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Hi ya'all, I am getting ready to vamoose. I am fitting out an old caravan for solo travelling and hope to be ready to roll first quarter 2016. I plan on keeping it fairly remote, want to be able to enjoy the starlight. The thought of going deep bush is a bit daunting for safety reasons. I am fitting the van ou...

Hi guys. I have to say I dont understand anything technical and a complete newbie. But getting my 2005 mercedes sprinter converted motorhome ready and plugged in to the 240v socket yesterday to run the 50L waeco fridge. Not using anything else in van. Reading was 13.5v when I unplugged it at 8pm. At 8am...

Effective Suicide Counselling...... A desperate looking woman stood poised on the edge of a high cliff about to jump off. A filthy tramp wandering by stopped and said, "Look since you'll be dead in a few moments and it won't matter to you, how about a quick shag before you go?" She screame...

Hi All, I was just wondering how the "grey's" in Tassie are fareing with the snow????

Well we are now real grey haired nomads first stop Roma to drop of our chooks to a friend back to brissy kiss grand kids good by then of to Angus waters to chill on the beach then flip a coin on which way we will go yeah freedom :)

New to this website but not to touring. I know many people say there is no need to be lonely when travelling solo, but personally I find myself with little in common when sitting around the campfire with fellow grey nomads. No grandchildren and no partner to talk about I usually sit quietly. So I thought...

This Bloke Sure Is Spot On with His readings. David Mason is a Writer, a Professor, and a Poet Laureate from Colorado, USA There's a lot to admire about Australia, especially if you're a visiting American, says David Mason. More often than you might expect, Australian friends patiently listenin...

Today we arrived at Hervey Bay and went to settle in to our site with the assistance of one of the staff. While helping to back us in he yelled to stop. The drain was blocked and not a pretty sight. The outgoing caravanner had emptied their porta pottie down the sullage hole. If that was not bad enough, the f...

From Philbe to all Thanks guys,,,Now I know what to do Drive slower with my van,& mrs .

Somebody was looking for a campchair , here is an innovative model

Gday.. Cheers - John

Most of us learn by experience <sometimes bitter experience> that all things to do with safely setting up/down your caravan, need to be in sequence order and when a safe sequence is not carried out in its correct sequence it has a tendency to bite us in the derriere' in a big way.....e.g. if we l...

I have to T into my 6 B&S cables. How do people usually do this? Aussie Paul.

Firstly I would like to thank the two members who offered to assist me, unfortunately our timings were out of whack and were were not able to get together. As per your suggestions: 1. I got to know my new ute better, I found long driveways to practice reversing, did plenty of reverse parking and backing...

Bruce Hwy, about 11km south of St Lawrence turn off. Great spot with plenty of room for vans and smaller rigs. Nice clean toots but no showers. Plenty of water but not drinking. 24hr stop.

I am seeking reviews from anyone who has purchased this Caravan Mover. I notice on their website that they have upgraded and now have a new model called V2. I see 2 posts on the mover with one being negative and the other being positive. My van is a 21'6" Regal with a Tare of 2160kg, GTM of 2370kg an...

This year we are having a trip through Europe, largely to catch u wit my family while we are almost all still here, hence the reason we have been a bit quiet on the forum of recent. We are in Paris at the moment, with good wifi, so thought I would post an update, just so you can see how we are suffering.RomeWe s...

Gday... Cheers - John

Gee,this ADR change was slipped through quietly and unannounced by the previous federal government in April 2013! What a disgrace? The commonly recognised "best practice' in the Australian RV industry for more than 40 years has been to extend engine exhausts to the rear area behind: all rea...

Hi We are located in Victoria, and whilst we are in Victoria, our Foxtel works great. Sadly, when we were recently in NSW, although our settings were correct, we could not get Foxtel to work. When the TV was turned on, the Foxtel program banner was at the bottom of the screen, but the picture was black. W...