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Hi All New van will be arriving in April next year. What must have equipment will I need to purchase to get on the road. New van only comes with factory standard fittings. I have thought about this and have come up with a couple of things. Never been caravanning before. So just guessing BBQ Privacy thingo...

THE MUSHROOMS The Wife wanted to serve her guests mushroom-smothered steak, But she had no mushrooms and no time to buy them. I suggested, "Why don't you go pick some of the mushrooms that are growing wild down by the stream?"No, She said, some wild mushrooms are poisonous." "Well, I see squirrels e...

Gday all, I want to start this by saying I am not the world expert on buying and using caravans. However I would like to share some of the things we did in picking a caravan for us and how we use that van. BTW our caravan is our home, we live in it 24/7 and drag it all about the place when we can. First. About 6 year...

I ordered a battery charger on eBay as a back up . Well all paid for . I tried to change address to SA. When I clicked on change of address .. The transaction went through ., I messaged the seller saying I would like it sent to SA . They said they couldn't . So I asked sale to be cancelled . As no one is at the addres...

Hi all. We have just bought a van, 2002 "Heritage 17" with a battery that we have never had before. Although it was flat it was supposed to have been a good battery. The van has been plugged in to 240volts with the switch to the battery "ON" for a couple of weeks now whilst I have been doing some reupholste...

Sorry to anyone that couldn't read my below update (separate post) but something went wrong during the cut and paste process. I am getting used to 'Windows 10' as I had to buy a new Laptop so the update is getting done a different way now.

You will find my July update in the 'Solo' section this month. Uncle Al got up first today. I'm a solo traveller so all good.

I've read the topics regarding using 10A home power socket to run a 15A power point for a caravan. My question is the opposite of this. For the first time in 15yrs I find myself going to a caravan park on a powered site. (Sharing a site with another campervan for an Outrigging Canoe Regatta) Seeing I'...

Hi all. Was hoping somebody could shed some light on a problem im having with the above charger. When i first switch it on the display reads r05. I never noticed if this came up before the darn thing no longer charges.. The display adter a few seconds reads 0.0v, the only info i can gather is that it cant...

A blonde man shouts frantically into the phone, "My wife is pregnantand her contractions are only two minutes apart!" "Is this her first child?" asks the Doctor. "No!" he shouts, "this is her husband!"

I just recently had our motor vehicles service on the same day by the same mobile mechanic. He quoted me $190 for each service. We have 2 vehicles. Both cars service intervals are 10,000klms or 6 months which ever occurs first. We have a Toyota Avalon which was service within time and klms limits. Cost...

we will be travelling home to SA along the Nullarbor from WA . Just wondering where we get checked is it at the border or Ceduna I have heard different opinions. I understand you get checked coming into WA at the border but goi g home is it the same.

we are looking at purchasing a royal flair promenade...has anyone had any experiences with these... also it has a top load lemair 2.2 washing machine, can anyone tell me how much water they use, as I have never had a caravan washing machine before

Gday... Cheers - John

Curious what fuel consumption an F250 gets when hauling a larger size van anyone have one or had one.(diesel not petrol}

The World's Longest Truck - Road Train in Australia

A judge was interviewing a woman regarding her pending divorce and asked, "What are the grounds for your divorce?""About four acres and a nice little home in the middle of the property with a stream running by." "No," he said, "I mean what is the foundation of this case?""It is made of concrete, bric...

Hi again to all, I took Lambie with me on a Huckleberry walk about this afternoon, after Lambie says we need to walk. Walk we did. From our camp site on the edge of the escarpment East of Euchla over looking the beaches far off in the distance. Lambie says can only be 10 to 15mins walk. I tell Lambie more lik...

What is the road like between Emerald Qld and Charters Towers Qld