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What do you do with the TV set when traveling. Do any of you leave it secured to the wall bracket, adequately cushioned and secured against movement. While so far we have taken it off and stowed it on the bed, it pays to remember it came all the way from China, then trucked to its destination, chucked aroun...

Aussie Computer Terminology - Getting ready for Broadband in the bush!! A little bit of Aussie culcha. LOGON: Adding wood to make the barbie hotter.LOG OFF: Not adding any more wood to the barbie.MONITOR: Keeping an eye on the barbie.DOWNLOAD: Getting the firewood off the ute.HARD DRIVE: Making th...

Has any body bought a bt50 3.2 manual.I am thinking about a 2012 single cab ute. I have a courier, but would like more power. Your thoughts , please. Thanks, Bill

Is the front suspension supposed to be resting on the lower rubber?

Just after opinions on what others do..... We will be heading to the North Coast NSW and Qld coast in July and August. We only use caravan parks and usually stay about 3-4 days each place. Should we book ahead and if so how far in advance???? Just wondering what others do.

Hi Folks,Just been enjoying Ponto Falls campsite, South of Dubbo, 15kms north of Wellington NSWCamps 8 -No.886 -32.27.57S, 148.49.12 E. This hasn't been mentioned for a few years by the look of it, but is still a great spot. Only about 5kms off the highway on a good gravel roadCamp right beside the cle...

Weather in Victor Harbor 100klm south of Adelaide 29 degrees little to no wind, tomorrow the same apparently. c Cheers Terry

On our van we have vents in each skylight, on the fridge, and top and bottom of the door, and of course the fan above the stove. Each of these has the notice " do not obstrauct vent when gas appliances are in use" repeat " are in use", We have a 12v only fridge, and only have a gas stove. If the notices are taken l...

The towbar I am talking about is the genuine cast steel one genuine toyota, I have seen a picture of one of these broken in half,I have just completed a 14.000 km trip with one of these tow bars towing a two tonne plus caravan and had no problems at all,I was a bit sus before I left ,but I feel if you have your va...

Jayco Stoneguard to Suit JourneyLocation Hills District SydneyPRICE: $250CONDITION: NewPick Up OnlyCONTACT by PMADDITIONAL INFORMATION: New Jayco Stoneguard to suit Journey. Only time it has been on van was when we collected our new Journey Outback from Jayco. We need an a frame bike rack ins...

A question for all of you who have Wikicamps on your devices......... I know you pay a small amount for the App but can you then load it onto multiple devices or do you pay a fee for each device ? I was thinking I would put it on my laptop to browse at home and also on my phone for quick access when travelling. Wo...

The train was quite crowded, so a U.S. Marine walked the entire length looking for a seat, but the only seat left was taken by a well dressed, middle-aged, French woman's poodle.The war-weary Marine asked, 'Ma'am, may I have that seat?'The French woman just sniffed and said to no one in particular 'A...

If you have a leaking hatch cover or any other spot that is allowing unwanted water into your VAN Think twice before taking it to an a repairer who specializes in such repairs in the Port Macquarie Area , unless you want to sacrifice a good part of a fortnights pension payment . Mate took his van...

The judge says to a double murder defendant, "You're charged with beating your wife to death with a hammer." A voice at the back of the courtroom yells out "You bastard!" The judge says, "You're also charged with beating your mother in law to death with a hammer." The voice in the back of the courtroom ye...

A Lawyer and a Senior A lawyer and a senior citizen are sitting next to each other on a long flight. The lawyer is thinking that seniors are so dumb that he could get one over on them easily. So, the lawyer asks if the senior would like to play a fun game. The senior is tired and just wants to take a na...

We are caravaning to Darwin in a couple of weekstime leaving from Port Augusta. Could anyone please give us an indication of any reasonable priced places [caravan parks etc] to use as a base to look around Darwin. We are on the pension and don't want to pay the earth and cut our stay short.

Back in 1960, at the tender age of 17, I got myself up to Alice Springs. There I saw, and fell in love with my first roadtrain. Within days, I got myself round to see the transport mob, filled out some paperwork, did a "test drive" around the block, in a 1957 FC Holden 'ute, and was handed my "C" class license...

This is amazing. Once you find it you will always see it. If you get too frustrated PM me and I will whisper the answer :)

This is one way to stand out and use up all the scraps Pamela -- Edited by Pamela G on Sunday 15th of May 2016 01:14:17 PM