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Some months ago I was able to find a similar type product as per http://www.stornboat.com/this site available here in Australia.Unfortunately I am unable to locate same.It looks like a great concept. It looks like a POD and the base remains on the vehicle whilst the boat is very portable and easy t...

Just had my Mitsubishi challenger in for its first timing belt change, apparently the manifolds are just about completely carboned up, it's a big job to remove all the bits, and an even bigger job to remove the baked on carbon,it's a problem with just about all modern Diesel engines because of emissio...

FOR THOSE NOMADS INTERESTED AND IF YOU ARE IN THE TOWNSVILLE AREA 9th to 11th September at Reid Park Townsville Moorey

Hello everyone, We are in the market for a new 21ft caravan, most of which have a "slide out". My question to anyone out there - what is the general opinion of these "slide outs"? My husband feels that it would be just another mechanical thing that could go wrong,( at the wrong time,) when travelling arou...

Here in broome it has been rather wet for this time of year. No idea on how much rain we have had but i am told that the first day of rain was more than any august total on record. Has since rained another day. Cant wait for more wildflowers to come out after this wet

Mr T is my very first teddy bear given to me when I was in hospital for the first few years of my life. i think he's about 45 years old now and I still give him a hug from time to time .Bruce and Julian were mums teds so i adopted them and "the captain" is my co pilot when I fly my planes in flight simulator... which...

Just wondering if there any forum members who geocache - a brilliant on the road hobby/game

Hi Nomads Seeking advice please on planning for a big lap. Where to start ? 1 ) Have the rig ( new ) 2) Have all the accessories 3) Have the finance / income 4) Planning to start on long term travel from ( Sydney ) Autumn next year and assume heading Northwards at that time Please all advice / experie...

Woolworths posts loss of $1.2b; food, petrol sales slumpWoolworths has posted a full year loss of $1.23 billion a slump of 157.5 per cent from the year prior, hammered by its failed home improvement venture, a downturn in Big W sales, and as food and petrol sales also slumped.Woolworths has announce...

We left Euroa on 22 April 2016 driving our Hyundai i30 and 10'6" homebuilt van. Just a few comments you might enjoy. All just our opinion. The small 10" wheels rotated about 10 million times The Chinese bearings held up OK The shower portapotti in such a tiny van was worth the effort also to enabl...

Hi, can anyone tell me how much the rego is per year for the above mentioned Hino, either in Qld or Nsw. I am now on the pension, so I guess there is concession. thanks

I just thought that many of our merry band of brothers and sisters would like to hear this. Made me tear up a bit! Having had ANZAC Day commemorations and memorials, this Lady felt inspired to pay her own tribute to our brave ANZAC's, including both of her Great Grandfather's.Sadly, neither of them m...

Hi all. We are heading for Barossa Valley and Flinders Ranges in November for a few weeks. Any heads up on the best free camp sites in those areas ? We are fairly new to free camping so any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers

I am not a Motor Mechanic or any type of ElectricianRecently I had the pleasure of the windscreen wipers stop workingBy elimination I traced the fault to the motor mechanismThe stalk looked OK to my untrained eyeI removed the windscreen wiper motor mechanism, and found an obvious faultSee the attac...

Situated on the Campaspe River about 15 km from Elmore and about 20 km from Greens Lake and 5 km from Elmore Field Days site. A lovely extensive grassed and FLAT area beside the river. Toilet block and Dump Point. Tracks are well formed and gravel surface...no mud. Popular today with about 15 to 20 vans a...

Whilst on 240 volt heating hot water the pump started running and hot water spewed out of an overflow. I switched the 240 off water continued to run out with the pump running emptying my main storage tank. Any ideas. Thanks

Usual disclaimer, I have no affiliation, just a happy customer I required a windscreen wiper motor for my Fiat Ducato 2006 Motorhome, chassis model ZFA 244 This model was made between 2002 and 2006 Previous and later models have a different windscreen wiper motorThe only Fiat Commercial dealer in W...

When crossing on the ferry how do you keep your fridge going in the caravan ???. Apparently you can't use gas & there's no power available so what's the answer.

We are just getting organised to become Grey Nomads. We have sold our house and have no contacts here that we can use as a mail address. One option is to rent a Post Office Box and then get mail sent on from that to whereever we happen to be. Does anyone know of other options ?.

Julie Andrews Turning 79 - this is hysterical! To commemorate her birthday, actress/vocalist, Julie Andrews made a special appearance at Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall for the benefit of the AARP. One of the musical numbers she performed was 'My Favorite Things' from the legendary movie '...