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One day Nick's wife asked him "What will he do if she were to die".Nick replied "I'll also die". She asked him "Why?"Nick replied "Well, you know I have a heart condition and most likely I would not be able to tolerate that much happiness".

I find this the easiest way to keep informed and then I search for other topics I have an interest in.

We want to travel to Moree from Port Macquarie Walcha hwy is still closed during the day for traffic, so we are looking at going via coffs. We only have a 1.6 ton poptop Any comments or thoughts please about that route.

Hi All, Has anyone installed a house inverter split system on their caravan? Pro's / Con's? Some have some good specs relating to power consumption & setting up solar / battery. E.g in the 500W-800W range Thanks -- Edited by Ondway2grey on Thursday 7th of March 2024 08:04:40 AM

Hi all, just a quick intro---- Matt'n Kezz here, how you all doin? We live in North East Victoria, a lovely part of the world i must say. We recently purchased a Nova caravan for local trips, and extended trips away. Our main trip in the near future is from here, NEV...to WA up the coast of WA and across to Da...

Hi all thanks for having us. -- Edited by pavalige on Wednesday 6th of March 2024 11:17:57 PM

One night outside a small town, a fire started inside the local chemical plant. In the blink of an eye, it exploded into massive flames. The alarm went out to all fire departments for miles around. When the volunteer fire fighters appeared on the scene, the chemical company president rushed to the f...

Hi All, Looking to see what others have as a list of items they check prior to purchasing a used caravan. Mechanical: Drawbar, hitch, tyres (date), brakes, suspension, pop top, awning Watch outs: Rust / visible cracks / uneven wear / sag Internal: Fridge, A/C, cupboards, windows, burners/oven, wat...

I just met this Australian fella who works in IT...I said:Do you come from a LAN down under?".

A blonde guy gets home early from work and hears strange noises coming from the bedroom. He rushes upstairs to find his wife naked on the bed, sweating and panting. Whats up? he says. Im having a heart attack, cries the woman.He rushes downstairs to grab the phone, but just as hes dialing, his 4-year-ol...

A couple of questions , is it possible to do this on sealed roads? Any suggestions on a stop over half way to 3/4s of the way there ? Any recommendations for a good road map ? non electronic. Im on a ship just now and internet not great at times so maybe a while before I answer, but I will answer thanks... Jus...

Had a look over the forum before joining and was most impressed with all the info and help, my wife and I are coming over from the UK to drive from Sydney to Perth in a 2 berth camper, I did this when I was 9 , my mum and dad 5 of us kids and a Corgi pup called Dinkum, in a 66 Holden station wagon, in 1970, not a lot of s...

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One restaurant prefers to hire married men. (They're used to taking orders.) -- Edited by aussie_paul on Tuesday 5th of March 2024 07:25:17 PM

Firstly thankyou for accepting hubby and I to this site. Question: We want to travel to hot Springs Moree. Our concern is getting up the Gibraltar Mountains. We have a 20 foot caravan around 2.5 being pulled by a Nissan Navara. OOur question would it be better to drive to tenterfield and head to moree...

Hi all think we are past members but likely got lost in system from years past. I posted a picture of our latest van on the other section where our rigs are shown. Thanks for having us again anyway. Regards Greg and Jen Eltham, Melbourne

Recently picked up a 15' Hard Top with extendable rear section (extra 2 foot) in Melbourne. Mostly Chinese made but quite surprised at the finish on it. Aluminium frame although we are unlikely going off the bitumen. We have had a few vans over the years, sell up and say that's it. But... yes the lure to s...

On my Viscount Newport the weight is shown as Tare 1150 and GVM 1450 Allowing 300 kg for Food Clothes Booze and water as well as house battery I want to add another water tank and I am sure it will put me over the GVM weight I will put it on the weighbridge to find out the answer but I wondered has anyone had an i...

I have been looking at the pop top rear door awning with walls supplied by Adelaide annex and caravans. Does anyone have feed back on this? Smith