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A call to any Patrol owners... When I first connected my van, sitting nice and level, I was NOT ablr to open the R/H rear door, as it hit the coupling handle. My solution was to lower the hitch, thus allowing the door to clear the hitch. My problem, is that when connected the van looks to be placing too much d...

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Hi all, Has anyone toured Fraser Island with sizeable caravan? I see guys towing big boats to waddy point. Regards Jim

"Yep" That's right, here is the forecast for Saturday in the Lower South West...........Saturday 8 August Showers over western parts of the State extending across areas south of a line from Carnarvon to Eucla during the day. Thunderstorms and gusty winds possible over the southern hal...

Hi, Am new here and been looking at posts for a while, someone may have some good advice for me. I am doing up a 2006 Merc Sprinter LWB for traveling and I want to get the electric's done for solar and accessories etc. Also want to get cruise control fitted. I am in Capel WA and often go to Perth. If anyone can s...

My new fan was faulty and had to be replaced a kind guy unscrewed it from the wires while I was on the road.... I was able to get a new one, I would like to put it up myself, there is a black wire and a red wire which goes all the way into my house batteries, these wires a still attached. The wires that were conn...

Jurgens AustraliaJurgens Caravans and Jurgens Pop-Tops PRA number: 2015/14814 Date published: 21st July 2015Product informationProduct description PT-series pop-tops and J-series caravansIdentifying features Caravan chassis numbers from C1400038 to C1501451 Pop-Top chassis numbers...

Click on link, when screen appears, place curser over fly swatter, grab the fly swatter and see how many flies you can swat, This should keep you amused on a wet day and good practice for next Summer. http://majman.net/fly_loader.html K.J.

Anyone else installed Windows 10 I installed mine this morning took about 1.5 hours to complete and required no intervention on my part. With the small amount of time I have spent using it so far, very happy with it, many improvements and Internet Explores replacement seems fast and stable and I feel t...

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The sombre funeral procession pulled into the cemetery....Several carloads of family members followed a black Dual Cab Ute, towing the tinny with its outboard attached, and with a coffin <centre stage> secured across the tinny's seats.... A passer-by remarked, "That bloke...

Anybody interested in a new car Hyundai have got a great deals going on the Hyundai I30 series 2 and Elantra series 2 ,I mean great deals, nothing to do with the company just a happy Hyundai i30 Active X series 2 owner. Lance C

Gday... Bronwyn Bishop arrives ready to put in her first Newstart form at Centrelink. Cheers - John

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A few reflections of a truckieAs I near my 58th year I look back at what a wonderful and privileged journey I have had so far. I started driving heavy vehicles as soon as I got my brief. As a kid we drove them around the paddock at harvest time everyone had to help. I had to drive the chase bin it was a inter abou...

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A question to the brains trust here. Which would give the better light from these two types of strip lighting? The 5050 SMD 300 LED lights OR The 3528 SMD 600 LED lights ? Or would they be about the same ? Thanks guys....

We own a 6 month Jayco Silverline. We use the main water supply for our water at the caravan park. The pump is off and our 2 water tanks is empty. But the last few months both water tanks is filling up slowly with water and once its filled the water comes out of the breather, even thought the selector switc...

While we are in the stages of preparing for our journey, we are still living in our house, we have dropped our cable internet and got an 8G big pond mobile plan. Don't ask me why we did this at this stage, that story is bigger than Ben Hur. So we are on a 4G mobile plan, my question is, how do you all manage yo...

This is a beautiful little free camp. As I said 130k approx from Port Hedland. Has taken me 5 days to get here. Only doing about 20-30k per day between free camps. So this is Sherlock River, Last night Whim Creek Hotel, night before, Peawah Rest Area, 2 nights before that, Yule River free camp. There is...