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we have had our Bailey Valencia for just over 12 months. Every time we go to use it, there appears to be small piles of wood dust sometimes interspersed with little black dots. We have assumed it may be coming from ants and last time when we packed up the van, my husband sprayed thoroughly around the outsi...

Big hello from us both Dave and Addy We are a couple of expats (British) and decided we had had enough of the rat-race so in may this year we sold everything and now we are just travelling around Asia. Recently we went to Brisbane to look at a nice little 4x4 rig and we liked it so much we have ordered one and s...

hello i,m thinking of fitting a friction sway control to my Pathfinder that tows a two axle Windsor Genesis caravan, what do fellow nomads think of this device ?

Hi All, Hubby & I have ordered our new caravan which we will be taking delivery of next June. We have previously camped so are looking forward to some luxury. For our first trip we are driving from Brisbane to Melbourne to collect the van, then then off to Darwin. We are taking 6 weeks to do this and w...

Yarrawonga Weir Power Station is a hydroelectric power station at Lake Mulwala on the Murray River, Victoria, Australia. Yarrawonga Weir has a generating capacity of 9.5 megawatts of electricity, and was commissioned in 1994. (Wikipedia)

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Gday... We had to lock Glenelg up ... he gets all weird when it's a full moon

We didn't REALLY lock Dave up

... but despite the chilly night, the sky looks wonderful. Cheers - John

Caravan Park in Roma QldPermalink Reply Quote Caravan parks and the Showgrounds are not what I call good value BUT we now have a park opened up at Roma Gun Club which is very good value with spotless amenities and large sites for aprox $10 per night cheaper.We stayed for a week and had gun noise for le...

Recently purchased a van with antenna that can be set vertical or horizontal. What is correct for digital TV in Perth, Western Australia? Thank you, John K -- Edited by jrk36 on Thursday 26th of November 2015 10:56:35 AM

Gday... OK OK OK OK .... I get the idea ..... if I really gotta then I'll walk down and see who is around

Cheers - John

I'ts a shocking day for wind at home here (I'm only 170km away) I hope to be there next week for a few days with the kayak. Is anyone catching any fish?

Hi I'm an newbie and need help We bought our 1983 Windsor Windcheater caravan 13' this week. DH parked it out the front overnight - no problems. The road does slope so don't want to park it there for too long. Today DH tried to reverse it up our driveway to park under cover but we struck a problem. The cambe...

Hi all just a general question which will vary by each group. Just wondering travel costs per wk/fnigt fuel food ect general overall costing cheers

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Hello all I was told about this park on my travels and decided to check it out I was pleasantly surprised by this little oasis, a large level gravel area with sixteen reasonable sized powered sites and also unpowered sites for large and small vans and motor homes There are clean facilities and a lice...

G'day Forumites Spouse & I are looking to buy our first van - coming from a tent for many years and then a camper trailer in more recent years (still use the tent on more remote trips). We are looking at a small van - basically just a place to sleep safely without worrying about wet canvas, torn canvas,...

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All of the driving power has gone from this old workhorse but there is still heaps of power in the old boy. Power to attract. Another shot taken at Merna Mora in the Flinders Ranges.

Julia Creek celebrate the Dirt and Dust Festival each year and there's no doubt natures power whips up plenty of dirt, dust and flies.