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Hi All I have recently sold my home and left my job and now living the dream, it is one of the best thing I have done. Not in a real hurry to get anywhere, taking my time travelling this great country and meeting some lovely people on the way. The hardest part that I have found to get use to is that you make new fr...

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Here is our new Skamper Kampers "Dingo" which we took delivery of last week. Setting up the main tent, as in the photo, was a snap. We did take our time to setup the annex but this was done without any great difficulty or profanities .

We have decided to make the jump and will be heading off early may heading north out of pert to the top end. anyway here is the rig our third van so been doing this for a while. Toyota Prado and a 2003 Jayco Heritage

We are thinking of taking the Great Northern Highway from Broome heading south to cross the Bight on our way home to Sydney. We plan to be in the region in July. The map shows 180 km of unsealed road between Meekathara and Wiluna which is on the Goldfields Highway. We would greatly appreciate comments...

where do people get their named and channel no stickers made from. We are outer melbourne

Could anyone please let me know if they have had any experience with the "Warrawong on the Darling" caravan park at Wilcannia as we are planning to stay there later this week. A lot of people say Wilcannia is a no-go but surely the park is OK. Thanks await your replies.

Hello, I have just bought a 95 litre fridge freezer Waco brand.I need a portable power station and I am looking at 2 brands . I need some feed back on the ARKPAK AP 730 or the more expensive BAINTECH 100 AH. Being a solo female free camper with Caravan I need to power laptop phone and large portable fridge fr...

Out riding the trails with the son in law and when we stopped for an overnight camp in the scrub his bike wouldn't start in the morning . After a lot of uphill down hill pushing we got it started and headed home. Thought to myself I'll get one of those Mini Max battery packs about the size of a mobile phone...

I put this question on another site and I cant seem to locate it so im hoping I can get some info on here I would like to put my van draw bar first in the side driveway and the optitec mover looks about the best option I have a couple of obsticals that may stop me no 1 I have to go over the typical rounded qld gutte...

A woman from New York was driving through a remote part of Arizona when her car broke down. An American Indian on horseback came along and offered her a ride to a nearby town. She climbed up behind him on the horse and they rode off. The ride was uneventful, except that every few minutes the Indian would l...

Wal-Mart Senior Greeter Young people forget that we old people had a career before we retired..... Charley, a new retiree-greeter at Wal-Mart, just couldn't seem to get to work on time. Every day he was 5, 10, 15 minutes late. But he was a good worker, really tidy, clean-shaven, sharp-minded an...

We have an'84 Jayco popup. Friend gave us one of the above gizmo's. It has 2 bars on each side. Found very hard to fit...hernia time almost. Now we see a lot of these with only 2 bars. Q. Must we use all 4 or can we do 2?

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Hi All, The van is almost complete. I still have to install the Vast set top box in the cuboard below the TV. My Question is this.1. Is it best to wire it back to the house battery with its own inline Fuse holder. Or 2. Can I cheat and piggy back off the existing wiring from the TV or Radio. Regards Jim

Hello GN friends. At last we are about to take off for a few months, firstly up the Stuart Highway to explore the Kimberleys and home via WA and the Nullarbor. I have asked about a section of road in the "Road Conditions" forum but not sure if everyone reads this (I don't ), so I'm repeating my question here...

We picked up the caravan on the 9 Dec 2015 and set out for a shakeout trip through Central Victoria. The caravan was made by Van Cruiser at Carrum Downs, near Frankston. The model is known as Interceptor which is just under 19 feet and was somewhat customised to suit our needs. All in all we were happy wit...

Hi All Should the tow ball be a tight fit in the female receiver or should it be able to move. The vertical movement can be reduced or eliminated via the bolt in the tongue, but does nothing to prevent sideways movement. I ask as my Pajero Sport has quite a lot of lateral movement. Thanks Ally

Hi Guys Went to service my roller rocker suspension this morning and noticed that the grease nipples that feed the actual rollers at both ends would not accept grease. I removed the nipples and they worked fine. Do these rollers seize up and if so what do I need to do. Any help would be greatly appreciate...

Is there somewhere on the site for planned destinations for future trip enquiries?