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Hi All, As promised, our 70 day trip and what we did and did not. We finally got away at 12.45pm. First stop the weigh station to get the total weights of our rig. We wanted to be ahead of the afternoon traffic heading west to Forbes to visit our son who is a school teacher there. We camped down by the lake, a...

Hi all,I have a 2008 Jayco discovery. I've had the axle over conversion done but now i'm after some 16'' rims to suit. I know the originals are pcd 139.7mm( land cruiser 6 stud) but can anyone tell me the offset that I would be requiring. Thanks in advance.

We have two teenage daughters who have a love/hate relationship, hence well feel a van with bunks would be less stressful for everyone. Anyone have any recommendations or vans to avoid? Thanks for all replies

Two guys were discussing popular family trends on sex, marriage, and family values. Bill said, "I didn't sleep with my wife before we got married, did you?" Larry replied, "I'm not sure, what was her maiden name?"

Going to have at a block of land on Monday with the view of building an off the grid 2 bedroom unit/small house. Spent the last couple of days scratching plans on bits of paper. Been an interesting exercise planning power, which will be solar and an oh my god genie as back up, water storage and heating of (...

Hi Im looking at fitting an AMA nudge bar to my 2015 ford territory AWD,and want to know if anyone out there has used any of there products ,they are based in Brisbane and build to order and they are are much cheaper than some of the other manufactors and I like there fitiing system you don't have to cut the f...

I wasn't planning on getting a rig quite yet but the opportunity presented itself and well, sometimes you just have to run with it when an opportunity comes along. I took delivery of my new rig today. It is a 1984 Toyota Coaster. She (all vehicles are she aren't they?) ticks most of the boxes. Diesel,...

I made this for some dear friends who just celebrated their 50th.

hi everyone, do u know of a caravan park north or south of brisbane where we can park the van n see the beach from our annexe like at kiama.

The graveside service just barely finished, when there was a massive clap of thunder, followed by a tremendous bolt of lightning, accompanied by even more thunder rumbling in the distance... The little old man looked at the pastor and calmly said, "Well, she's there."

Hey all, Am new to posting here but been hiding in the shadows for a seems like long time, We are 107 days away from the caravan life not new to me as I lived in vans from 6 years old till I got married and now 40 years on going back to the life, we have a few vans but have got our travelling van now and tug sorted, an...

Hi All Having some thoughts about where I should attach the light steel cable to the tow vehicle for the break away switch? I have put up a couple of photos, above and below the tow bar to help hopefully. A few things I have read don't give me a real answer.

I have posted my update in the new 'Travel Blogs by members' section this month even though it is not a 'BLOG'.

Gday... Cheers - John

hello. If anyone is in the area, call in, i will put the kettle on.friday, saturday -- Edited by the rocket on Friday 30th of September 2016 03:44:30 PM

Hi Everyone, We are planning to travel to Cape York probably September/October next year and will leave my "on road" caravan either in Cooktown, Lakeland or Laura. I am looking to plan an itinerary which includes accommodation (not camping) well in advance during the journey to Cape York and return...

Ullo .Dunno if this should be in the Get together section however here goes ..I am coming up from Melb to the Elmore field day on Tues of next week 4th Oct .Will be around all day if anyone wants ter PM me .I just look at crap that is farmy etc cause I,m a big kid at heart . Cheers

Anyone else planning to be there? We are booked from 26th October for the week at the show grounds.

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Hi guys. Here is a sticky one for you. I have just started free camping and with the good weather coming I started to think about cooking outside. My dilemma is, bbq or two burner gas cooktop with a frypan and griddle ? The 'boss' suggested the cooktop !!!! The thinking is that it would be more versatile. A...