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How many of you have sold your van/rig to purchase a mobile home for any reason? I'd like to know those reasons. I did read a few years ago a couple that sold their 22ft van, purchased a mobile home then went back to a caravan but didnt get a chance to question why. So the positives and negatives of your rea...

I love my camp oven and they can do almost anything. BUT, lacking any form of thermostat has meant some disasters. I learned to improvise, so: 1. when baking, I found that using a trivet to stop contact with the direct heat of the base reduced burning the bottom of roasts, cakes, bread etc. 2. likewise, I...

Wish I put more effort in studying paper & cardboard planes in primary school. Waxed paper or cardboard is very difficult for radar to see. Paper planes vs $50m metal planes. Paper wins!

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I have a 2009 Jayco Penguin with a battery installed, which is charged when connected to 240v power. We stay mostly at parks with power, but I'm interested in visiting some spots which don't have power and water. Although the battery would probably last a few days (to pump water and run LED lights) with...

Well after looking at a bunch of flexible panels and testing some that barely put out a third of stated watts I have bought 2 renogy rigid panels (6kg each) which is the same weight as a atem 200w folding. Difference is 190w from these panels and 60w from atem 6kg is light enough to be a portable and I can se...

After a long illness, a woman died and arrived at the Gates of Heaven. While she was waiting for Saint Peter to greet her, she peeked through the Gates. She saw a beautiful banquet table. Sitting all around were her parents and all the other people she had loved and who had died before her. They saw her and...

Maybe I am showing my age,but does anyone remember the games we used to play in the streets when we were young,like. Paper chase,Poison ball, rounders,hopscotch,hide and seek,ect. And when the street light came on,time to go home for tea.

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I have asked this question on another forum and decided to also ask here so to capture more experience caravaners The other day I was under the van and noticed a couple of areas of the outer skin of the plywood floor, like a very thin veneer peeling away, like stringy pieces. What is the best way to fix t...

Recently, at a free canp, I met a lady travelling solo, and she mentioned that there was a 'rattly noise' when she was travelling with the van in tow. Naturally I decided to have a look. I pulled the shank out of the receiver and soon determined that this was the problem. Somebody, in their wisdom, had cut...

As part of my slow, but moving, change transitioning to almost full solar reliance I am considering a 36V system, the caravan will remain 12V (too hard to change) but 36V will be used to power a 36V/240V inverter which will then provide 240V for everything. My question is: Is anyone using a 36V system an...

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It's not a good idea to write endless lines of type so that anyone with an A4 style page size has to concentrate when returning to the next line of conversation. The general style preferred is 80 - 120 characters per line. Some of the posts here are bloody difficult to read - the eye cannot easily jump to...

It looks as though the thread Politicisation of banks has been closed down, where people were debating about using cash Below is a link to a recent media article, where some younger people, are using cash to help them budget https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-29/cash-stuffing-viral-savi...

We are in Brisbane paying through the nose in a caravan park and looking for somewhere close to Brisbane to stay. We want to spend time near family after the long stint away but seems no showgrounds do camping. Did hear of one school on the Sunshine Coast but they are only at Xmas (handy if they would reply...