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Hi guys, this is our first post, but have been reading with much interest, what a wealth of knowledge & experience, which you can't beat. Just a quick question, we have diesel Sante Fe, 6 speed auto, 17ft Jayco Poptop, do I leave it in D mode when towing or 5th gear, does a bit of hunting up/down gears...

Happy Australia Day. What a wonderful country we live in, we have our problems yet we are so lucky in so many ways. We tend to whinge about the simplest of things, and are we not lucky that we can. We travel with freedom, we don't have to worry too much about anything at all really. Yes, we all have our worrie...

Hi Guys, me again :) Have now picked up the van and got it home but had a minor problem. When connected to the Colorado (with Holden fitted brake controller) the brake/rear lights flash momenterrily about every 1.5 to 2 seconds. The caravan dealer tried connecting up their test box and the lights we...

Hi everyone, we stayed at Kiama a few years ago. caravan park was right on beach and we put our chairs in the shade and could see the water. is there anywhere near the gold coast qld. or northern rivers that has the same outlook? cheers. rocket.

Folks, this is just a very quick update on our fellow Grey Nomad Gary Kelly Esq, who has been absent from out pages for sometime. I rang Gary's house tonight and spoke with Lindsay, the chap that Gary, normally looks after. He informed me that Gary is back in Manning Base Hospital and , is very unwell with...

THE DUCK AND THE LAWYERA big city lawyer went duck hunting in rural North Wairarapa. He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer's field on the other side of a fence. As the lawyer climbed over the fence, an elderly farmer drove up on his tractor and asked him what he was doing. The litigator resp...

So romantic!!! An elderly couple, who had just learned how to send text messages on their mobile phones. The wife was a romantic type and the husband was more of a no-nonsense guy. One afternoon the wife went out to meet a friend for coffee. She decided to send her husband a romantic text message a...

Included in our swag of junk mail this morning was a flier for mob that do personal loans, anyway they happened to include the various costs associated with taking out a loan - they are: 20% establishment fee 4% flat monthly fee plus the normal I.D. sureties etc. So, if you want to borrow $1000 for a year t...

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I now have my portable solar in place and working thanks to Briche. Especially as he found my isolator wasn't working either and needed a new one. Cheers Briche. Looking forward to starting the journey now knowing my rig will keep charged. Didi

I'm going to toss this in the ring and see what happens? Pondering over the design of our new van, I have almost come to the conclusion that recliner chairs just won't fit i.e. you can't from a practical sense fully recline (and go to sleep) in them. But I want more room. Our Jayco Swan camper trailer had a f...

I had this in Petengails thread, but decided it may have taken his thread "off topic". Horses for courses BUT going to the same place year after year after year!!! We took our 4 kids to different places and experiences. Due to business we only had a major holiday every 2nd year. Our adult kids...

Hello gang. What a terrific forum this is. A little while back I asked re a problem with sway bars being too low and hitting driveways into fuel stations, caravan parks etc. Received very good advice. Went with replacing the tow vehicle (a 2010 G6E Falcon sedan) rear coil springs with stronger coil spr...

Hi, How does one find others to travel with on an extended journey. I am wanting to travel (anywhere new) but SWMBO likes to stay at home. I am towing an 18' poptop Viscount Tourer, no ensuite, pulled by a Nissan Patrol. No set itinery, but needs ti include new regions and experiences. Any good cooks plea...

Just curious if anybody already volunteers at Xmas for any Organisations & Charities. Can someone recommend any sites where you can view & apply. Is it to early to find now or should you wait until later in the year. Thanks Deena

(Please, don't anybody tell me it's not cool... I don't care!!!) G. wait 15 seconds into clip. In the race for space, don't underestimate Thailand !Human ingenuity never ceases to amaze.THIS is some seriously cool propulsion! http://theawesomer.com/insane-homebrew-rocket/303503/ ...

This morning an individual in a I think it was an Isuzu pulling a 5th wheeler pulled out into the western highway from Ballarat causing 2 cars to brake heavily almost creating a multi car accident. So if you were driving the Qld registered vehicle towing the 5th Wheeler, lift your game think of other r...

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Hi. Does anyone have link (or contact) for a short stay in granny flat of house in Ballina (will pay cash) for hubby & wife while looking for a home to buy? Will probably be sick of living in Elf following the voyage to there. No kids or animals. Cheers