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Don't know if anyone else has seen or heard. Seems genuine enough. WORTH KNOWING Please give your 2 min and read this:- 1. Let's say it's 7pm and you're going home (alone of course) after an unusually hard day on the job. 2. You're really tired, upset and frustrated. 3. Suddenly you start experi...

Here are a few of the hundreds of images that we've taken in the 3 years that we've been retired.

I was coming back from the shop late yesterday and noticed a lady sitting on the A Frame of her van crying. I stopped and asked if she was OK, silly question really if she was crying. She told me her husband had been taken to hospital and she couldn't tow the van herself and needed to move it as the street is ve...

Sunrise at Yellow Water.

My BA XR6 ute can tow 1600kgs, has a carrying capacity in the tub of about 560kgs and a ball weight of 160kgs. The tow bar can take 2300kgs load & 160kgs ball weight. I got the show pony, not the workhorse. Does this mean that if I have full ball weight of 160kgs, then my carrying capacity is 400kgs? My ve...

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Hi guys anyone heading along Gibb river rd in the next week and like some company. We are a cpl in a camper trailer

We are going there in a few weeks. Having not been there before, we keep hearing stories that it is a major climb up the mountain. 1) Is this the case?2) which way did you go?Been told that if you want to avoid the climb, you need to come in from Goodiwindi. Too long a detour.Thanks, Larry

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Thinking of buying a kayak outboard motor , can anyone give me info . On these I have a 3.9 m sit on Viking i was thinking of a 24. Pound thrust motor to be mounted on the side near the sitting position . A 70 AH battery sure appreciate any insight about this .

Trying to get an insurance quote. Every caravan insurance company comes up on a search when on-line quote is mentioned. However none of them actually give one on-line. Must be a phone call. However, on calling one insurer I went thru 5 levels of menu before I got into a queue for a van quote. Hung on until...

We are looking at buying a Satellite TV kit when we travel through Perth next week. We know about itech world. Where else is good to go?

Photo taken early morning in late May 2015 using Apple ipad

Gday... Cheers - John

Sunrise at Lake Mulwala, NSW

arrived at the Barcaldine showgrounds this morning for a couple of nights stay and when the council lady came to collect our money ( $26 p/n ) she told us to wash our cars, vans and everything else before we move on as we are heading west as there is a major water shortage all the way thru to Mt Isa. Longreach...

Has anyone had a problem with a Jayco Starcraft Outback 16ft with a rear ensuite and a truma airconditioner on the roof and also a solar panel on the roof. We picked up the van on 18 May brand new from Jayco and took it up to Wangaratta the following weekend for its first trip - when we got home we decided to pu...

.. arrived mid afternoon at Manangatang .. Its an overnight freecamp in town (the only one) .. and prob the best value I've ever come across .. Hot Shower with own toilet and baby-change facility (if you need it) built in .. also separate toilets for general use .. a small area for seating which also in...