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Four old-timers were playing their weekly game of golf. One remarked how nice it would be to wake up on Christmas morning, roll out of bed and without an argument go directly to the golf course, meet his buddies and play a round. His buddies all chimed in said, "Let's do it! We'll make it a priority - figu...

Ihave a 2016 model 7 seat colarado I'm having trouble when I tow my van at around 95klmh I'm finding that my caravan is starting to sway I have a Hammond Reese to which just wondering has any one else have this problem or a suggestion on how to fix it. -- Edited by markk on Saturday 30th of April 2016 02:32:4...

Can someone tell me what is the best diesel heater to buy for a22' caravan.

Thinking of putting satelite in caravan. I know vasttree rivers run from 12v dc, are the Foxtel receivers capable of running on 12v dc or do they require an inverter? -- Edited by Symo2540 on Saturday 7th of May 2016 09:08:26 PM

Yep, I have arrived in Townsville and set up. Bring on Winter. The southern dust has been washed off the Collie and inside is also nice and clean now. I thought the Collie was ging into cardiac arrest at one stage from shock. It gets the big service treatment this Monday so will be like a bought one after. ...

The old grey nomads were a little concerned about a strange noise that was coming from under the tug somewhere. Mr grey nomad suggested they stop at the next town so that he could get underneath and see what is going on, and Mrs grey nomad thought not a bad idea as they were running low on groceries. They ca...

Caravan and Motorhome on Tour are offering a 3050 x 1850mm Sun screen shade plus 10 issues of their magazine for $69. We have been thinking of buying a drop down screen for our awning and this seem really good value. I haven't heard of the brand and wondered if anyone can give their opinion?

A very nice, but slightly innocent city woman wants to get married, but she is put off by casual urban attitudes to relationships and is only willing to marry a man if he has never had sex with another woman. After several unsuccessful years of searching, she decides to take out a personal a...

We broke down in Wooroolin Qld the other day (Wednesday) with a stuffed starter motor and contacted Herbohn's Auto Electrical in Kingaroy who have a mobile service. They came out within half an hour, young "Ash" the service technician was absolutely brilliant and very patient cause it was a bugger o...

well now am the owner of Colorado 2009 twin cab with canopy all good now would like to know what people do to seal the the tail gate from dust , is there any type of rubber seal that they have used tried or are trying at this point in time , i do have a lot of learning now to know how to handle and use this vehicle t...

Hi everybody, We have been having a slight problem with the cache on our website, with old stories being displayed instead of the updated ones. We are hoping it has now been sorted out but need it to be tested from various browsers, computers, phones etc to be sure. If anyone has got a moment would they m...

What does the forum think of running 45 psi in air bags to help level up van with the use of WDH to take up the rest of the sag thus putting weight back on the front wheels, this is on a Nissan Parthfinder rated at 3 ton towing hitching up van approx 280kg on ball with van weight of 2800kg, and yes have these weig...

We went for a short trip over the weekend and discovered our Engel upright fridge sprung a gas leak around the freezer internal element (somewhere). So we're looking at buying a new fridge. Currently looking at Engel 88lt , Waeco 90lt, Vitrifrigo 115L, & EasyCool 85lt all of which are Fridge Fre...

Looking at heading north soon ..... have heard that some have experienced fridge inefficiencies because of external heat (Sun) so have made up a sunshade to drape over external vents when stationery, have purchased a fan to install behind fridge to circulate air. Wondering if this would be enough t...

Gday A few (very few) have asked me to tell of our recent 13 week adventure.. March 3rd, we left home and traveled to the great free camp at Kimba. The old boy (me) was a bit knackered after 8 hours at the helm but we settled and had a good night of rest. Then there was Penong.. What a great caravan park. Two you...

Just me, or anyone else having problems with accessing the forum or the website?

I have travelled a little piece of my Australia over the past 30 years ...... some with tent accomodation and some towing a 'van. as you'll see from my profile I am a tad biased to the Outback. My favourite places include Arkaroola .... been there twice and will return; the Oodnadata, Strezlecki, and...

...Grandpa just wades...cos' he can't swim for nuts!.........some dried arrangements deserve never... to be seen....... Alright...Alright...I'm taking myself to the naughty corner.....Hoo Roo