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Hi folks, Recently retired and just commenced exploring Oz with our tug and van. "Shermie" is the tug (a Toyota Workmate Land Cruiser GXL named after the Sherman tank 'cos it drives like one) and "Humpie" is our Humpback caravan. Hoping to share info and ideas on all manner of topics. First up is a leak i...

Hi all Might be a knee jerk reaction with all of the van rollovers but I started thinking about ESC, but the tug has Dynamic Stability Control my question is if both have stability control will there be conflict between tug and van?????? Micko

Hi All, Just putting it out there for anyone who might be in or around Moree weekend of 9, 10, 11 September, Some Moree locals got together & organized an Event, "Magic on the Mehi " There will be various artist performing including Murray Hartin, you may have heard some of his poetry & yarns. F...

Hi All This is the second caravan we are looking at = Coromal Element 542S RTV 2014 single axle, a nicely kitted out caravan with batterys and solar panels, just right for picking where we want to stop. Any throughts welcome negative or positive, thank you.

I read comments about the dangers of using a gas ring for heating. My wife who is an exceptional cook will use 2 gas rings and the oven for hours on end with the only ventilation being the standard vent in the bottom of the door. 20 years ago I rented an onsite van for the night and left 2 gas rings burning all...

Has anyone been required to be weighed by Road Authorities on their travels? If so, is the van connected to the tug when weighed (either weighbridge or portable scales)? What weight(s) are the Authority determining?

Hi I would like to get a Annexe made in Perth, Anybody got any suggestions of getting a good one at a good price.??? Cheers Perry

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