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good morning all, i'm travelling to west aus and want to stay in perth for a few days. this means leaving fred in kennels i have looked at the boarding kennels nearest to some caravan parks that are close to public transport and tentatively selected a couple. however, i'd like some input from people...

Hi guys, this is a first for me. We are new to caravanning and had our first 5 day trip in March in our 2010 13 ft Coromal rear door off road pop top. We will be doing our second 5 day trip in May and hopefully a little wiser (took far too much stuff last time). That's all for now but I hope to be posting more very so...

Satnav A new poem by Pam Ayres I have a little Satnav, it sits there in my car. A Satnav is a driver's friend it tells you where you are. I have a little Satn...av, i've had it all my life. It's better than the normal ones, my Satnav is my wife. It gives me full instructions, especially how to drive "It's sixty...

During my travels I have encountered some really difficult places to manoeuvre. Brown Mountain in the south east of New South Wales comes to mind followed by the road between Ebor and Grafton and finally parts of the Bruxner Highway between Tenterfield and Casino. However, has anyone ever experien...

Many years ago during my married days, I accidentally overturned my golf cart. Elizabeth, a very attractive and keen golfer, who lived in a villa on the golf course, heard the noise and called out. Are you okay, what's your name? It's John, and I'm okay thanks, I replied as I pulled myself out of the t...

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were thinking about going to south Australia for two months from May to June ,I know Qeensnland makes more sense but we need a change. From what I have been told and I hope it's wrong the wheather will be cold and wet this time of year?. Has anyone travelled there this time of year ?. I know no one can predic...

How, all. Yep, did the search, worded things differently but only found one topic with no real ending, so here I am asking the knowledgable people on this great forum. I have a 2014 Colorado twin cab ute with globe lights and a 2014 caravan with LED lights. When van connected to the Collie the side and rea...

The mother in law arrives home from shopping to find her son in law Paddy, in a steaming rage and hurriedly packing his suitcase. "What happened Paddy?" she asks anxiously. "What happened?....what the hell happened?...I'll tell you what happened!...I sent an email to my wife Jean, telling her I was...

Has anyone had our problem? Want to have an annexe fitted to the van but the exhaust gas from the heat exchanger is a low wall grill under the awning side of the van ,option one pipe through the roof? Option two would be to pipe above the awning through the wall has anyone had this problem thanks in advance...

Gday... <<<post deleted .... info was already posted in I Digress >>> Cheers - John -- Edited by rockylizard on Tuesday 12th of April 2016 04:53:00 PM

Hi - travelling done the Hume towards Bendigo & would like to know of any free showers - maybe at service stations etc?

After feedback on 5th wheelers Looking at buying new Want bunks and queen bed. For sleeping 3 Any recommendations? Update tow vehicle looking at Colorado or similar. Assuming you drive on ordinary licence what othet vehicles could i look at.

Now some of you might remember when the American war ship Thruxton berthed at Outer Harbor in Adelaide back many years ago. Well, there were many American sailors itching to get acquainted with our Aussie girls and they made every attempt to do so. Well in this case, three sailors had met up with three s...

Hi Team,, Nearly done it in a van in1975 but the rains beat me, so here i am contemplating it again in a van 40yrs later. Am i OLD and crazy or just CRAZY.. Going back to the Cape for another look, and thought i'd kill two birds with the proverbial..Mind you have heaps of time in the northern dry and am not in a h...

The thermostat on our Waeco HDC 220 fridge has failed. Does anyone know where I can purchase a replacement thermostat with out paying half the cost of the fridge. I can't see a Waeco Thermostat being that much more expensive than for other 12v fridges. The registered agent quote to replace I would be be...

Hi this is my very first experience as a forum contributor, we are relatively new to the world of caravanning and to date have only travelled (from Geelong) up the east coast on three occasions and a 'park hop' along the Murray. Our longest trip has been to Maroochydore where we enjoyed a good break at C...

Just tuned in, looking forward to the expertise, comrade and a bit of a laugh, been a Nomad since I was 14 I guess,

Hi Were from the south coast of nsw , we're a retired couple and have been caravaning now for about ten years, just bought our 3rd caravan an 18 ft Nova we have had a few problems with it but hopefully it's sorted now. Regards Ron..

Hi everyone. I've been traveling for just over a year now and I'm just starting to see little bits of rust around my windows and door and I wanted to stop it before it got worse. (Guess Ive stayed at too many beaches) I've had my Grey Chihuahua serviced and she's all good :) apart from this little niggle. So...