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Today I traveled from the Sunshine Coast to Gympie to receive a clasp for my medal for 25 years of service for the State Emergency Service in Queensland. It was a an honour To be recognized in this way for all the times I got a phone call dropped what I was doing and ran out the door to do Traffic Control, Stor...

Fellow travellers,If you are heading for Adelaide in South Australia, you might like to visit St Kilda which is close to the city and every service that you would want. It also has the only public dump point in Adelaide! At present the local hotel has exceptional lunchtime deals for $4 and specials on M...

Well Maz and I spent 3 hours going around a few caravan yards in Cannington, WA looking for our starter van. We went in with a mid set of buy old, cheap and simple- say 1990-2000, small pop-top, no loo or shower as won't need that for many years, mainly for use at Rogaines or CP's. Hopefully around 10-15g...

Free camp by the lake looked after by the Lions Club. Toilets and solar shower, rain water for drinking. They had just put in another large tank on 15th Feb.

A blonde decides to try horseback riding, even though she has had no lessons or prior experience. She mounts the horse, unassisted, and the horse immediately springs into action.. as it gallops along at its steady and rhythmic pace, the blonde begins to slip from the saddle. In terror, she grabs for t...

Watercolour. Painting is such a relaxing pastime. I am surprised more nomads do not attempt to paint or draw !

How, Well, the Avan is sold I still have it until about 6/11/14 though. The "Chief" is ready this week but I have put delivery back until about this time next month as I have agreed to take the Avan over to the NSW south coast for the buyer. I am going over there anyway and can't tow two vans. I...

Has anyone stayed at the Frank Lupino Memorial Park (CAW7 WA 194). It is a picnic area 16kms of Armadale or 42 km N or Pinjarra on the South Western Highway. Is is off the road, heavily treed (we need the solar), suitable for a 7 day stay? Quiet? Safe? Frequented by other GNs? Looking for a free camp on so...

How, Anyone know anything about these things please. Are they any good, where can you get them etc etc Edit....silly me forgot to add the pic. Sorry you have to look sideways. Not sure what's going on. -- Edited by Dougwe on Wednesday 22nd of October 2014 09:13:35 PM

Just off the highway, near the water tank in town. Big area, with power, and water available. Hot showers, toilets, camp kitchen, bbq, washing machine and dryer in the camp kitchen. Dump point on site as well. Honesty system with envelopes - on door on camp end of toilet block. $20 powered x 2 peopl...

Ok guys n gals I have just discovered that my batteries have been cooked they are / were Full River Gel batteries 225 Ah made in the USA by the look of them the research I have done so far tells me that you need certain types of chargers depending on weather it is a wet , Agm or Gell battery and mine had the wron...

Just off the highway, near the water tank in town. Big area, with power, and water available. Hot showers, toilets, camp kitchen, bbq, washing machine and dryer in the camp kitchen. Dump point on site as well. Honesty system with envelopes - on door on camp end of toilet block. $20 powered x 2 peopl...

Sorry if this has been B4 but can someone please tell me what do you look for when you are inspecting the van before handover? We are getting delivery of our Nova Revive soon and as we are novices and this will be our permanent home we need to get it right. Thanks in advance. Cheers Chris

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Two companies polar opposites in the customer service department. I am in need of a new toilet cassette. No problem, or so I thought. I did the ring around here in Brisbane to find out where I could purchase one, had all the details of the number etc, and finally found a place that over the phone said yes...

Has anyone stayed at Marley Point and if so what was your opinion of the place. We will be heading down that way shortly and were thinking of visiting the area. Any info will be appreciated. -- Edited by Trev the Traveller on Thursday 23rd of October 2014 12:32:35 PM

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Big recommendation for Lilydale Auto Electricals. Jeff and the crew have done a great job of fixing the problems I had with the house power system on the Coaster - and they have walked me through it sll, so I now understand the operations of the system. Having a solar/240V system for the house power, I ha...

hi there travellers, during our last trip we had our caravan damaged for us in Halls Creek NT. On returning to Qld for repairs, we were directed towards a company called Caravan Perfection. http://www.caravanperfection.com.au. Tel: 0755 492 489. The service was great and the delivery ahead of e...

Hi all. I've just returned from travelling through SE SA & Western Vic and have stayed at some great free & low cost parks. The best was Glendinning campsite overlooking Rocklands Reservoir. It was magic especially sunset & sunrise. There are toilets, picnic tables & fire pits an...