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Two tropical cyclones possible in waters off WA coast over next two days: BOM There is a high likelihood of a tropical cyclone forming off Western Australia's north-west coast on Tuesday or Wednesday, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has warned. It is the second warning for a possible tropical cyclo...

Why should I put a fuse in both the positive AND negative leads of my CB radio?Why fuse the negative lead? VERY good question. I'll try to explain. Vehicles use the chassis/frame for some of their DC grounds. The negative lead of the battery is attached to the chassis and usually the engine block. The ca...

A few images of the indigenous rock art galleries at Nourlangie & Ubirr in Kakadu National Park NT. We found them fascinating.

I have an issue with my toilet area. When I removed the cassette for cleaning there is FRESH water gathering under the cassette. A lot of water not just a drip. Maybe a cup and a half. I have felt around to see if any pipes are leaking or any joins are not quite right but cannot find anything. Has anyone had an...

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Sorry all but it is sort of related to this section of the forum and hit my sick sense of humour's funny bone.

Hello and Christmas greetings to Dave & Doug and everyone else down there! Just back in Brisbane after a longer than expected stay in Thailand. So don't think I can get down there this time around as it means travel too far, too fast, at the wrong time of year. I'm only just back on the road again getti...

Hi all. Some people wonder why we go free camping ? We are heading for the Bermagui area in January. Bermagui caravan park are $60 for powered site and $48 for unpowered. Narooma Big 4 are full for power and want, WAIT FOR IT, $72 for an unpowered site. That is per night on their website. Now who else believ...

Quarantine inspections have netted more than17,500kg of items at WA border this yearFor any first timers, I can confirm that they are very thorough, when checking your vehicleLink belowhttp://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-16/busy-year-wraps-up-for-eucla-quarantine-inspectors/8127...

Just bought my Christmas Tree from the market and the man said if I kept it healthy by giving it plenty of light and water he would even come and take it away for me come February! What a great deal and nice young man he was!! K.J.

I have a battery powered lawnmower which until now has been faultless and usually gets through the mowing duties of the whole yard no problem. Its a 24 volt 10ah sealed lead acid. I always touch it up by charging for about an hour before each use and let it cool after use and store fully charged. The batte...

Heavy rainfall, large hailstones lash south-east after BOM issues warning. As of 5:30pm (AEST) more than 10,000 homes had lost power, Energex said.The State Emergency Service was responding to more than 100 calls for help, mostly for leaky roofs and fallen trees.Queensland Police reported on Tw...

Hi We are new to caravaning but due to my wife's health problems we have decided to pack up and travel Australia. We intend to buy our first caravan and have been looking around before going to Melbourne Caravan show in Feb. At the moment we have been impressed with JB Dreamline and Opal caravans as these...

HI Team Enjoying the forums and can see how helpful and fun everyone is. Terrific. I was wondering if anyone had purchased Lithium batteries to use as house batteries in a caravan or motorhome. Ours collapses after working on corregated roads these last few months and want a robust solution. Hubby...

Hi All Just had a bit of a poke around the van today and took a look underneath. I left my front water tank empty last trip and when I went to ensure the water tank drain valve was in the off position it just fell off in my hand! The John Guest fitting had undone itself and was just hanging on to the end of the drai...

almost the same as the Companion EZYWASH. The only difference seems to be the sticker. We have changed to a Companion Twin Tub as our wrists cannot wring items well enough. Used for 1 trip. Selling for $30 Deliver anywhere in Brisbane.

Just curious to know if anyone has an awning specifically to fit a Toyota hiace rear door ... canvas preferred . We have a fiama side awning and would like to extend liveable space by opening up rear tail gate with a privacy awning of some kind . Realise a tarp just thrown over the tail gate would work but is...

Two irishman decided they would go cut their own Christmas tree...they walked for miles...up and down hills...looking for the perfect tree...finally one turned to the other and said...."We're cutting the next tree we find....whether it has lights or not"..

Hi fellow caravaners! We've just had 2 x 150 batteries connected in our Jayco Conquest motorhome and they left the 1 x 90 battery in as well. When we were adventuring we met people at a caravan park that we stayed at who had said that you have to have the same size batteries in and that they had 2 x 150. Will...

Greetings All,We left home in early May to travel around Australia for 6 months. Unfortunately when we got to Wallaroo in SA. 2 things happened. 1 was the big storms that hit and took all the power out in SA,we were lucky in that the power came back on during the night,but the cyclonic winds continued for...