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Read it all the way through! It's a good laugh! AND really quite true!!A good laugh for people in the over 70 group !!!When I bought my Blackberry, I thought about the 30-year business I ran with 1800 employees, all without a cell phone that plays music,takes videos, pictures and communicates with Fac...

looking for loo advice , not the best of topics .But we will be setting out to live on the road for a few years later this year . We have lived in our van on and off and free camped plus stayed in parks.our experience with free camping has only been overnight thus far . Theres always been toilets of sorts aroun...

I would like to recommend the Evening Star to anyone heading to Charleville. Dot and Neil are two of the most genuine people I have meet in the outback so far. They are joyous and accommodating. Their love of the area is infectious. The cow bell rings for happy hour, damper, camp oven cooking at 1630. The...

Gday... Cheers - John

Stopped at the weighbridge east of Jondaryan. "G'day mate, ya van's swayin a bit." Walks around to back of van say's to mate. "Check this lot, cat sitting on front seat asleep, van wobbling like a weather balloon." Turned out we had just punctured a tyre and it was deflating as we approached them caus...

June, yep June already, well sort off. I'm actually sitting at the start of May to tell you about, well, May. You might remember April finishing by leaving Byron Bay so I spent the first morning heading north along Highway 1. Rain rain go away, come another day was the order of the day but nope, the rai...

Gday... Cheers - John

Can anyone enlighten me on the quality of the Companion. BCF have a sale $400 off all Companion at the moment. Wondering what they are like. Have googled and read a few reviews but looking for personal experiences now.

Hi all, I'm thinking of upgrading my motorhome to 5.2 tonne. I've checked with the dealer to confirm that it can be done and tried to work out the cost on the RMS website, but found it very confusing. Can with a NSW registered motorhome of that GVM tell me how much they are paying, please?

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Hi Recently I fitted new 3x 120A AGM batteries to our van and we have a CTEK 25000 charger , it all looked ok at the time I left the 240v hooked up to the van in storage approx 3 weeks ago , I checked it all last week and all ok . Today I went to check something in the van and the 12v was nearly extinct , the lights b...

Hi all has anyone with a bt50 changed the multimedia for the Polaris system with the 8" screen and if so are you happy with it. I'm thinking of doing it as it has the reversing screen in one and the 4x4 mapping so I haven't got screens all over the windscreen. geoff

For those ex truckies turned Grey Nomad but just cant let go of the old days

Time to start a new thread. My sister sent me this scarf/hat today. It's made from Bamboo Cotton and made by a lady down in Torquay Victoria. Has another smaller scarf in soft blues to have a change. Very comfortable to wear. Sorry about the sideways photo. All done on the phone.

I had to go to Cardwell yesterday to do a few jobs and decided to count the caravans, campertrailers and motor homes. Its approx a 40k trip. 47 caravans, 11 campertrailers and 7 motorhomes. Lucky buggers I also checked out the Tully Showgrounds free camp and 7 vans there. Thats great news for the local b...

hello everyone, does anyone know if we can camp at byron bay showgrounds or camp grounds? Regards. Rocket n strop

Not sure if this is where I should post it but I'd like to hear from anyone that has a bushmaster van or has had one good or bad. Geoff

Hi All, I have edited the link in the previous post to one that is more direct. Should be easier now. Regards Vince

Good Afternoon Happy Travellers, I am wanting to pick the brains of any Nomad who has first hand knowledge of the 2008 York Slide-On camper. Please favour me with your esteemed knowledge. regards Nobby

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