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Two old guys, one 80 and one 87, were sitting on their usual park bench one morning.The 87 year old had just finished his morning jog and wasn't even short of breath.The 80 year old was amazed at his friend's stamina and asked him what he did to have so much energy.The 87 year old said; "Well, I eat Italian b...

We recently camped for a week at Nug Nug campground 10kms south of Myrtleford in NE Victoria, a lovely place run by volunteers. Charges are $5/person per night, $5/night extra for power. We were talking to Jim the nice old guy who comes around once a day to collect fees. He was saying to us that many peopl...

We spent 3 weeks in the NT during September. We flew from Melbourne to Darwin, hired a vehicle & spent most of the time in Kakadu National Park, Adelaide River & Pine Creek. Here are a few of the bird images that we captured. We're now in North Central Victoria as part of a 7 week caravanning trip....

Do any of the solo's on the forum get the living alone allowance? If so is it worth chasing? Regards Chris

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Have a quick question. What is the best road out of Wollongong heading North. We are in Shellharbour heading for central coast

Collapsible plastic 20 litre water containers with tap and carry handle are on sale for $10.00 atm at BCF in SA at least. Not sure if it is a national sale. Cheers, John.

Yellow Waters sunset cruise. -- Edited by The Belmont Bear on Saturday 19th of November 2016 11:30:20 AM -- Edited by The Belmont Bear on Saturday 19th of November 2016 11:30:44 AM -- Edited by The Belmont Bear on Sunday 20th of November 2016 10:16:26 AM

Gday... By pure accident I found Willie Retreat, 110Km north of Warren NSW. I was looking for a quiet different place to stay in the bush and the map shows a large green patch, called Macquarie Marshes up north of Warren. I had no knowledge of this area so I dragged out the CAMPS book and found that smack in...

Has anyone got an evakool 12v 210lt caravan fridge and are they any good looking at changing our domestic 3 way we have 650 watt solar and 400ah battery cheers for any help mick

it was nice to be able to spend a few days at Greens Estate this week. Nice to meet old friends and meet new friends. What a special place this is. Nice to be there for the 'super moon' too.

Lorraine and I are quite safe after the earthquakes over here. At our house in Hamilton we were woken in our bed just after midnight. Lorraine said, "earthquake". Brandt thought she was rocking the bed and didn't take much notice. Then she put the light on. The vertical blinds were swaying back and for...

Its been nearly 12 months since we picked up our Kokoda van semi off road & headed to WA for 2 months then back to Sydney . we have had a few problems on the way but the after sales service has been great all things where fixed asap .Even when ordering the van there was no problems with changing things...

It appears that our 100 amp AGM battery is about to die. This time we are looking at installing 2 batteries. Preferably thinking 120amp agm deep cell. What would be the best batteries to buy???. We bush camp a lot and like to charge all our phones and computers as well as watch foxtel. I would not have a clu...

Wouldnt it be great if there was such a park that provided: - Free accommodation - Free food - free power - unlimited caravan stays Land wouldnt be a problem its cheap in many places, local wildlife could provide the food and wind turbine for power.

The finace dept and my good self arre setting up to do the big trek 2014 Mazda bt50 van supreme executive 2015 need some advice on the best or views on anti sway nd weight distribution

Has any one had a Denso roof top A/C fitted to their van. If so are they any quieter than the Dometic, Ibis and others. Would love to get something a little les noisy. Phil

The incense sticks with the metal core are actually sparklers.

" Hey , when we hit the road what are we going to do about freezing/freezer space ? " I couldnt answer her . I mean , we have done all the thinking about our setup including solar v generator , self containment (grey/black water etc ) and so on and so on . But I had to be honest , I hadnt thought about long term...

Hi All, Just like to make a comment re campfires. It amazes me wherever we go to set up camp there is almost always someone who sets a fire that would power a small town. I just don't understand why people have to have a huge fire, they start off sitting in a group around the fire pit then as it builds to a huge...