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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...

There is a 20-50 per cent chance a cyclone will form off the Northern Territory on Tuesday or Wednesday, and if it does it will likely head towards the Kimberley Coast, weather forecasters say."That monsoon trough is sitting pretty close to our north coast at the moment," Bureau of Meteorology senio...

Whilst on our last tour I decided I would get a Trailamate Jockey Wheel. My old jockey wheel seemed to be getting harder to wind etc. Noticed that Repco were advertising 60% off towing equiptment. So went to our local store and asked if they had a Trailamate in stock. They had one only. The salesman check...

howdy all.am seeking opinions on the above hwy for 2.3t van towd by 4wd. best to go Grafton Glen or do reverse coming down. I am aware of the steepness of the gwydir..thanks..Merry Christmas to all...cheers Crocodile.

I'm losing the skills required to reverse towed vehicles. I'm considering the idea of installing a tow hitch to the front of my 2006 Hilux. Please share experiences/advantages/disadvantages of such a set-up.

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Gday... Cheers - John

Gday To all on this wonderful forum, Pam and I wish you a happy and safe Xmas and an even better 2017. May you travels be long, your home be on wheels and your fuel bill be low. Cheers

See pictures. Had this triangle piece made up by my local upholsterer, love it, keeps the sun, wind and rain out when needed. $50 included eyelets and velcro. Supplied my own shadecloth.

just wondering if others rotate their tyres whilst van is not being used for a couple of months to prevent flat spots. if so how often would you do it? cheers

Seven people have been rescued after spending hours in the notoriously crocodile-infested waters at Cahill's Crossing near Kakadu after their car was washed off a flooded road. The four-wheel-drive stalled and was washed off Oenpelli Road and onto rocks in the East Alligator River about 8:00 on T...