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Hi there I would if you all,could give me a very rough cost on travelling around Australia in our van which is 17 foot towed with a x trail.

Enough has been said about the daily kayak paddle and hunt for red claw but it is part of my daily life now and I am accumulating a few in the freezer ready fo another meal. The bank where I can paddle to easily is becoming choked with weeds and I am moving steadily further round resulting in a longer paddle....

morning all, can you help with info on rego of Motorhomes in Qld. Ours is due June .... How early can you have it done? Can the safety check be done outside of Qld as we will be travelling in June. can anyone recommend authorised repairer in S E qld who can do the check if it needs to be done in Qld. i understan...

...an oldie but always worth another visit for us old chauvinistic Grey Nomads..... O..K. HONEY! WE'RE HERE! I SAID I WAS SORRY! I REALLY DO LIKE YOUR MOTHER! YOU CAN COME OUT NOW DEAREST.....whispers....mind your step butterfly.... Hooooo Roooooooo

Hi, Does anybody have any tips on what type of caravan we should buy? We want to go to caravan parks as well as free parking near the river banks.

Holden have a number of adds on TV. They also have a number of adds for the Colorado. One of those grabbed my attention for all the wrong reasons. The add shows an adult towing a caravan (it looks like a Jayco Silverline) with a grey/silver Colorado. Then they come across a caravan being towed and the adul...

Sorry to bother people, but does anyone have a copy of satellite angles, (azimuth), for a itech sat dish. Appreciate a copy especially for WA, thanks in advance. John.

Can anyone please advise me? When I go to download wikicamps for my laptop, it wants me to go through my Microsoft account and that takes me through setting up a backup to the cloud, is this how it works all I want to do is download the app and pay for it using paypal. I have not done this before so am not sur...

Waited for Jamies grocery delivery service to buy a pumpkin to use as bait for the red claw. Needed my biggest knife to make any impression on the pumpkin but eventually cut a quarter and then smaller pieces. Took till almost 12am to set off to check the nets when I found that pumpkin will last for at least...

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Hello - we are new nomads who have bought a Matilda Clancy Hilux without a manual for the Motorhome part. We would really like some info on the hot water system and toilet / shower. We haven't found the right key to open the toilet part from the outside as the dude we bought it off just gave us a heap of keys an...

New to this style of fridge . This morning I checked the temp of the fridge before changing to 12v for travelling. It was , when we got home was 5 and icecream starting to thaw would this be normal. All we did was turn the switch to battery from electricity. Just wondering if I need to boost temp as I notice...

as you may know we have a Jayco 2013 Starcraft caravan (20-62-2) the floor of the shower is cracking after 2 years and causing some leaking onto the floor and under the cupboards. Now my wife and I are no lightweights (please don't tell her I said that lol) and the floor seems to be getting more cracks. I...

My 'van is less than 6 mnths old and following other posts about increasing the standard ATMs issued by the manufacturer, I contacted my one and they happily issued me a new VIN plate increasing the ATM by 450kg. The rules seem to vary from State to State - as my van is registered in WA, Im only interested i...

Hi all, As some of you might know I do some house sitting from time to time and am currently doing one as we speak. I don't advertise etc, just do them by word of mouth. I have just been asked to do a house sit in Tamworth May-June/July, sorry I forget if June or July (Uncle Al's fault). The lady sounds very nic...

Hi all, Have just had a bad experience with Budget Direct & feel the need to warn anyone interested. We have a 2006 Ford ute & coromal 900kg pop up caravan. We spend 6 months on the road each year. Recently we hit a wash-out in the road south of Cooktown which blew 2 tyres & cracked the chassis b...

new Colorado and new Kokoda 19.6ft van. the cars has done 21000 the van has done 20000.I have a Haymen Reese weight distribution system. The van is not overloaded forward of the dual wheels is only a queen size bed and clothes all up weight of the clothes would be round 200kgs. The ball weight on the van f...

Hello all - just wondering does anyone know what this road is like please?

Going to Aysens reserve on friday, any nomads there Ken