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Well I finally got around to fitting solar panels to my pop top. I fitted 2 X 140W panels using a couple of rails of 40x40x4mm ally held on by 6 ally brackets. The panels are attached to the rails with 5 stainless self tappers down either side. The side brackets are 50x50x4mm ally held onto the roof using S...

York lovely town west of Perth. Pioneer Park car Macarteny & Lowe Streets - four power points, toilets and dump point. walk into town, beautiful buildings, great shops and cafés, including a sock factory, that sells beautiful woollen jumpers and Ugg boots as we'll! photo of the Catholic churc...

Watching a bit about Mars exploration on 60 Minutes last night. Just think if the Billions of dollars spent on research into Mars was spent on world hunger. Earth has evolved for millions of years with out this exploration. Lets face it at the moment we are not doing a very good job running Earth why loo...

we have just replaced out little van for a bit bigger .and it came with a full roll out awning, and full annex as usual when you get a new toy you have to try it out, well we thought a shake down on the front lawn and put up the annex,no way would it fit my question is on the roll out roller on the awning, where shou...

we are coming over to Victoria in the next few weeks and interested in having a look around Lake Eildon. Can someone recommend a camp area . I have googled it but haven't come up with a lot of info on where the best caravan spots are Would like to be near the water if this is possible

We have just returned from a free Camping holiday at Cliff Head North, Situated app 6.5 km South of the Junction of the Brand Hwy and the new Coastal hwy, ( about 6hrs drive North of Perth ) This spot is supposed to be a 72hr rest area but, we noticed a number of campers there, who were there three weeks ago...

Can't wait. Will try to catch up with any GN's while up there... Can't wait, did I say that already?

Gidday all, we are taking off tomorrow for Nug Nug Camping reserve, near Myrtleford Vic. For the Easter break. Anyone been there ? whats it like? will it be crowded or is there plenty of room ?, any info appreciated, but we are going anyway, as i have heard about this place for years it sounds interesting...

Well since our first outing went ok we have purchased a few new items on Tuesday in Mildura Jaffa iron , skillet , and billy for the fire also got two new solar panels at kulkyne kampers 155 w for $155 only two others left after I got mine. Should fufull our needs just fine will be putting them through my old r...

How do you get the old fridge out of the caravan and the new one in , Do they fit through the caravan door if they don't what next .

we have a new van and trying to learn how it all works. We have a Thetford 2 door fridge/freezer. We noticed the other day the freezer had de frosted and temp had dropped from 0-5 in 3 hours travel. Our last van which only had a small freezer never did this. So many wires now but we think after a bit of investig...

Hi every one sorry not real good on computer ,trying to find some one with a electrical layout for a geist 485 .2 dead batteries so far my sparky asked me for a diagram,can anyone help please. thanks bob k.

its exactly 2 years today that we took delivery of our new Jayco Starcraft 20 foot caravan. We live in this van 24/7 after selling our home and most of our possessions. I often look back to see what we miss due to this monumental lifestyle change, the answer comes back NOTHING!! i don't miss the costs of k...

Hello after spending a wonderful 2 month in Tasmania (Coaster Heaven ) I'm heading to Alice Springs , the service is do in 1000km , Alice is 2000km or more so can anyone suggest a good secure place I could get my bus serviced before I go North around Melbourne or Geelong ! thanks in advance Sahyma

Good morning all, I checked "search" but only brought up brake controllers. Just wondering if people leave the brake away cable connected to the VAN at all times and only disconnect at the car when set up at the camp site or at home. I saw a stretchy cable with clip on the car end to make for ea...

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Been members for a while - just reading - and thought it's about time we posted as newbies. Our only experience is a six month MH trip around the UK and Europe last year (bought Le Van on a buyback basis). The whole exercise has reinforced our decision to abandon ship (been keen cruising yachties for many...

Not a bad place to live while we wait for the cold weather!! Wish I could say that the CP's are cheap but they're not. RACV Resort is a beautiful place to park the van and that is located just out of town on the Cape Patterson Road. Probably the pick of the van parks is the Inverloch Foreshore Camping Rese...

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