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hi everyone :) Has anyone recently headed from Perth to Uluru via Kalgoorlie, Laverton and Warburton . They say the roads are really good now . Thanks Cal -- Edited by Cal on Wednesday 27th of July 2016 01:18:28 PM

Hi there we are new to the site and were wondering if anyone can give us information re warranties. We purchased a new Kokoda semi off roader last March to which we added cruise master suspension and were told it would be ideal dirt and rougher roads. However we seem to have had some rather major cra...

Hi everyone. I am new to the Grey Nomads and starting to gather information, look at rigs both new and old and start to plan my big adventure to travel our sun burnt country extensively. I am not planning to leave the tar very often and if I do it will be on graded dirt. As it will primarily be me travelling al...

Well folks listing our 2013 Royal Flair van is up for sale. Van is located at Milton on the NSW South Coast and will be available mid April. Asking $55,000.00 or nearest offer and inspection is recommended. Does have a dent in the front courtesy of a Roo but is no issue other than being a bit unsightly. FEA...

The first painting Ive done on canvas. I normally paint children type pictures on Baby Memory Boxes so this was a challenge. It is from a photo I took about 15 years ago looking out the back door of a friends home in Beulah Vic. Jude -- Edited by Judes and Bazz on Saturday 25th of June 2016 12:41:43 AM

The wife and I will be in Torquay next week and would prefer to free camping. Any ideas?

This morning I had a couple of appointments at the Cancer Care Centre in Bundaberg & also needed to go to the main Bundaberg hospital. CCC Is in street behind hospital. Well once you park at any of the departments there ie the cancer care centre you don't have to drive your car to car park for anothe...

Has anyone on here done any gold detecting? Is so, where (what region) and also what sort of detector do I need, preferably lightweight. I am going to go looking and hope for a large nugget lol. Maybe Victoria or South Australia. Only need an ounce a week!! I'm dreaming again.

Gday... cheers - John

Hi, We are looking at buying an off road caravanand are just wondering if anyone has a Kokoda Platoon off roadre and how you would rate it, plus what sort of conditions you have traveled over. thanks Hunter 58

Hi, has anybody gone down the path of a (200 series v8 auto diesel), chassis extension and conversion? Am looking at getting a 850-950mm chassis extension, with a 2.2 metre length tray, so I can load a motorbike and tool box on the tray, plus a caravan in tow. Still looking at other options, but atm this i...

I have a 2005 Nissan X trail and I want to tow a 15' full size van max 1400kg. I have been told not to use a weight distribution hitch (wdh). Has anybody towed a small van without a wdh As I have always used a wdh when towing and I feel uneasy not using one. Cheers Sommer

Am involved with a TV Aerial install and cost is a limiting factor. Would like to install a Phased Array aerial similar to the Winegard HV on our caravan, but the only Phased Array aerial I have come across are UHF units similar to the Jaycar unit below ( or on ebay at around ½ the price, Quality?) that are...

Hello everyone, I am very new to this caravanning caper -- haven't yet bought a van -- so I would love some advice from those who have been there, done that. At this stage I have only a few ideas of where I would like to go but I accept that wherever I go there will be roads that, at certain times of the year, wil...

will be in Townsville mid August. Any recommendations for a caravan park? We usually prefer rustic we'll run park with lots of trees and space.

I've done the grey water installation, and wired up the van & ute so I can power the van from the ute. My still to go projects include:- Install the canopy on the ute. I need to do some work on the ute tray first, and decide on cargo tie downs before the canopy can be bolted in place, Install an extra fuel t...

Any recommendations re what setup you would use for my requirements below? Basically I'm building (slowly) a small DIY caravan and just getting into the power/solar/appliances aspects now. I'm not so much after the specific sizing of say batteries/panels etc, but more so the setup concept suc...

We moved to camp area behind Bucca Pub on Sunday. Very large grassy area to park on. $5 -pp/pn. $2.50/hot shower. Hamburgers from pub - large & very tasty. Best thing is just down in front of the pub is a picnic area with swimming hole & clear running water. Scenic spot. Meals available at...

When I built my van I used 6mm ply for the base. Mattresses sit on top of the ply. Now the ply us damp, where we lie. We have one 50mm and one 100mm mattress per single bed. Should we have used slats so the us say 20mm gap every 100 mm or so allowing air circulation? Any easy remedy? We are planning buildi...

Susie lee done fell in love,she planned to marry joe.She was so happy 'bout it all,she told her pappy so. Pappy told her, susie gal,you'll have to find another.I'd just as soon yo' ma don't know,but joe is yo' half brother. So susie put aside her joeand planned to marry will.But after telling pappy th...