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Hello fellow travellers, I have had my van parked up at home here at Malanda in Nth Queensland for 6-7 months .The water tanks have been 1/2 full in that time and we have been using the van to shower in while we renovate the bathroom in the house ,the yard hose is connected to the van and we have been using it t...

We urgently need to sell our 2014 Concept Ascot SX 22' van. We have tried several caravan selling sites but to no avail. Some dealers have told us it will be hard to sell because of the high price bracket ($75K). Would be grateful for any suggestions.

Hi all, I'm Steve and my wife is Sherri. We've just bought a 1992 Mazda T3500 to convert to our mobile home away from home. I've never driven anything as big as this before, but I jumped into the deep end right off the bat as we live on the Sunshine Coast in QLD and the bus was in Perth!!! Sherri had to work so I d...

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The Wodonga showgrounds no. 1 Wilson Street $ 20 a night nice location easy access

HI : I have a goldstream van when I bought not new it came with a 12volt transformer for lights when plugged in to 240v. my problem is it has 12v batteries installed for power when camping. The transformer charges batteries when connected to 240v. but there is only a manual switch to turn off power to batt...

looking at putting solar onto van looking at something off ebay, its only to do lights, fridge, and tv the battery that is on van is a DC 12v 115 and it does every thing we want it to do, just have to find a way to charge it while camping ,and daylight is free so what size panel should i be looking at getting than...

North of Goomalling on the Botherling East Rd (approx 7km) right in the middle of the wheat fields. Top little spot and a bit uneven but it has toilets, BBQ and a picnic table. It can be a bit small but if you need/want more room across the road is a flat area you could park 150 RVs in.

Wodonga showgrounds no. 1 Wilson street $20 a night good base to visit the Area

Now, we have all heard of My Kitchen Rules. Well I am stranded on the NSW south coast due to the weather gods unleashing all their fury around here so I am being spoilt. I have been house sitting for Copper 1&2 and he decided to cook chicken in his pyjamas tonight for dinner, ooops, that should be chick...

Google Newcastle Herald and check out the many photos of the damage done in Stroud, Dungog and Newcastle surrounds, unbelievable!!! Makes you think just how safe are you when free camping along a river bank particularly in remote hilly areas without mobile coverage. I live not far from Stroud and of...

I am wondering what would be the best 12volt freezer to buy for Miss Daisy. I have gone a little overboard while house sitting, making soups, so have a freezer full. About to hit the road again and heading to the more outback regions so would like to buy meat and bread etc before I leave the main centres so t...

Nice to meet you finally, I have been reading your posts while awaiting my permission to log in and look forward to meeting you on the road. I have been searching for months for a van I finally bought one on Saturday, lucky me, the owners have been posted overseas for 5 years and have kindly left everythi...

Hi everyone Have been a forum member for 18 months ,had the van for same time Avon & myself are in our late 40s, kids off our hands (sort of as eldest daughter looks after the house while we are away) and travel with our small dog , We can work as long as we have access to internet , sold the farm (vin...

hi we are new to thi site where do we interdruce our selves please

Hi Folks, We have a 1987 Viscount Grand Tourer. We are doing a bit of renovating on it and our main problem at the moment is hot water. In Queensland the rules on gas hot water systems have become very strict so we have had to remove our Paloma Gas Hot water system. We are wondering if anyone has installed...

Watched 4corners last night. Unbelievable corruption at Australian universities in their relentless quest to chase income from foreign students. Corruption starts at the suitability tests, mostly in China, with fake papers forwarded to the universities on behalf of student who don't make the...

hi all has any member bought one of these off ebay Non-Contact Infrared Digital Thermometer Gun

Had a problem with one of the arms on my roll out awning, A fitting had broken and was not able to secure it to the caravan , At 4 pm I rang Border mobile caravan repairs at Wodonga st Wodonga on 02 60243992 to explain my problem the fellow said I will come to you and will be there in 30 mins he took 35 mins and by 5 1...

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