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Yesterday I had a nice young lady knock on my door selling raffle tickets on behalf of The Prince Of Wales Hospital which is 160km away in Sydney. When I asked her how much for a ticket she gave me a long spool about all the different options I had starting from $30 up to well over $100 (ongoing per month) - th...

We are camped at Cosy Corner WA just outside Albany,we have 480 watts on the roof 3x120ah batteries 40 amp dcdc solar regulater,first day sunny blue sky ,the most voltage 14.4 8 amps ,we have had very little sun for the last few days.Since then 13.7volts and about 5 amps.Today blowing a gale,overcast 1...

What are your recommendations for the BBQ, I plan to fit it into the tunnel boot which goes across the front of the van. The size of the boot is 330 x 630. I have had a roll out system fitted which will extend out appro 90 cms. Might add a drop down adjustable leg to be on the safe side. So the best BBQ to purchas...

If you are happy with the way your mobile phone/modem is working then this thread is not for you. However if you are looking for a way to obtain decent resolution of the Received Signal Strength Indicator and set up various other involved aspects of your mobile connection then you may well be intereste...

I'm looking at awnings for my Mazda T3500, so far the Fiamma 45s 4m looks the goods to me. Any other suggestions/recommendations before I shell out that much coin?

Going to have to get a new email address, and this means apparently I have to close my present address and be issued with a new one. The spam mail is getting out of hand, and seems that it will never stop. The mistake I have made is using my primary email address for general use, and so I can't just change it at...

Hi everyone, well I decided to spend some extra cash and bought a new 12/24/240 v new fridge, against a household one, I had a fair bit of negative feed back on putting one in a motorhome. Now I am asking what is the best way to secure the top to a wall without screwing a plate from the back of the fridge t...

We will be starting our big lap in a couple of months and wanted to see if anyone uses trip planners or just picked a direction.

A lot of posts I don't want to read, so I check the "Mark all as read" box, but next session the posts all come up as unread again, except for those that I have opened. Is this normal? It would certainly tidy up my page if that button worked for me.

This stunning engineering feat, the Norwegean Atlantic Road, is built OVER several small islands and reefs, and is crossed by 8 bridges, several roads and overpasses.... You can see an RV on the left in its Freecamp?....plus of course fjords...how did they build it over the small islands etc....n...

On our last trip on the outward journey I towed our van 160kms under highway conditions at between 90KPH and 100KPH with no detectable sideways motion. On the return trip a few times the sway was so noticeable I had to slow down to control it (both ways there was little or no crosswind). The only differen...

fresh warning over swimming...... Northern Territory Park Rangers are warning people to stay out of Top End rivers and creeks, after a large salt-water crocodile was pulled from a waterway in the Litchfield National Park. The 3.3-metre crocodile was caught in the Lower Cascade waterway in Litchf...

Washington, D C 2120-September 1, 1945 To: D A MacArthur/C H Nimitz From: H S Truman Political Correctness is a doctrine, recently fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and promoted by a sick mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a tu...

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Hi all as can probably tell we are very new to the grey nomad stuff. Both Sue & I would appreciate any comments regarding van purchases we will be buying a 3.5 Tonne Ute of some sort now what Van to buy we are not poptop people so we are looking for a van that will sleep 4 with ensuite etc Thanks Wayne

good morning Everyone. Does anyone know a place for us to stay from melnbourne to seymour that has train access near it. thanks

I am not sure if this is fair dinkum or pie in the skyPerhaps some of the more electric technical members, have been watching this development more closely than I have, and will come along and give their inputMy interpretation of the article below is that a battery manufacturer has said that he can half...

Well today job was to get my panels working again so I asked Mr McGoogle for help how to test the panel easy he says , so out to McRoof I go and sure enough one is not working, so off the roof with him it was , and on to mr McBench for a continuity test on the wires in the junction box lid off and found the little tin...

Glad to be on your forum. Just wondering if there was advice out there as to the wisdom of driving across the Great Central Highway in a 2015 diesel Forester towing a Avan Cruise Liner? Thanks