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One week, no power, no water (a little bit maybe), overcast, raining, blowing and stormy. Grey water system worked well and as expected. The 40 litre trundle tank is a little heavy to lift on the ute though and needs a handle at the wheels end. We went through too much water, and will need to conserve mo...

The farmer says, "Some things you just can't explain." "So what happened that is so horrible?" the man asked. The farmer then decides to try an answer, "Well if you must know, today I was sitting by my cow milking her. Just as I got the bucket about full, she took her left leg and kicked it over.""That's no...

Hi All, Thanks everyone for those round one comments. Day two so far so good. Up much earlier at 7.25am. Did the doggie thing again. (No Larry) walking the dog. A bowl of muesli, checked the emails. Checked the online banking (Hoping the Bank had added a few hundred grand extra by mistake.) Waited til...

This message is forwarded as a community service! No political bias intended. Einstein developed this remarkable theory: Energy = Mass x Speed of Light squared....... A brilliant genius as we all know. A lesser known application of Einstein's formula determine...

Right. I'm introducing myself... I had this brilliant idea to live in a bus (reasons why don't matter). Bought a bus that was already fitted out for a small family to camp in once in a while. I really love it but rapidly learned that there's an enormous amount I don't know. Like - what to do about a grey wate...

Apart from a front boot exploding with hoses, sullage hoses etc. whenever the boot is opened, what would the best method of packing be? e.g. boxes, bags?

Freedom camp at Narrung Ferry, near Meningie. Grassy, beside Lake Albert, close to ferry. New toilet block, potable water available, pets on leads OK. No $$

The Strzelecki, Birdsville and Oodnadatta Tracks and most gravel roads in the flinders are all closed due to rain. http://www.dpti.sa.gov.au/OutbackRoads In a couple of weeks, the desert will bloom and it will be a great time to be out there. Cheers, Peter

My Travel Plans For 2016 I have been in many places, but I've never been in Kahoots. Apparently, you can't go alone. You have to be in Kahoots with someone. I've also never been in Cognito. I hear no one recognizes you there. I have, however, been in Sane. They don't have an airport; you have to be driv...

Very cheap on fuel ???

hello everyone Could any of you tell us what the road From Broome to Quondong Point is like. We have towing a road van with a 4x4 thanks and cheers to all

hi all, looking for tips on fitting LED awning lighting, where to buy, roughly how much, that sort of thing cheers

Stayed here last week for 1 night. Nice grassy spot with plenty of space. Dump point and easy walk into City Centre. Toilets and showers are a bit old but are very clean. They did say they have just received a grant to improve the showers and toilets. A very pleasant camp site but there is a fair bit of truc...

Hi , Wondering if anyone has traveled this road with a van. How steep and winding is it. We will be going thru this area late May. Rod.

Hi all, Lambie a I are free of our shackles at last. No alarm to wake us before sun up But my eye balls still opened as usual We climbed out of the cot a 7.40am. Great start, Bloody dishwasher had finaly given up the ghost. I thought washing up was to keep, till we head off in the van. Off to Aldi this Satur...

Greetings all I may have been a tech many moons ago, BUT rather dumb about solar and the controllers that run them. We have 2 AGM 110AH batts, what I believe is a PWM controller hitched up to a single 120W panel. My question is that during the day (sunny) Im reading 14.3V at the peak of the charge, at night on...

Greetings to you all out there As the heading is a give away. As a newie, was interest to know whether there are any GN members out there that has the slightest bit of Avgas/Avtur running through their blood The reason I ask this is that when travelling I am all ways on the look out at country strips be they...

I have a set of rear brake pads for a Landcruiser 100 series, HDJ100, HDJ105, UZJ100. The pads are Bendix DB 1383/4WD I bought a complete set of spare pads 2 or 3 yrs ago to have on hand while travelling. I had the rear ones serviced last week, to be told the rear pads I had would not fit. Paid $100...

We've had our van 4 years from new. Our 90lt Dometic fridge was working well up until 1 year ago. It still works well on 12v when traveling & 240v in CP's but on gas it struggles if the temperature gets near 25 degrees. We have a proper temperature gauge & the fridge compartment doesn't get cold en...