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Dear all We are going to FNQ for some farm sitting and I would appreciate some suggestions as to which route we might take and what camping stops might be worthwhile. Happy to have a go at free camping. We have had ourt van for 4 years but have not done very much due to lots of unforeseens but are now going t...

about to head to port Augusta and just wondering best place get gas bottle filled/or swapped

hi, newbies ti the grey nomads, travelling the great ocean road in late Oct 2016, Any advice to help us out Thanks Ronnieboy -- Edited by ronnieboy on Monday 9th of May 2016 12:47:34 PM

Gday... Cheers - John

On a recent trip through NSW we were 8klms from Howlong when I had to brake fairly hard, not an emergency stop but hard enough. Thr rig failed to respond with the usual pattern of braking that I am used to, but did complete the stop. I checked the Prodigy controller which showed NC, (no connection). Pull...

Hi, my name is Vicki. I am new to this forum and Grey Nomads, although have been getting the newsletter now for a couple of months. I plan to travel solo, not sure when, but within next 1-3 years I hope. I am a nurse, and hoping to be able to work with an agency I work with now, as I travel or do some other bits n pi...

Hi Sparkster and others that have installed a Eberspacher D2. The wiring diagrams that came with the unit don't match the wiring colours of the harness. Am waiting on dealer to reply but wondering has anyone else had this problem and as to what colour wires connect to what colour wires the main harnes...

1. Law of Mechanical Repair - After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee. 2. Law of Gravity - Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible place in the universe. 3. Law of Probability - The probability of being wat...

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Some might remember I put a question up here in "Techies" about my van lights blinking every 5 seconds when hooked up to my Colorado. Well, I had the Collie serviced here in Townsville yesterday and I took all the comments received from fellow GN members and handed to the service tech. "No problem we wil...

Hi heater, installed, fired up straight away, but only runs flat out, even with temp set at 21 temp in van got to 30 but still kept running full bore. Have now run it twice for up to an hour, pulled fuse, re start from scratch but still only runs flat out. Any ideas please as to why it won't go into slow mod...

what are your thoughts on Having caravan batteries on mains power and solar power at the same time .We have the van parked up at home here and have it conected to 240v as well as solar on the roof of the van.Just noticed a sulfer smell coming from battery compartment yesterday .Should it be one or the othe...

A horse walks up to the bar and the barman asks "Why the long face?"

Hi, as we have always bush camped we have never needed a hose to connect straight to the mains water. We are about to leave on a 2 week road trip and will need to use CP water some days. For the CP taps do you usually need a screw on fitting or do they have the cilp in type fittings ? . Also the fitting to attach t...

Gooday all, we camped at Beardy Waters free camp on Monday night 9/5/2016 along with about 20 other vans and motor homes mostly Grey Nomads by the look, it was a very quiet night and 2 campers pulled out before sunrise, all was well until a camper went to the loo, apparently someone had tried to empty a to...

To attach anything to my Ranger Sports bar should I clamp it, self-tap into the tubing or run a bolt thru the tubing? Has anyone done any of these?

no juice in battery last night in Travelhome. Lights flickering and gauge on zero. Humming from regulator in boot like an alarm sound. Next morning battery charging and needle almost off the scale within about an hour of daylight. We have 2 solar panels fitted on roof by caravan and camping megas...

Hello all, the Cairns Caravan, Camping & Boating Expo is on this weekend 13th-15th May, at the Cairns Showgrounds. The showgrounds is located on Mulgrave Road Parramatta Park. Safe travels Darmc -- Edited by Darmc on Thursday 12th of May 2016 03:11:38 PM

Hi everybody, Hope someone can help me out. We have been hearing a lot recently about an explosion in the popularity of craft beers is Australia, with literally hundreds of micro breweries popping up all over the country. With so many grey nomads making visits to wineries a part of their Big Lap, I was...