in the Grey Nomads Forum. Liz and Glen here from Blue Mountains NSW Australia Retired but busier ten when we worked! Have an Avan Francis, towing vehicle Nissan Navara Diesel. Into our second 'van now

Nearly there is what I am constantly saying to myself as both me and er indoors wait patiently for the house to sell, replace the Jeep with a D-mux and take ownership of the 20 footer then, we will be there. So hopefully, we hope to see you all there out in the wild blue yonder. Happy travelling from two soon...

Hello all. New member from Gold Coast joining to learn from and contribute to various discussions. Wife and I are mad, keen surfers and golfers in our mid 50's, preparing for retirement in May 2018 and on our second custom built Toyota Hiace Auto 3.0lt Turbo diesel campervan.

Be alert and be hungry. A truck has crashed carrying cheese. We repeat: a truck carrying a delicious cheesy cargo has rolled and the area is currently curd-oned off. As The Canberra Times reports, emergency services were called to the crash on the Hume Highway, south of the tiny village of Breadalban...

Emergency services are on standby across South Australia as the state prepares for possible record rainfalls, severe thunderstorms and damaging winds. One of the almost 224,000 lightning strikes which happened across SA on Wednesday and early Thursday. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11...

We have two small dogs and they are keen (and we are too) of caravanning with us all over Australia in the next few months. Whats your experience in taking your pets. I know you cannot go into National Parks with them but are most caravan parks pet friendly? thx

After being married for thirty years, a wife asked her husband to describe her. He looked at her for a while, then said, "You're an alphabet wife..... A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K." She asks ... "What the heck does that mean?" He said,"Adorable, Beautiful, Cute, Delightful, Elegant, Foxy, Gorgeous, an...

Excellent location and sites . John and Deb manage the park and are adding more drive thoughts and amenities. Book ahead as this is a great place to stay .

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We lost some keys - somewhere - the outside locker ones - one of which is for the gas bottles -rang Northside Caravan Repairs, 2/22 Dellamarta Road, Wangara. They said bring it in (motorhome) we'll see what we can do - get there, guy comes out with a box of keys - starts trying them in all the affected lock...

Hi, We are planning to travel across the top end from Cairns to Darwin next April after the wet with our 23ft caravan and Ford Ranger. I'm sure this information is available somewhere, but we just can't find it - what is the Northern most route we can take on sealed roads. We don't want to go off-road, bu...

Talking to a coupla Solar installers doing a home up oyr srtreet. (60% here have Solar on roof now.) We were talking panels. Longevity. reliability. Change in SOME of the Chinese equipment (For the better in some cases). Also we were talking battery packs for home. (Smaller for vans, M\Homes etc.) ...

Had a phillips head screwdriver slip today, and it went right through a finger. Have got plenty of scars on hands due to a life of doing stuff, but I can tell you this hurt more for a little while, than most anything else. I don't recommend it. Does feel somewhat better now though after a few hours. Cheers,...

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I received my renewal for van insurance today and was gobsmacked at the extra $305 price increase on last year's premium. The van is insured for 51k and I'm now paying $1324. After phoning them to complain they did reduce the price a little. Yes, I know you only get what you pay for etc but I don't know h...