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When towing I have always driven in drive. Recently some one suggested I should drive in S4 or S5. Comments please.

I have purchaxed a Toyota campervan and vant to fit a 'box' on a frame which can swing 90degree to allow the back door to open. Have anyone some suggestions.!

We are about a month from leaving for a two year trip to WA and are in the process of downsizing the stuff to lcarry. One item that comes to mind is our high lift jack. We do not intend to get off road very often with dirt roads being the furthest from the seal that we will get. So the question is "do we leave it at...

Could anyone with intimate knowledge of the Adelaide Hills please give me a view on towing a van through & around there? I'm looking at approaching Adelaide from the north on A1/A17 to Glen Osmond, then on to Mt Barker via Stirling on M1 & B37. Any mega climbs or tricky spots to avoid? Will leave...

A big welcome to all new Nomads who have recently subscribed to this very informative Forum. There is a (sticky) post called WHO IS THIS on the top of the page in the I DIGRESS Forum, which is a competition that has been running continuously now for a long period of time, where people post photos of famous...

I need some advice re exhaust jacks. Bushranger have two models. One sells for around $200 and can only be inflated from the vehicle exhaust (Model 72x04). The other (called the x-jack - model 72x10) sells for around $340 and can be inflated with the exhaust or a compressor. Both have a 75 cm lift and ar...

Could any one tell me if a honda 2i can run a herron air command in a jayco and in hot weather looking at getting one if they work well

In case it's of interest to anyone, I'm prompted to post this since it was touched on in another thread today (there may have been other threads on this topic, so apologies if it duplicates): As we all know, many people are dumping the landline to go fully mobile, we did it about 2 years ago. Apart from eli...

Planning next stop. Where on the Adelaide river NT to camp and best place to see the crocs? Thanks again.

Moana Caravan Park is on he Bruce Hwy about 10 klm north of Sarina, Qld and about 30 Klm south of Mackay. Its a small park but has clean amenities with heaps of hot water and great water pressure, camp kitchen, green grass, concrete slab, power and water. We have pulled in here for the night on our way north...

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Can anyone tell me if it's OK to leave the van supported on the legs to take the weight off the tyres. My van is 2500kgs, stored in a shed on concrete floor. I have a trailer Mate jack to lift each side an let it down on the legs. Thanks, (Couldn't find any weight limits for drop down legs)! GP

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Suggestions would be appreciated for places to stop crossing the nullarbor. We are looking for a powered site and friendly travellers and hosts.

During a recent visit to the Barron River at Cairns, a couple of visitors said they had forgotten to bring bread to feed the ducks. Vets and Park rangers discourage this activity as it causes health and behaviour problems for the animals as well as, uneaten bread changes the water quality, causing blu...

Just a heads up on Photobucket. Photobucket users held to ransomThis from Woodwork forums To all Photobucket users. Please be advised that Photobucket is holding its members to ransom and will/has stopped photos from being used on 3rd party sites. Because of this there could once again be a loss of...

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Hello All, The email notifications that arrive when there is a new reply to a topic used to include links that if clicked would take you to the topic. They are no longer clickable and I was wondering, is it just me or is this new to the forum? Cheers JeffRae

Hi All, Getting back to caravaning after a 30 year break, wow have caravans improved in the meantime. We developed a list of places along the area where we lived before and the areas we frequented that was friendly for stopping with a caravan. Like, this town has parallel parking close to a coffee shop o...

If any of you good People are racing West to see this year's Wildflowers, You can all take your time, there is very little to see at present, Here is an up-to-date report on where they are, or rather where they haven't appeared as yet, The report does say that late rains have helped, lets hope the rain has...