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Hi All I would like to hear about the difficulty and cost of installing a 240 volt inverter and portable solar panels on my 19 ft Grant tourer (built by Creative prior to liquidation of the company) The van has 2 x 100amp batteries which are now 4 years old and appear to be in reasonable condition. I would...

Could anyone suggest a good caravan park at Hervey bay, not too far from the beach that will take dogs please.

I needed to buy some new shirts and pants. So I went into the shop and went to the Medium size, which I have always been. My dear Wife always purchased my clothes and now I have to do it myself! None of them joined anywhere near the middle! Amazed at my sudden weight gain, I asked for assistance, passed my...

Burkes bakery Euroa. Wow. A good sausage roll has the right amount of onion and has some carrot. Esk bakery has some pearlers! And nice bread. Ive heard Yackandandah bakery has good ones. Where are your favourites?

It looks like BOM (Bureau of Meteorology), are going on strike for three weeksEdit to sayIf we update the weather in our area, on the below link of this forumhttp://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/t47569174/whats-the-weather-like-where-you-are/?page=103&ts=lastThis would be hand...

Driving around today in the balmy 43deg Bahrainian weather I was very disappointed to come across these signs which have been put up in some of the prime camping areas on the island. I thought that the spaghetti work of pipes, bobbing derricks and pungent smell of oil would have been a magnet for free ca...

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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