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Gday... 1974 - Australian Prime Minister Whitlam appoints the man who would later dismiss him, Sir John Kerr, as Governor-General. Edward Gough Whitlam became the 21st Prime Minister of Australia on 2 December 1972 in the first ALP electoral victory since 1946. The Whitlam government emb...

Hi Guys, Been a while and now that I am widower would like to share some camping times and some travel out of Cairns.. A bit new at this single stuff so would prefer to cAMP LOCal for a while..Tinaroo is a good spot and some good spots on the tablelands. I have a 17 ft pop top dragged by a series 80 land cruiser...

Had an interesting experience today at Gulgong. Went into town exploring and all was good until I hit the Museum. I have been told that is a must in this little town. So walked into the counter area, and decided maybe not for me. Walking along the displays there were typewriters like I learnt on at scho...

We had a bit of an issue with the bus - a seal on one of the rear tyres - something that required a diesel mechanic - needed urgent attention. As we were unable to move it, we called a mobile diesel service, belonging to one Kel Stanton. Fantastic bloke, and even better service - not to mention he doesn't c...

For those of you who do not know who the Baron is, he is Tom Waterhouses turf tipster. Some of the critiques are quite hilarious. NB McManus, Taylor etc The Barons NSW Origin III Player Ratings 1. Jarryd Hayne (7.5) The Blues most dangerous player. His route running though suggests he is...

hi all,we are rob and shaz from Bombala nsw very new to caravaning we have a golden eagle rambler pop top and love it our tow vehicle is a 2013 ford ranger xlt plus we have 2 maltese pups which will accompany us on our trips where possible,both working full time and more so not a greal deal of spare time,rob....

As the topic says..... I had a problem this trip on the back roads we have been on the past fortnight .The only vehicles coming towards have been other vanners or road trains.The latter have finally given my side mirror a bit of folding in grief so to speak . Well I went to the hardware shop and got a S/Stee...

Giday all I saw in the local paper this week that council has approved a camp in Kershaw Gardens via High St. It will be for self contained vehicles only so no toilets or showers will be built. The site has to be developed (leveled) yet but should be open soon. The shops are 200 m away takeaway woolies cole...

Hi all would very much appreciate feedback or experiences in capabilities of a 2004 Nissan Patrol 4.2 diesel as tow vehicle. Our van is 2500kg. Thank you.

One of my personal heros, Sir Les Pterson, Has had his portorate win the packing room prize at the Archibald comp for portorates(can't spell it). He is the Australian representative to the court of St. James, also associated with Dame Edna Everage.

The time has come and I am readywell as ready as I can be. I have done a hell of a lot of work on the van as well as installing heaps of gadgets and do dads. Still some more that I want/need, but they can wait. I head off on Monday 14th July .I just gotta get out of here. Its too bloody cold. I am heading to Mt Isa a...

I always thought it was a major problem to change the GVM of a vehicle but it appears that if you have a MH and want to get it down graded to a lesser licence to drive there is provisions in the codes to do it... I Have checked with the engineer I usually use to certify the buses I convert as Motorhomes and he sai...

Hi all first post from a new member. The idea of a life on the road has been with me for the past couple of years As I've been living in rental since my divorce 3 years ago & my son finished his HSC last year & left to live with his mother last month I find myself in a place I haven't been in for a long time....

I'm baaaaaaack, yippee the twins and I have more data. Don't know how I run out of data so had to go into dry dock for a few days. No drama really cos the twins and I just spent more time down at "The" beach. I see wombat conned their cousins into washing his MH too.

Well things are starting to go the right way for me. Was on eBay looking for clutches to see if I can get them a bit cheaper than Repco can do them for and guess what found one. From a company in Perth, rang him this morning and it is free postage to Rainbow Beach, and to top it all off, I am now getting a Heavy Dut...

There is a post (sticky) called 'PICK THIS PLACE' at the top of the page in the 'GENERAL FORUM' which is actually a competition that has been running continuously now for many years where people post their Australian travel photos and others try to guess from something in the pic where the photo was tak...

Hi Gang,Another solo newbie on board, allow me to introduce myself.I am Rex, a retired Data Modeller and owner of Poppet, my Land Rover Defender.Almost ready to set off from Melbourne heading over to WA and NT to find some good spots for watercolour painting with a little fishing for the frypan. I wou...

Hi guys, WOW must have been something in the water all those years ago. Our numbers seem to be growing.. Briefly our names are Glenda and Rod. We hail from the western third of this great country but at present we are in a caravan park in Darwin on our obligatory lap of the block, 2 months into the trip. How...

Hi my name is Allan i have owned caravans since the 70's i also converted a 33ft bus into a motorhome in the 80's and toured with the family for two years i live in SE Queensland i sold a roadstar 22ft a couple of years ago and now have a Jayco Penguin am looking at upgraging again in the very near future Allan...

Hi there We are novice Grey Nomads and just set off on our first trip . Had a few hiccups already LOL . We have a Dual Cab , towing a Single axle Van. We are ultimately heading to Alice and Uluru then up to Darwin. We look forward to lots of hints and tips to make our life easier. One of us is a Broncos supporte...