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I am adding a 12 volt system to my van which only has 12 volt on the internal 2 roof lights (with 240 lights of course) and the fridge which can run12v when the van is plugged into the car. I did some calculations on usage and so far I have now got 240 AH of AGM battery power, and 120W portable solar panels. Wit...

Just had the warnings on the radio, out of control fires, Eneaba - Brand Highway - Road closed. Seabird, Sovereign Hill, Redfield Park - Wanneroo Road, Hope Sulfil, members here, are ok.

Yep, thought I'd give a bit of info that only those at Greens Lake, Central VIC know. We have have a couple of really bad days of rough wet weather, Saturday and again Monday. Big deal I hear you say. Well it was as early Sunday morning, like 1.00am had to get up but not saying why and stood in a puddle of wat...

does anyone have any ideas about how I can remove this yellowish color that's appeared on the top of my vinyl awning? It's at the very top section, when you roll up your awning it's the part thats exposed, so it's only about 150mm wide but the full length of the awning. I have tried vinyl cleaner which lig...

I bought a 160W Folding solar panel with regulator for my van. On the last trip - last day - it fell flat from a gust of wind while I was elsewhere. When put up again I noticed a RED light on the regulator, Subsequent checks since I have been home show that the regulator has shorted... The distributor I bou...

Well , Yvonne and myself were first timers at Greens and had a fabulous time , I wont mention names just in case I forget someone , but to all at greens thankyou for the friendship and acceptance . Just got a doctors appointment to do , fit another battery and solar panel and a few bits and pieces and we will r...

We saw this floating across the lake and I brought it in to the max magnification. Could be a wind surfing kite that has broken loose. Too late to check it out can't drive round to see if it beached, by then it would be dark. What do you think? John

Well yesterday we decided to have an overnight in Boonah showground instead of driving through to Brisbane, we had heavy rain here and could see a storm going around but couldn't foresee the damage that was going to be caused. Our daughter works at Archerfield and got her new DMax dented all over and t...

A circus owner runs an ad for a lion tamer and two people show up. One is a good looking, older retired gentleman in his late sixties and the other is a gorgeous blond in her mid-twenties. the circus owner tells them, "I'm not going to sugar coat it. This is one ferocious lion.He ate my last tamer so y...

The older you get everything becomes harder to do. Hence I decided to build a more suitable "small" camper easily set up on my own... I have a JAYCO Dove Outback parked at home that has become too hard to use for me.. I decided to build my own Beach Shak and once again travel the East Coast. Con...

I know everybody has opinions but who tows what and why??? I don't always need the car on the back mainly when away for a week or more. I play music and carry my equipment above the cab under the bed and in the storage bins however at some of the Cancer fundraisers I play at I am there for a week and having my c...

Hi - plenty of room at Greens still - a great spot to meet other GN's, and enjoy the beauty of the lake, as well as the entertainment, most weekends, put on by the locals with their boats, sail boards, kites etc. Come on up - about 13 of us here at the moment - you will be welcomed warmly. Check out the Greens L...

Parliament is a joke. Congress is a joke. The Middle East is nuts. The sky is falling in. Economies are in tatters. Jackie and Clive are having a tiff. And the list goes on. Soooooo, what I wanna know is this: Are things really that bad from the perspective of a GN doing the Big Lap? Do you sometimes walk alo...

Hi all at Greens,I have a long weekend from Friday 28th to Monday 1st Dec,would you like a visitor???? myself and the 2 dogs. It would be nice to catch up with all again. Alfie

Has anyone used Youi for there Car or Van insurance.

Hi Campers, just got a reversing camera installed on our Triton - not a cheap one - decent size screen etc. But we are disappointed at the vision, or maybe the distortion (?) When looking at cars coming up behind us on the screen, they seem far away but looking back, they are just a couple of car lengths aw...

why is it if i get an email and i want to post part of it on here, i cant paste it into the massage area ,but i seen to be able into subject line

By way of introduction, I'm Ken and wifey is Di. We celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary this year and rewarded ourselves with early retirment. Myself, Ken, retired from the railways as a 43 years veteran signalling artisan. I was apprenticed to the then Victorian Railways as an electrical fitt...

Barrister Jacoba Alexander Tel: 0027-105009-518 JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA. Attn: The Director/Ceo. Sir, PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL I am the chairman of the review committee attached to the Department of Transport and Aviation here in South Africa. I hav...

I am looking for a camp type stove to run off the bayonet fitting on my van it needs to initally have its own regulator so that it will run off the van regulator when the hoses are changed i want a 2 burner stove with wind shield Allan