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There is NO tap water available now. Council locked the taps yesterday as one of them saw someone spending half an hour filling their tanks a few days ago. The water is trucked in so a shame someone was arrogant enough to 'over use' it. Glenden is only 25 km, has town water tap at the big orange bucket rest...

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Gday... This scene from 1952 of Myer's cafeteria in Melbourne shows just how popular the major shopping emporium's cafeterias were back in the 50s and 60s and even through to the 70s. This was long before we had Maccas, KFC and Pizza Hut, when the big department stores in the major cities and larger reg...

Hi I've a strange problem. There's a gentle hum when connected to 240 grid power within the 'van. All appliances & lights are off. It is still evident even if the Car/Power switch is on Car. Checking power usage, the clamp meter shows 0.1 Amps (on the 40 amp AC mode). All plugs are firm and I've used tw...

these two pic were taken 30 seconds apart i was heading west about 50ks west of the Nulabour Road house. it shows the Moon setting and the sun rising it was a beautiful morning. I hope you enjoy them Cheers The Hats

we arrived in Daly Waters, NT this morning after hearing quite a few recommendations from others on the road. What a fantastic place. It is so popular the vans are packed in tight with the people running it saying they will have to start a second storey if any more turn up. Was a bit apprehensive about how...

Gday... Cheers - John

Hello fellow caravaners. I was looking at a previous post on hot water anode,& element replacement and seen a video on servicing it, the person in the video checked the 240v hot water element with an multi meter to see what state the old element was in ,and it showed that it had blown out and was in ne...

Portable grey water tanks not permitted must be contained in the vehicle. some have been asked to move on.

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This info posted by JohnR in the General Forum on 2nd July 2015 Diesel at Ceduna $1.37, Penong $1.37, Boarder Village $1.84, Eucla $1.72, Caiguna $1.84. At Norseman BP $1.45 and Caltex $1.40. We "Free Camped" at Colona Rest Area, Jilah Rockhole, Woorlba Homestead Rest Area which has &quo...

Gday all. We are new members and also new to caravanning. Kim and I are taking a "gap" year to go exploring after my recent redundancy. We are currently at Hervey bay and will be heading for Alice. As the Donohue highway would save us a lot of k's and time can anyone please give us some informati...

Yep...it's me again. Any suggestions re free camping areas? Or budget RV sites? Appreciated your feedback last time. Thanks Terri

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Yep...it's me again. Any suggestions re free camping areas? Or budget RV sites? Appreciated your feedback last time. Thanks Terri

Regardless of what other peoples rigs are we always wave to all oncoming travelers and most times they wave back. The other day I made an observation that 4 x 4's with boats on top towing caravans rarely wave back when my wife came up with the obvious answer...... "they're boat people"

Could any one advise of a caravan/repair company in the Cairns (Qld) area that would do pre purchase inspections on caravans.