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Vodafone seem to have had a major outage the morning. I was swapping SIM etc thinking it maybe was my phone. Luckily I have another phone with Boost/Telstra, which I also have had network issues with. Swings and roundabouts.

Spain versus Cabo Verde match stats

Am revisiting Off road hitches, I realise the D035 Hitch is the most common for Off road Tandem vans, but prefer to keep to the 50mm tow ball for our Van, Boat and and, so its an ARK ORXO 50 at 3.5ton.To me unlike the Standard Hitch that does not need to be directly above the towball, 10mm or so, either way an...

It's the World Cup Final, and a man makes his way to his seat right next to the pitch. He sits down, noticing that the seat next to him is empty. He leans over and asks his neighbour if someone will be sitting there. "No" says the neighbour "The seat is empty". "This is incredible" said the man "Who in their...

Here’s your chance to share pictures and details of your ‘pride and joy’ with fellow grey nomads. Whether you’ve been around the block a dozen times in your tried-and-trusted veteran van or you’ve just been out and bought an all mod-cons luxury motorhome, this is the place to share your excitement a...

Had in the mail what looked "extremely" official. A letter from 'Registration' to register a business as per ASIC. It goes on and on and on and on... $449 Inc GST later!... basically to save your "arse" to put the wording in what I call the correct polite terminology! One slight problem,... no business...

Two nuns were behind their convent one afternoon, smoking cigarettes.One nun said, Its bad enough that we have to sneak out here to smoke, but its an even bigger problem trying to get rid of the cigarette butts without Mother Superior finding them.The second nun replied, Ive found a marvelous soluti...

The time is approaching for me to arrive in B/Hill and then onto Cameron Corner, and I am contemplating suitable communications for the trip. I will appreciate any advice and or comments, learned from your lived experience, as to which unit I should take; Epirb or Satellite Phone. As mentioned in an e...

Firstly I will point out a disclaimer... As kids my parents had us use battery powered toothbrushs,... I am in my 60ies (unfortunately... could be worse!) My parents also installed compressor hot water system in the 1980s, so ancient technology today by any stretch of the imagination. Anyway, due t...

Hello everyone. I've been caravanning for years, both when married and now divorced, and just discovered this forum. Retired copper and did 32 years, 19 of those in HWP. I love to travel on my own, both with the caravan and when traveling overseas. I'm packing my van this week as I've never crossed the N...

A report in our Townsville Bulletin (possible Courier Mail too) on the "Environment". Labelled "Caravan chemicals" - " the surge in caravan & camper usage within Australia could place extra pressure on regional wastewater treatment systems because of the chemicals commonly used in caravan...

When changing from AGMs to LiFePO4, adding solar panels or for any changes to to you ELV system I have repeatedly stated that AS/NZS 3001.2:2022 has not been called up in legislation for those with caravans with an ATM of 4.5t or less and that AS/NZS 3001:2008 is the applicable Standard. There are plen...

Putin dies and goes to hell. At some point in time, he's given a day off for good behavior. Putin returns to a bar in Saint Petersburg, orders a vodka, and asks the bartender, "Is Crimea ours?" "Yes, it is," the bartender replies. "And what about Donbas?" Putin asks."Ours as well," says the bartender....