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Hi, Thought I would show our first major trip from Coffs right down to Melbourne, across on the ferry, at Sorrento, then up to Adelaide and across again through Dubbo. Read all about it on my blog, it might inspire someone, as I found it hard to get lots of info. Starts here at part one. http://retired2...

G'day. If you are down Esperance way, keep this in mind. A firm that does electricrical work on motor vehicle did some "work" on my Madza T 3500 M/home. As a result, the headlights come on at any time, Vacuum light stays on. Glove box won't open. One radio speaker isn't working anymore. No power to cigar...

advice on this very welcome as we are not at all technical

Larry and Bob, two friends, met in the park every day to feed the pigeons, watch the squirrels and discuss world problems.One day Larry didn't show up. Bob didn't think much about it and figured maybe he had a cold or something.. But after Larry hadn't shown up for a week or so, Bob really got worried. How...

Hi everyone, I'm a newbie, joined recently and have my moho nearly ready to go. Can anyone advise me what is the best dongle, stick, device for connecting to the internet while traveling. And what provider you would recommend. Thanks Jennifer

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Just signed up to the forum and intend to do some serious caravan travelling...will be seeking advice as time goes on...still learning my way around the forum, cheers

Hi guys thanks for including me onto this forum this is my first post so i hope some one can give me a bit of advise. I am intending to have a look at the Eyre peninsular this winter with the hope of landing a few KG my wife can not travel in the 4x4 so she will be flying to port lincoln was wondering the better pla...

https://www.flightradar24.com/-31.82,115.7/12 The 3D icon then the control yoke takes you to the c*ckpit view. Aussie Paul. -- Edited by aussie_paul on Sunday 1st of May 2016 02:52:41 PM -- Edited by aussie_paul on Sunday 1st of May 2016 02:53:15 PM

Quirindi Caravan Park Sold the house, got rid of the debts and decided to live and work from a van. Got a 1991 GQ Nissan auto towing a 1998 Jayco Westport. we collected the rig three weeks ago in Perth and have been travelling since then back to Qld. A real shakedown cruise especially on the road between M...

Here is the best of Washington Post's Mensa Invitational, which once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. The winners are: 1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subj...

Hi all have an 1100 watt modified sine invertor and would like to purchase a one heater induction cook top can anyone recommend one that would suit my invertor ? Think that this site would be the best place to find out ... maybe someone out there has one ?

Thanks for adding me to your forum. I'm a single female quickly edging towards 60 and am thinking of buying a campervan. I like the look of the VW but have heard they have too many problems, so am now considering the Toyota Hiace. I would love to hear from Hiace owners (and others) to find out whether I shou...

Hi all, Just for your interest (if interested) this is the spreadsheet I did for our current trip over the Nullarbor. Shows all averages and cost per KM Only if you are interested.. Cheers Lit per 100KM14.15869883 Totals832.225877.8$1,056.87 Average Price per Lit ^^ Litres o...

I recently bought my first van (nov 15) after n uneventfull trip from Lake Macquarie to Coffs Harbour I decided to have a closer look at my tyres. I found that on my single axle van I had two different brands of tyre with different load ratings and my spare was different again. My question to all is how many...

Hi. Have you noticed in the past 3-4 months that often diesel is cheaper than ULP. We've had a few days of 90c litre ULP, but in Perth, nearly all the servos have diesel cheaper than petrol every day I'm not complaining at all as my DMax is diesel and given the fractionation involved in extracting diesel f...

It has been four year of research into why caravaner have settled on the rig that they have chosen to pull there van, and have had a lot of interesting conversations from the rig beaning not quite what is needed to can not be happier. Why the research Well I had a 80 series petrol Land Cruiser that I was ver...

found this little gem at the op shop. Sorry it is upside down. In my photos it the right way up. Also, does anyone know how to make photos smaller. Cheers rocket

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Every one wants to save money on their travels. Nuff said. But how? I have a Road Star 2008 van I think it is 18'6 I'm not sure but it's big enough for me and my missus and that is that!, it weighs around 3 tons fully loaded with all or stuff and beer. And is towed by a 2011 Holden Colorado the last of the Isuzu e...