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Hi Campers, Just joined this evening. Planning a solo circumnavigation beginning in July from Perth, first stop Cervantes, then Geraldton. Have tent will travel. Looking forward to meeting all the experienced folk out there and hoping I can make the grade. Kampie

G'day all; We are new to the site and thought we might share our recent acquisition with the group. We've just purchased a 2010 Montana Balonne 21' pretty well set up for free camping with 2 x 95 ltr water tanks, shower, toilet, club lounge, dual gas & batteries plus solar panels on top. Also has the o...

The old grey nomad had been jackarooing on a remote property in outback Queensland for the past month when suddenly a brand new BMW advances out of a dust cloud towards him. The driver, a young man in a designer suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie leans out the window and asks the old grey nom...

Fred & Jim had joined the army coz they were no good as anything else so they thought the army was a secure way of a job. Well it didn't matter what job they were given by the Sarge, they still managed to stuff it up some how. The sarge was fed up with them so he was looking for a job that was within their minu...

Gday... Cheers - John

An old priest lay dying in Woden's, Canberra Hospital. He had served the people near the nation's capital, at Manuka for many years. He motioned for the nurse to come near. "I would really like to see Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten before I die" whispered the priest. The nurse sent the request to par...

I thought it was time to make my BabyQ stand out from the crowd. Just in time for the Bathurst race I got some Heatproof Ford Blue Engine paint from Supercheap ($16 a spray can) and set to work. Came up ok I reckon.

Hi Gromads Has anyone been over the Gunlom road in Kakadu national park recently? I don't mind a bit of dirt but the last time I did this road was in a hired 4wd twenty years ago. I am now towing a on road Coromal pop top with a Hyundai Santa Fe. Can I nurse it over that bit of dirt to the glories beyond?

Just spent a full day repairing our auto Sat Dish . The arm with the LNB would not stay down and as we are due to leave Albany on Monday I was stressing out big time . So I rang Intelsat in Melboure spoke to Mandrell and Cameron and would like to recommend these two gentalmen and this company . I must have rang...

Combination of an accident in the paddock a lot of years ago, and a little arthritus, and now it is being suggested that a Arthroscopy could do some good on the knee, A suggestion from a friend said to get it cut off, but didnt fancy that as it would hinder my ability to up and down the ladder in the mine, anot...

Hi all, After counting down for what seems like forever we are now just months away from quitting the big smoke and heading off around this beautiful country of ours. We have upgraded our tow vehicle to a Ford Ranger and we have a 20ft Options RV Tornado van. Problem is that now hubby is starting to think...

I chanced upon this forum while doing some of the seemingly endless research into caravans and equipment. We are 6 months away from buying our new van and going through the "how many panels, battery setup, what sort of fridge" stuff The answers I found in here seemed really helpful so I thought I would...

Hi, Garry and I just joined your forum thankyou for excepting us, we are retired and hope to start our journey soon we have just purchased a 2011 Galaxy Odyssey I feel this forum will be very beneficial to us both, we are new at this on the road travelling with a van. There are some issues with trying to get t...

Hello All, My wife and I are also new to this fantastic site, we are yet to retire (just around the corner) and really looking forward to our journeys . So far we are taking baby steps exploring Qld in our Jayco outback Stirling. Les & Lorraine

Hi all. I see on the news that the NSW State govt are intending to merge a large number of councils. Is there much opposition and chest beating going on yet about it? Here in WA, the State govt tried the same thing and got so much opposition, mainly from the councils who stood to loose from the mergers with...

Just spent a hour here with these guys while they sorted out my battery needs. In the end everything was fine. They didnt charge as they hope that when I do need to replace I will come back to them. Absolutely. Great guys, very helpful and I cant recommend them highly enough. They are on the southern side o...

Hi Techies, I have recently upgraded the electrical cable and associated protection on tug (Iveco twin cab ute 50C18) to get 100amps to an Anderson plug mounted at the rear of the vehicle from the alternator, the alternator is rated at 110amps but only getting 30amps generated (measured at both end...

Another year has passed And we're all a little older. Last summer felt hotter And winter seems much colder. There was a time not long ago When life was quite a blast. Now I fully understand About 'Living in the Past' We used to go to weddings, Football games and lunches.. Now we go to funeral homes And af...

i have a 89 f150 that is on full time gas,what i would like to know is does anybody else use only lpg,is it easy to get when you are travelling further inland,my truck has beenon full lpg for years with no problems and have towed my mates drag car to the races often enough to know how it goes towing and the fuel...

Had a phone call today (on a public holiday) to tell me I will be having surgery on Wednesday in the St. Stephens private hospital to insert central line (vena port). Been moved to the private sector because of backlog of surgery in the public system (at no cost to me). The nurses at oncology will be ple...