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Hi my name is Tony I have done a fair amount of caravaning with my beautiful wife Cheryl unfortunalely Cheryl passed away 12 months and i wish to continue caravaning but not overly keen on doing so by myself i was wondering if anyone could lead me to the right path for traveling with others im from sth au...

On another forum having a bit of banter of the difficulties of modern cars. A bit of perspective: Be grateful you don't have to start a car with a handle (& in the rain). My Mum broke her wrist because she forgot to NOT put her thumb around the handle, keeping thumb same side of handle as fingers. The...

Current GPS lets me know when I am 1Km over the max speed limit for a particular road I am on, its a 20year old NAVIG8R brand, similar to the discontinued Navman 130M I think. Looked at some of the Garmins eg the Drive 53, and with over the speed limit, I understand, The GPS just puts a red light on the screen,...

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Hello all, Just joined the Grey Nomads Journal. Recently took our Jayco Freedom out of storage and silly me left the batteries in the remote for the Trumar Saphire A/con Of course corrosion occured,and i cleaned it out ,the terminals looked ok. New batteries fitted ,the remote fired up to a point but w...

I had installed a. 3000w inverter and connected our microwave rated at 1150w . When I turned the microwave on , inverter overloaded and blew 120a fuse on power into inverter. What has happened any advice appreciated

No doubt the E.V. Batteries would have improved since this video. Scientists will overcome the problems going forward. But!! it sort of scares the Sh*t out of owning an E.V. vehicle. Naturally, I have not fact-checked and of course, there is the computer way of making things seem realistic. https:/...

Yahoo has just gone down. Does it have any connection to any telco's ?

Hi All, Looking at doing a half lap from Melbourne, originally we intended to do the traditional anti-clockwise but we now think leaving Vic. in late March and going clockwise might suit us better as we "get going" a bit earlier without arriving in Darwin too early, (we want to do Mindil Beach etc) I kno...

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Greetings all, My 4 seasons leaks. I have timber damage and plywood damage. I read via google that the top panel can be removed on some older models by remvong the poprivets in the corners. Min is a newer model and doesnt hav ethe po rovets. There does look like there may be something in the corners (fr...

OK don't shoot me We are considering a trip from Sydney to Perth in our Campervan (see avatar) The main purpose is to do a few business meetings, and maybe spend a week over there. I'm looking for some logical stops along the way. Not really a sightseeing trip this time. I'm happy to be on the road 7...

Every morning, the CEO of a large bank in Manhattan walks to the corner for a shoe shine. He sits in an armchair, examines the Wall Street Journal in minute detail while the shoe shiner buffs his shoes to a mirror shine.One morning the shoe shiner asks the CEO: "What do you think about the situation in the...

Just a warning to any grey nomads near Broome or thinking of going there in the near future, it's kicked off again due to the usual suspects so do a YOUI...( insurance pun intended )

Hi all I've installed Maxilamp 4 LED combination lights on my caravan. The indicators work fine when the ignition is on, but they only light halfway when the engine is running. I've tried a 10 ohm 5 watt resistor on the trailer connector to left and right 12v supply (to earth pin) so as to simulate incand...

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A rich and insightful wander thru outback indigenous involvement in policing the outback, and if you want to spend the time many facts about their history and interaction with white landholders. Will interest travellers interested in the "feeling" of the outback. B ps: I hope the links work - I'...