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We have been caravanning for a couple of years but have always used powered sites. We are going from Perth to Karijina National park and on the fist night will be staying in an Eco tent. We will need to store the Van for that night at an off site location and the next night will be free camping. We have a 1...

Hey All, For years my partner and I have traveled Australia with our fur child and been staying in cabins etc. What we have found is the places are very few and far between. SO we decided to buy a tent which opens up to endless possibilities. We bought this great Campmor Tent and extension, however it wei...

We have been camped up at Cairns for about 3 weeks and it has rained nearly every day during the dry season. Hate to see the wet season.

LITTLE JOHNNY STRIKES AGAIN!! The teacher asked the class to use the word 'fascinate' in a sentence. Molly put up her hand and said, 'My family went to my granddad's farm, and we all saw his pet sheep. It was fascinating.' The teacher said, 'That was good, but I wanted you to use the word 'fascinat...

We are due some time in July to take delivery for what is for us a new van, embark on what I hope will be at least 12 months of traveling, and in this instance a van with an air conditioner.While I personally have no real problems with high temperatures or high humidity, my better half really suffers under t...

Wouldn't it be great if we could put ourselves in the dryer for ten minutes; come out wrinkle-free and three sizes smaller! Last year I joined a support group for procrastinators. We haven't met yet! I don't need anger management. I need people to stop pissing me off! Old age is coming at a real...

There's a few aviation types on here, and so I'll post some of the adventures that I had in PNG. This is the first and probably the least adventuress. However its the first. The other thing is I had a movie camera, bad news, the pictures here are from a cheap spare I had. The pilot took off from the Imonda ai...

Hi - newbie here We are working on the first caravan purchase (any assistance will be appreciated) and need to consider storage. Where we live is not conducive to long term caravan storage and our requirements for the next couple of years will be limited to travelling between Brisbane and Kingscli...

K.J.

LIVE WELL, LOVE MUCH, LAUGH OFTEN The other cubicleTraveling along the motor way and needing to use the toilet, I stopped at a service area and headed to the toilet. "Hi, how are you?" I'm not the type to start a conversation in the toilet and I don't know what got into me, But I answered, some...

Has anyone used one of the stand alone portable gas ovens? I have noted three of them: 1. Gasmate oven - sits on top of a Gasmate two burner stove (or a similar type). They can be bought as a package deal - oven and stove or individually. 2. Companion - a stand alone oven. 3. Coleman - also a stand alone, but tw...

A teacher asks her class, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Little Johnny says "I wanna be a billionaire, going to the most expensive clubs, take the best bitch with me, give her a Ferrari worth over a million bucks, an apartment in Hawaii, a mansion in Paris, a jet to travel throu...

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Free camp for 48 hours. Newish amenities block. 2 unisex flush loos & 1 unisex,disability shower. ( $1 coin for 2 minutes of hot water.) Dump point & rubbish bins. Short walk across a park to the town center. North side of through-road round a bout.( North of tourist info center & timber M...

G'day all, Can someone tell me if the free camp just south of Hillston, NSW is still open? Its a few years since we were through there. Regards Phil B.

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Maybe Port Hedland read my post from a few days back.They have just opened a new free camp in town today a we are the first ones in. Its about the size of a football field, located off gregory st between the tennis club a football field; enter via the tennis club driveway a there is a dump point a water as you...

Well folks we made it into Byron Bay today at lunch time and have booked into the only dog friendly park here Belongil Field's a very favourite haunt of DOUGWE so I suppose we should call it DOUGWE TOWN. Doug did warn us that this is a "VERY" basic caravan park and well, he is right but in saying t...