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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?

Hi all I have a 96 toyota hiace with 2 deep cycle batteries of available storage plus the van battery. Am currently using 80 watt portable solar panel hooked to the first battery via anderson plug. have a 1100W inverter. I want to install a solar panel on the roof of the van and have an auto electrician av...

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Help please! 2 x 100 amp hour batteries (agm), a Steca solar charge controller advising the state of charge to be 78% and a 15 amp smart charger. Why would it take more than 10 hours to bring the batteries up to 100%? There was nothing running on battery at the time as we were on 240v. If the battery char...

Hi Phil C. Unfortunately my video camera battery has died and I have now to look for a new one. However, I have used my new exhaust bag jack and am very happy with the operation. I have found a Youtube video of a very similar bag and its operation is identical. Link below. There are two mats supplied, one for...

HELP. Any help with what i can claim for if I am travelling on a small super pension across Australia? I am not working just travelling solo Much Appreciated Cheers Di

A couple of months ago I bought some 6 B&S cable, well that is what I asked for. Today I went to buy around 15 meters of 6 B&S for van projects and the guy showed me several pieces that did not match what I thought was 6 B&S!!! He gave me a couple of samples of 6 and 8 B&S. The short bit is what I wa...

Planning a trip to Kangaroo island in September first time visit .. would like some advice on the council campgrounds over there apparently there are six being 1/ AMERICAN RIVER 2/ BROWNS BEACH 3/ DUCK LAGOON 4/ EMU BAY 5/ VVONNE BAY 6/ WESTERN RIVER COVE. Has anyone visited these sites and...

Pulled into Normanton today guna go on the gulflander In next couple days then look around the place. It's great to be on the rd full time.