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has anyone had any experience with Maxray solar panels? thanks in advance

Hi .. This old clip is where I clipped my Avatar from. It always gives me a laugh

Hello All I have been lurking around this site for the past few months and have read just about every post and article on the site and would like to thank everyone who has contributed. There is a wealth of great information out there and I am so grateful that I have been able to gain such valuable informati...

have just purchased a second hand pop top, one of the Zips in the pop top skirt is jammed closed, we have tried WD40, pliers, brute force but it will not budge . . . Anyone had any success unzipping a jammed pop top zip?

Am looking to buy a car-top tinnie. Up to 3.5m max (12 ft for us oldies). Intention is to also buy a suitable outboard motor and roof racking (side launch preferably) to suit NT Pajero. Ideally all from one source but that's a bit optimistic so will buy separately if necessary. Live in Waikiki WA, so...

Just word of advice to those wishing to see the beautiful Bungle Bungles. Firstly the caravan park $35 a night for unpowered no water Free park on the road 1km away. some peope left their caravans unattened at the free camp and went for the day. I have now found out that you can park your van at the carava...

So the blonde thought she was now smart enough to feed herself, so she got dressed, walked down the street & into the local library. She walked up to the counter & announced in a loud voice, " I'll have a Big Mac, Coke & Fries thanks. " The librarian glared at her & whispered forcefully, "...

We have a switch on our elect step to turn it off so it doesn't work every time you open or close when parked . Great idea .. BUT .. Don't do what I did the other night . Turn it OFF in the closed position when inside ! After a few JD's I stepped outside . You guessed it !! Pooff fell or stepped about a meter to t...

another day another problem , have found that the window catches that hold the frame and glass tightly closed ( little sliding things ) are not catching the window anymore replaced the winders a while back work fine but just dont want to pull the window frame that last tiny bit fine if there are t...

My campervan (Poptop Toyota Hiace) was stolen from Glenroy Vic. Can a stolen vehicle be shown on this site. Please remove if this is not acceptable. Thanks

Gday... I have just found something very interesting that I was completely unaware of. Indeed, I had been told from the beginning that black water from toilet cassettes could NOT be dumped into septic systems or pit toilets. In fact, there are usually signs also stating that at pit toilets and sept...

Hi all, My brain got to thinking again, to make life just that little bit more easy I am looking for a Mechanic who might do home visits to do our annual safety check for Registrations. I used Google looking for a service of same without luck. My reason for doing so now, is for my Boat trailer, as now wit...

we went to the brisy caravan show yesterday and ended up buying a journey outback we have a discovery outback 2008 which has done us well I really think we got a good deal I ended up paying 45k with the following add ons $1200 show package which includes reverse camera , drifter control panel also got them...

This was in the "I digress" site but I thought here may be better. Stolen Campervan from Glenroy area VIC. Toyota Hiace XNX 987. There is a photo of the van and police contact number in the original thread.

I am in Airlie Beach, QLD till Wednesday morning if anyone is around and want to do a meet up. Then back to Townsville. Why? Cos a made an executive decision to be here and it was passed unanimously.

These will bring back a few memories....remember when these combinations were the norm parked up on the Beach Front Caravan Parks...? I apologise for being in several photos however my wife took them with her phone..she said I was larger than some of the Vans!....told her I resemble that!! There wer...

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Looks like there could be more silo murals in northwestern Victoria following the popularity of the mural in the little town of Brim. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-09/street-artists-to-create-silo-art-trail-in-regional-victoria/7496990 I was there about a month ag...

My led lights won't work. Plugged van into mains power for 8 hours. Lights worked. Left van for 5days. Again no lights. Battery charged &have solar panel on the roof. Am I missing something

In my yet-to-be purchased caravan, I would like to travel on gravel roads and dirt tracks occasionally. I don't need a go-anywhere off-road caravan, and they tend to be heavy and expensive. So 'semi-offroad' seems a nice compromise. But what actually makes a caravan semi-offroad? From my wand...