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After major changes MY BEACH SHAK is back on the road. Pop Top 50% lighter and folds up/down easy. Front Extension slides out and locates better but will be further improved next summer by making it 800mm Power is now two circuits. Circuit 1 - 2 x 100ah Deep cycle in parallel charged by DC-DC charger w...

I know there are a couple of threads on CO sensors , but I'm still quite confused as to where they should be installed. Our bed is in the front of the van near the door. Would it go in the centre of the wall , above the gas detector but well below the smoke alarm ?

The head unit in my jayco Motorhome has went haywire, when I turn it on it might say store,or clock set or a Radio channel any thing but the right thing. None of the buttons does anything. It should let you choose TV,RADIO or PHONE. Anyone got any ideas? Kevin

Hi thank you for accepting me as a new member my name is Tony and my wife Claudia . we bought a winnebago esperance and love it .

I'm on a roll. Shell and I have just bought our first van. Crusader Musketeer. We are not quite at retirement yet but we are practising every second weekend or so, by making short trips out from Perth both north and south in direction. The days of tenting and towing the boat are all but finished and I look f...

It seems someone in their "wisdom has decided that a A frame is a vehicle modification. Dept Transport WA now require that all A frame combinations have Dept approval and meet ALL the following conditions. 1) Motor home must be 3.5 times heavier than towed vehicle towing capacity. 2) Towed veh...

Have you checked the overhang of your caravan !! The regulation states:The distance from the tow ball to the axle centre line (or the centre of a group of two or more axles) must not exceed 8.5M and the overhang, including any attachments to the trailer, must not exceed 3.7m

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-26/haircuts-for-the-homeless-in-perth/6648394?section=wa

This advice is for those who do not comply. I am not defending the right or wrong of this regulation, I am (in good faith) just informing those who are not aware and would like to correct their situation if not compliant. I do not want smart xxx replies or of those who put their heads in the sand and hope the i...

Port Augusta is the main portal for people travelling by road from one side of Aust to the other (east/west). The one CP at Port Augusta charges $45 a night - and not much to show for all that money. The Shire wont allow free camping so that CP has a captive market. But about 40 km on the eastern side of PA, th...

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Lunch with Jim & Leonie (Justcruisin) in Perth Northern Suburbs this coming Sunday at 1130 AM, 26th July 2015. Venue will be Dome Café in Wanneroo Shopping Centre (approx. 30 kms north of Perth on Wanneroo Road) 10 Conlan Ave, Wanneroo WA 6065 (08) 9405 9660 Apologise for not putting this in GT...

Have done a "search" but am wondering what brands of extra fuel filters people have fitted successfully. Caravan mags advertise one from "DieselCare" which includes the filter plus the extras to fit it and for each specific make of vehicle. Can anyone help out here? Thank you...

Just finished installing new bearings and seals in the Avan hubs - they use the Ford style. Anyway I bought Japanese bearings with unknown seals...all went well till I went to replace the hub on the axle when I found I could not get the hub to full seat on the axle even by gently forcing it on using the axle n...

Hi, My wife and I are new to this forum aged in our early 50's. We have just brought a 2008 Windsor Genesis 638 to replace our 1998 Windsor Dynasty pop top which we had for 10 years. This van has the bathroom, aircon etc which our last van lacked. Tow with a new model 2012 Dmax Dual cab manual. I guess we are no...

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Hi fellow Grey Nomads. I'm an extreme novice in caravanning. I've recently bought a Goldstream camper trailer & towed it empty with a Holden Crewman. Much to my disappointment there was a lot of swaying as well as up & down movement when it was being towed. Without changing vehicles would w...

Just a silly observation In the south of WA they refer to the highway as the Stuart highway, but in the north they pronounce it as the Stewart highway. I was sure it was the Stuart highway as he was the bloke they named it after, so why the Stewart highway?