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Good Day All. My first post. Yes! I have been looking for a previous topic that covered my dilemma, but to no avail. We have purchased a 5 yr old van with the standard 2 door 3 way Dometic refrigerator. Everything's good - except the 12 v wiring to the car. The people that installed the reversing camera/...

Hi Just wondering if anyone can let me know what this aluminium thing is on the back of this van? Seen a few, curious as to what they are. Cheers Vince

In recent times we've camped in a few areas where there are a lot of fruit bats (flying foxes). While staying in these places we've spoken to many people that seem to have the wrong idea about these animals to the point of hysteria in some cases. We've done some research & come up with these FACTS. 1. B...

Hi all I have a Optitec remote controlled jockey wheel which has had very little use. I find these days I have gotten use to leaving my caravan parked out on the road and don't use the Optitec anymore so am considering selling it. Would anyone like to make a sensible offer.

Today we went down to our local Telstra Shop to purchase our annual $200 per 12 months/ 12gig of data for mobile broadband for our laptop. We always renew just before the 12 month period is up so that any residual from the previous year is not lost but added to the new year. We had around $30 left over this ti...

Disclaimer The following is sent purely as an interesting item and is not aimed at anyone in particular or sent to cause any consternation among our readers.The Window from which welook A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, The y...

DEAR DIARY - DAY 1 All packed for the cruise ship -- all my nicest dresses, swimsuits, short sets. Really, really exciting. Our local Red Hat chapter - The Late Bloomers decided on this "all-girls" trip. It will be my first one - and I can't wait! -----------------------------------...

The new manager walked all around the factory, inspecting his workers, when he came to a room where he saw someone slacking off, leaning against the wall. The manager hid behind a few pipes and watched the employee for 5 minutes. The person didn't move a muscle, so the manager approached him and ordere...

A police officer in a small town stopped a motorist who was speeding down Main Street. "But officer." the man began, "I can explain,"."Just be quiet," snapped the officer. "I'm going to let you cool your heels in jail until the chief gets back...""...

"Late again!" the third-grade teacher sternly said to little Ranger."It ain't my fault this time, Miss Russell. You can blame this 'un on my Daddy.The reason I'm three hours late is my Daddy sleeps naked!"Now, Miss Russell had taught grammar school for 30-some-odd years. D...

I remember the corned beef of my Childhood,And the bread that we cut with a knife,When the Children helped with the housework,And the men went to work not the wife.The cheese never needed a fridge,And the bread was so crusty and hot,The Children were seldom unhappy,And the Wife was content with her lo...

hi would any one know how to go about replacing a piezo ignitor in a rm 2301 fridge thanking you terrola

Hi fellow nomads,i have been,up until now greasing the tow ball with "ordinary"grease,and this results in it going black and horrible after a couple of days reasonable travelling.I have heard of people using cut up plastic shopping bags(i have never actually seen it) a...

Hi all, been tossing up what would be best to get in way of a fridge, my old caravan fridge was a 3 way but done to where the old fridges go My leaning towards a 2 way portable fridge 12/240 v which can be used for both .lm open to you suggestions

Hi All. I am doing a bit of tidying up, replaced the 4.5 with a 9kg gass bottle on the A frame of the caravan and added a wire mesh basket. My question is this, the gass regulator is sitting higher then the gass bottles (see the photo). I would like to lay it flat between the gass bottles, is there some rules f...

hi would any one know how to go about replacing a piezo ignitor in a rm 2301 fridge thanking you terrola

Just saw on the news where a truck ran into a Jayco Motor Home. Didn't get all details. The MH is from NSW, the male driver is dead and female passenger in Hospital. Hopefully it's not one of our members. Whether GNs or not, still a sad affair. Maybe others might have more up to date news. I'll check local N...

Looking for Ambulance cover while in South Australia, thy don't have agreements with Tasmania, do we go with there ambulance service cover or private cover because and if we go private what in your opinions is the best

I got an old franklin caravan , it got 12 / 240 lighting set up , 2 gas burner hotplate with a griller and 2 x 240 power points , no fridge . Am thinking l get a portable fridge 2 way , may be around 50 litres and 12 volt tv , charger for i phone and some other stuff , not alot, lights of course, possibility a inverto...

Bob an undertaker, recently came home with a black eye."What happened to you?" asked his wife."I had a terrible day" replied Bob. "I had to go to an hotel and pick up a man that had died in his sleep. When I arrived there, themanager said they couldn't get him into a body bag...