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For Sale, Trailermate Hydraulic Jack with Base Plate only and Chassis Lifter Attachment. No oil leaks. $120.00. Ph.0417616300. Midland, Perth, WA. -- Edited by KevKim37 on Wednesday 24th of August 2016 01:33:23 PM

Gday... Can I safely connect a 5W solar panel without a regulator directly to my car battery permanently without causing any issues whatsoever? Or what are the problems I'm going to encounter? cheers - John

Apex Riverbeach Holiday Park owner Daryl Beasy said the expected flood would be his first in 12 years of owning the park. "We've been told that by November 5, we will be one metre under water, so we're busily packing up to move everything out at the moment," he said. "We've got two 40-foot shipping conta...

G'day! This time it's an enquiry about the, "REVITIVE, ISO Rocker" Friends reckon that old farts like me, who insist on doing 30 klm. pushbike rides every morning, over gravel roads, and uphill, most of the way, should buy one of these machines. Your opinions, please. Regards. Pipes.

Hi everyone, Just a brief intro: My wife June and I are recently retired (although I still claim to be only semi-retired!) and now looking forward to some road travelling adventures. We are very much wet-behind-the-ears newbies having never owned a van before. We did a fair bit of research on variou...

Hi All I am not a Tech but electronics is a hobby of mine. Has been for many years. I am a (full call) licensed Amateur Radio Operator and to pass these exams you must have some knowledge. I buy radios not working and repair them when I have time. For years I have been making battery desulfators. Do they work...

Been perusing the variouse new Vans being built today and with the odd general enquiry i ask "What Type of Frame "does the Van have ??...And its mostly between timber or alloy and the argument against either is that one is suseptible to rot and the other to stress cracking ??... Would be interesting to h...

We where going to Forbes and Dubbo ,not sure about the floods and mozzie situation, any update please, cheers

Has anybody had the experience of staying on a farm with their self contained caravan in south east Queensland? If so where and your impressions would be welcome.

Hello, does anyone here on the forum have any association with the Woodline in Lakewood from the 60's? I was just a kid then, and maybe you were to :) Take care and kind regards Kisha.

Today I got what I suspect is the same one that every aged pensioner got (via mygov). Looks a little like I'll spend a bit to save a bit. Solar panels are looking good. Several nomad friends recommend them They are sending power back to the grid when travelling (even tough it's not a lot of money). Last nig...

Once again we left it too late to see the best of the W.A. Wildflowers, Here are a few, we did managed to find, these were found North east of North hampton, around 500km North of Perth........ K.J. -- Edited by kiwijims on Saturday 8th of October 2016 05:10:04 PM

One week to go for our Omeo High Country Caravan & RV Muster on the Omeo Golf Course!!! -- Edited by jimboz on Friday 28th of October 2016 01:12:22 PM -- Edited by jimboz on Friday 28th of October 2016 01:17:56 PM

TO ANYONE THINKING OF REPOWERING YOUR 80 SERIES WITH A Chevy 6.5 V8 TURBO DIESEL Just a word of advice to anyone thinking of re powering their 80series Land Cruisers with a 6.5 Turbo Diesel V8 Chevy, while...

We are thinking about doing a trip to the UK next august and maybe hiring a motorhome to explore in. Just wondering if anybody else on the forum has done the UK this way recently and can tell us what the situation is with free camping as we do here in oz.

Hi, So hubby was on a site last night and they recommended that you use RV toilet paper in your rig. Do you use this? as opposed to the normal one. I had not heard of it at all. The other thing they mentioned was an RV toildet brush. That got me that one, I thought a toilet brush was a toilet brush,...

A farmer decided* he wanted to go to town and see a movie.The ticket agent asked, "sir, what's that on your shoulder?The old farmer said, "that's my pet rooster chuck.Wherever i go, chuck goes." "i'm sorry sir," said the ticket agent "we can't allow animals in the theater."the old farmer went around...

Well it happened, Yes we came a cropper in the centre of WA, after been a member of the NRMA for 43 years I finally use our comprehensive insurance to make a claim, after our little mishap. On our first adventure with our van. Not a big cropper by many standards.( Cause of my driving skills )We needed to r...

any recommendations for rear drawers to be installed in a Landcruiser

Hi all just a quick question, is it better to have regulator in van close to batteries on portable panels or on panels? Burgo