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Hi all.....I've been getting the newsletters for years and always thought I was a member here until I went to post something the other day. Anyways....all rectified and joined up. I've been on the road (this time) for nearly 6 years. Car and caravan. I'm a solo traveller. I'm currently finishing up a...

My other half has a question - being first time van owners she would like to know if you ladies usually fit curtains in your RVs to reduce light or are the built in blinds that they come with sufficient ?

does anyone know a cheaper company than telstra that works off the telstra network for internet. Thanks

Just a few shots of Cable Beach from our library of shots from 2015. JohnR

Shots taken at Mission Beach, Atherton, Lake Tinaroo, and The Historic Cumberland Mine Site (The Chimney).

Gday... Good to see there's still plenty of 'GN money' around

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The other day, I was walking around one of those humungus shopping plazas. Just in front of me, a young feller pulled out his wallet, and in doing so, dropped a two dollar coin. I picked it up and offered it to him. His reply was, "No worries, old feller. It's only two dollars!"! Shortly, I bought a cup of co...

I am a newbie so please be gentle to me.. Lol.. yep as I decided to live life and start getting organised... finally! After so many years ups and more downs I need to look after myself for a change. Certainly there are a few problems starting to creep up. First I need to sale my unit as I don't have enough fu...

Hi. Is there any way of changing the number of posts per page. It is currently 20 and I would like to change it to 10. Cheers ColP

Hi All.....I am getting prepared to set out on the road as a solo and love to catch up with some other solo travellers and exchange some information over a nice wine.....cannot miss me am in a yellow Fiat Ducato small motorhome.. Cheers all

We originally decided to try the new van without a WDH for the Toyota Hilux ute (2WD petrol) and then purchase one if we thought it necessary. When we picked the van up - filled with water and gas - deflection down on tow ball was 300mm - 302 to be exact. Loaded for this trip deflection down is 365mm. That...

Aussie Paul.

Barry and Tania have a Mazda BT50 and a 21 foot van,hope to give and receive good advice

I have seen many people come and go on this forum in the six years or so that I have been a member. Something I have noticed over the last six months o r so, is the number of members welcoming novice members, and wishing them well. A lot of the "welcomers" are relatively new members themselves, I think that t...

We have a caravan with two solar panels on top which works the caravan quite well. Our tow has a waeco 50 litre fridge which runs off 2 75ah batteries in back which will run fridge for about 4 days without driving vehicle to charge batteries. I have a 120 watt solar panel that I was going to mount on canop...

I have only just noticed that the battery in the TUG (in there when I purchased it) is a calcium battery. A search online brought up some interesting issues/problems with these including charging problems, suddenly going flat, etc. Has anyone had any issues with this type of battery? I recently had t...

Hi folks, Back on the road again on Monday. Just finishing a house sitting at Batlow and heading back to Gulgong to collect the van before heading to Gunnedah for another house sitting. Our suggested route will beBatlow- Gundagai -Cootamundra âYoung-Cowra-Canowindra- Molong Wellington - Gulgon...

We have a thetford tolet in our van that is leaking clan water out between the botom of our toilet and the floor.....has anyone any thoughts on how to fix it, other than take the whole toilet out any feed back would be appreciated thanks in advance kay

You have heard of the horizontal falls, well Greens Lake have a new tourist attraction. The 'HORIZONTAL RAIN' Yep, wind is that strong the rain is falling horizontal. Surf Boards would be handy too.