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In Charge of SuppliesAn American, a Canadian and a Japanese were stranded in a deserted island in middle of nowhere. They understood that until rescues arrived, they will need to work together in order to stay alive on the island. So they decided to divide up the tasks.The American points to the Canad...

They told me that I had no skills and should become a truckdriver!! Where is the resident Road Train driver?

Just a quick question - We have friends who will be sailing over from Tassie with their van in January unfortunately there are only 2 trips that they can book and both are daytime sailings. The ferry docks around 6pm in Geelong and they will be looking for somewhere to camp probably no more than an hour or...

Many members will be aware of my utter contempt for WDH units. As we know, there are many types of WDH, each type supplied in an effort to make people believe that a vehicle can do things for which it never was designed, but this example is new to me. Can anybody explain how it works? Cheers

While on a road trip, an elderly couple stopped at a roadside restaurant for lunch.After finishing their meal, they left the restaurant, and resumed their trip.When leaving, the elderly woman unknowingly left her glasses on the table,and she didn't miss them until they had been driving for about f...

A guy looked at my Corvette the other day and said I wonder how many people could have been fed for the money that sports car cost.I replied I am not sure, it fed a lot of families in Bowling Green, Kentucky who built it, it fed the people who make the tires, it fed the people who made the components that went i...

American Tourist Taunts an AustralianAn Australian man was having a coffee and croissants with butter and jam in a cafe when an American tourist, chewing gum, sat down next to him.The Australian politely ignored the American, who, nevertheless started up a conversation.The American snapped his...

Hi, I'm Pete and my wife is Barb. We're kiwis just back from NZ recently. We have done fulltime caravanning in NSW and QLD from 2018 to 2021, my wife doing rural and remote nursing while I do the driving and other necessary duties. We are now ready to continue our travels and are presently in Rainbow Beach...

Jayco Starcraft model 15.51-3 built in 2015. Dining table is centre column adjustable height, it will not stay in the raised height (drops down) and will not go down to the lowest level (used to make a bed). there is no brand manufacturer name labelled, anybody know who makes it, or had this problem and...

My assertion that the 10% rule of ATM to towball weight is so variable that it is a starting point only for the average caravanner. TBW isnt a mandatory requirement, it can be a recommendation.Most people realise that there is various ways to increase yaw like speed, low or high towball weight etc. I su...

While on a road trip, an elderly couple stopped at a roadside restaurant for lunch.After finishing their meal, they left the restaurant, and resumed their trip.When leaving, the elderly woman unknowingly left her glasses on the table,and she didn't miss them until they had been driving for about f...

John, who lived in the north of England, decided to go golfing inScotland with his buddy Shawn, so they loaded up John's minivan and headed north. After driving for several hours, they got caught in a terrible downpour, so they pulled into a nearby farm and asked the woman who answered the door if they c...

And what did you think of it? A whole town, shop and all, furnishings etc just disintegrating in the little houses still standing. Most interesting day in years for me!! A good camp there too. B

It is with great sadness that I have to mention the loss of a few further local businesses around town: The bra manufacturer has gone bust. The specialist in submersibles has gone under. The manufacturer of food blenders has gone into liquidation. A dog kennel has had to call in the retrievers. ...

It's interesting who you sometimes run into when traveling. We pulled up at a free campsite at Coolgardie last week, which is about 3000 km from home. There was one other van parked there. The owner came out to say gooday. It turned out to be our favorite, "The Great Yobarr". We had a nice chat over a cup of...

So yeah this is another WDH thread, but just a bit of how far behind in the technology we are. Anyway if your interested you search on youtube for what available in yank land, a guy called wandering weekends I watched a couple of his vids one the 3 worst WDH's and 11 best. Surprising the 3 worst I've never se...

https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/614ce6be3cf1757a292cdeeb6249959bFondly known as Kenny the Kennebec, the spud was built 40 years ago by the family of Tasmanian Premier J...

Went to Balgowlah Post Office to get some stamps for letters to UK. They printed off stickers. I said I don't need all straight away, what do I do about the printed price. They said just add $0.30 or whatever it goes up by next year. I said I have enough of the small denomination international stamps. So I...