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THE MAGIC BANK ACCOUNT THE AUTHOR IS NOT KNOWN. IT WAS FOUND IN THE BILLFOLD OF COACH PAUL BEAR BRYANT, ALABAMA, AFTER HE DIED IN 1982 The Magic Bank Account Imagine that you had won the following *PRIZE* in a contest: Each morning your bank would deposit $86,400 in your private account for your u...

Hi all, We have recently bought Atlantic caravan as shown in my avatar (Endeavour single axle off roadish) We will be going on our first long trip in 2 weeks time straight up to Darwin from Adelaide, and then left all around the coast for about 3 months. Now I know it's a new van, but I like checking things a...

1.6 5sp man may get a pmg style trailer for camping, trailer would be approx 300kg, load + 200kg max, puts me over the 400kg GVM, so looks like mech override brakes, bugger more rego.dont intend to go over 80km and at most 200km approx per day. this won't stress car will it? I am a hobo. (very poor nomad)...

Hi all, has anyone replaced an older tekonsha controller with a Tekonsha P3 proportional brake controller . I'm wondering if its simply unplug my old one and plug the new one in same wiring loom ?

Tom took his dog to the vet.Doctor, he said sadly, Im afraid Im going to have to ask you to cut off my dogs tail.The vet stepped back:Bert, why should I do such a terrible thing?Because my mother-in-laws arriving tomorrow, and I dont want anything to make her think shes welcome.

The southern end of the WA town of Yarloop, which was devastated by fire in January, will be re-opened to the public next week, with the whole town expected to be accessible by the beginning of August. Two people died and 181 homes and businesses were destroyed in the blaze. K.J.

suggestions on this please also.

Camped up at Bowenville (QLD near Dalby) - also camped there was Val of GN members ValnRob, with her sister Lorraine. Couple of Maori girls travelling around the block, leaving Rob holding the fort. They have had a ball, and met up with other GN's on the road. Nearly at the end of their trip though - me...

Hi Guys I have a 2 door 3 way fridge in my new van ,Dometic I think. When on gas the needle is in the green but when the lpg runs out the needle indicates off but NO audible alarm. On our previous fridge the orange ignition switch would keep clicking If out of gas. My question is has anyone rigged an audio alar...

READY TO TOW...... Optioned up pack, Registered to 7th April 2017, Electric brakes and much more. A Beautiful car in perfect condition. Extras include; Full optional electronics pack with 8.4 inch screen, keyless touch entry, electronic lift tailgate, remote key fob start option, additional ch...

Would like to direct Grey Nomads to Thursdays Daily Telegraph article page on 16 about Mr Greg Ingold and his new $65000 Billabong Caravan. Very interesting

I see that Woolworths are still playing "Silly Buggers" here in the West with their Fuel prices, A few days back "Fuel Watch" put out a notice of a 29cpl jump in the price of ULP, so I did some checking on our local Fuel Station, Finding they were already charging top Dollar at $ 1.29 Cpl I then looked at anot...

Sure is. I just had lunch with the grandkids and noticed on the tomato sauce bottle it was Aussie made but a very interesting 'use by date'. -- Edited by Dougwe on Saturday 18th of June 2016 12:56:50 PM

Hi All When we bought our new Jayco 14 months ago they fitted a Tow Secure Break Away to meet NSW rego requirements. We, including the caravan have been at one place for approx 9 months while I was working . On Wednesday we drove to a new location. Once we hook the caravan to our car the Battery Monitor insid...

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Hi all. We are looking at portable solar for our van. We have had a 100ah deep cycle wet cell battery installed and have used the spreadsheet I put up on here yesterday to try and gestimate usage. We want to be able to free camp tops at this stage is 4 days (both still working full time) Our van 12v Lights are L...

To show my ignorance, & finding this site hard to follow, as i am new to this computer usage, i would presume that an Avatar is a thing one would put up as a logo on their personl postings, but a Signature is something i see on all postings at the bottom of their individual Avatars, as in Dougwes' " Live l...

Have 4.5ton Iveco motorhome and has 335kg more weight on drivers side and after 3 years now sagging on divers side. Seeking thoughts on correcting the situation. 1. would air bags be an option without beefing up leaf springs 2. Just beef up leaf springs up both on both sides and forget about the air bags...

Once again I come back to my very knowledgeable Nomad associates! Would anyone know the physical dimensions of the Foxtel IQ3 box? I have tried Foxtel and watched myself getting older while I waited and waited and waited and then was disconnected. I have Googled operating manuals and user guides bu...

Hi all Tracey and I are thinking of selling the home car and buying a small, older, 4x4 to stick on a trailer behind the Alpine. Can anyone recommend or discount brands and models? We have never owned a 4x4 before and are looking for direction on this one. Mick