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Hello everyone. We have just had our new caravan delivered and are busy buying all the extras. A few friends have told me that it's easy to grind down the 15amp caravan plug so it fits into a house socket (although I understand it's illegal) Is it possible to buy a converter so that I can charge the frid...

Well we are off for about three weeks heading to Coober pedy to meet friends then slowly meander back to vic. camped up at the show grounds in Burra tonight had a good meal at the pub with tonights " neighbours " they are from tasie. its a bit chilly here though defiantly going to have to fit a diesel heater...

To my learned friends, I am presently in Innsbruck, Austria and while waiting at the traffic lights this rolled in. I am unable though google to put a brand name on the car. Any ideas, the car is very well restored. The driver had such a big grin.

This morning a group of vans pulled up to use the toilets at the Burke and wills campsite at menindee NSW. A set of caravan keys was found on the ground sometime after they departed. Apparently they were on the way to Mungo NP . A fellow camper has taken the keys into the menindee visitors centre. I am post...

Gday... I have noticed on various threads some confusion on what is Grey and what is Black water. It is probably quite obvious to most, but just for clarification ... grey water - the relatively clean waste water from baths, sinks, washing machines, and other kitchen appliances. black water - ho...

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Calling all Grey people who have any knowledge of someone in the Burpengary area of QLD who could carry out an expert inspection of a caravan my Wife and I wish to purchase. The rig is a Geist XK559 and it looks OK. However, as first time owners of a caravan our knowledge of the matter is almost zero. Any adv...

Hi all, Newbies to the forum & travelling. We are leaving for the Cape in 2 weeks & are a bit confused as to the time & distance estimates we are for travelling between destination. Can anyone suggest an itinerary especially between Coen and the Tip? We have a small tent. Thanks for any...

Hi all, Hope someone can help us...We have leaks in 2 side windows (soaking the mattress of our beds) on our Avan motorhome (As in our avatar) Avan have tried 3 times to fix it Without success! And just ignore us now!!! It appears that the leak is above the hinges at the top of both windows. We have read sugg...

Ma and Pa were two hillbillies living out on a farm up in the hills. Pa has found out that the hole under the outhouse is full. He goes into the house and tells Ma that he doesn't know what to do to empty the hole. Ma says, "Why don't you go ask the young'n down the road? He must be smart 'cause he's a college grad...

Very new to this camping lark. If I pitch my tent at a powered site, can I plug the 15 amp cord from the CP source to a power board in my tent to boil a kettle for instance. Just asking?

Any grey nomads out there fossicking or panning for gold If so where is best place to do this ?

Back again; life has been getting in the way. So.. we had crossed the Nullarbor, and drove into Ceduna just in time to be hit by South Oz's 'Big Storm' in late September '16. We had a good spot in the cara park and suffered no damage. The blow held us up for about a week while we waited for power to be rest...

I mentioned early this month that I had scraped the side of my caravan on a Servo bowser whilst looking for the elusive diesel pump..in a large City Servo in country Victoria... $300 cosmetic damage to my van...it was a light scrape....you won't believe the supposed ""damage"" to the servo bowser, me...

Western Gums Tourist Park 1220 McEwen Road, Kyabram Victoria was establish 12 months ago to benefit the residents of Kyabram and is supported by the Board of the Kyabram Club. Kyabram Club's motto is "where friend meet" my husband James and I were among the parks first guests and returned again this M...

Sheba - saw this today in a post -and immediately thought of you - this is the Eastern Queen of Sheba - from WA - isn't it beautiful? Hope you like it - jules ps - sorry guys for going OT - but it is worth it

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4638224/Britain-s-biggest-warship-set-sail-Forth-Bridge.html

has any one driven this road lately? if so what are the road conditions like, thanks in anticipation of a reply.

Hi No I did not do it, but plenty seem to have My suggestion is to pay attention to what you are doing, but if a mistake is made then this may help. Here is a link that I was given, to a company that is geared to quickly attend to your problem. It has information on the different types of 'wrong fuel' that are p...

Hi guys, has anyone travelled the road between the Three Ways roadhouse in NT and Longreach recently. SOme people have told me that it is in poor condition while others say it's 100%. So confused at the minute as to whether we travel that way back to Albury or just go straight down the Stuart. Any advice m...