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hi all, just wondering whether you use melamine or China dinnerware. If melamin, are there any particular brands that are not recommended?

We are planning upgrading our van over the next couple of years preparing for retirement. I have been wondering what those on the road for long periods or permanently do to keep their clothes stored and neat. Presently we are only away for a few days at a time and tend to live out of the suitcase. Interest...

A box of snack & sandwich size clip lock bags are handy to carry. Cost around $2 each at the supermarket. I put dog bones individually in the freezer. Individual pieces of meat in the fridge, freezer. Good for left over food. Good for a few biscuits in the back pack. Good to store insulation tape, st...

I have been living in a caravan for the past 2 years and one of the things a small space is unforgiving of is things that stink. In my case I am very anti deodorants and sprays and underarm mustard gas. I am one of those folk that just gag over any of those products designed to hide "bad" smells. O...

My brother inlaw suggested that when we pick up our new van next week we use our iPad to video the handover instructions as it is a lot easier than trying to take notes while someone is talking. He has been a van owner for many years and did this a few months ago when he and his wife picked up their new van. He sa...

We currently a very large sink with a molded plastic cover and the cover is suppose to " give us extra space." But the cover is very flimsy so we are toying with taking the molded shape cover to a cabinet maker and have them make an identical laminex bench top timber cover. However we will also want...

We've all heard it - most morning in any camp - the toaster, no matter where you place it causes the smoke alarm to go off. Well not in our MH anymore! I make toast in a square frypan on the stove, or if on power in electric toaster - no matter what I do - have the fan on, wave teatowel around, even wrapped a teat...

Hi everyone i have just about enough of telstra ie email no go etc. has any one found a better provider for mobile internet /data allowance. i know we are limited in data allowance howe ever someone might have had better luck than me many thanks mark and kerry

I am posting for friends who have a 98? jayco discovery van, they love to free camp, travel etc, so with so much information within the forum they were thinking that someone, possibly may have an idea how they could incorporate a toilet/shower within the van.( due to health problems and down to only the...

https://hukaroa.blogspot.com.au I do not update so often now but my first 4 years of travel are on there.

Hi all, better late than never. We are still "out there" but the past few months have been a bit quiet as we moved from Millmerran towards Brisbane for our Christmas House sit and time with the grandies. Sorry I got so far behind with my blogs, but I didn't think there was much happening in our travels of...

Yes, We've done it. Parked up permanently at a caravan park on Saturday. There was a bit of a mixup as they had forgotten which site we had organised to go on & someone else was on that site. So they put us on a temporary site for a couple of days. But the temporary site is so good we have decided to sta...

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I see this forum has 15,500 registered members, I know that probably half have gone, but even so that would leave nearly 800 current members. Reading the different posts this morning and I usually concentrate on "General", "Techies" and "I Digress", just about every one went into nit picking while t...

Gday... Cheers - John

arrived the other day with their new TeePee and two girl friends in tow for one night. I took them to the bus stop the next morning so they can go back to Byron Bay until I pick them up on way up to Townsville for Winter.

Just letting you all know that the free camp at Kershaw Gardens is again open for self contained campers. it's been closed for nearly a year (since the cyclone) and has taken this long to repair the problems, exposed asbestos medical waste sharps etc. I hope this will help some of you in the future trip p...

2016/17 Jayco Jay Flight 28 [new ultra-light model Feb 17]Weight only 2,850 Kilos loaded new composite ultra-light weight construction in all Jayco Elite Package 2017 modelsTow ball weight only 260 kilos see below free weight distribution system & free rear camera package.Suspension: Ja...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEuLRrz6690 They call it BLM over there but I see nothing like it here from our parks services... Hope I'm wrong... Cheers -- Edited by Cloak on Sunday 5th of February 2017 04:21:12 PM

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...