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WOW! without internet connection for a while -and look how many "newbies" we have - welcome to you all, too many to name - hope you enjoy the site, and join in the forums - can be a lot of fun, and a good way to meet other GN's - look out for "get togethers" there have been several in var...

I have little experience with diesels as the motorhome is my first diesel. I wish to know how to easily make the vehicle undriveable so that if the motorhome was left overnight in a remote location and we took off in the towed vehicle we would sleep better knowing it could not be driven away. In a petrol ca...

Gday... 1790 - The inventor of the idea of dental floss, Levi Spear Parmly, is born. Levi Spear Parmly was born in Braintree, Vermont, on 29 August 1790. As one member of a long line of dentists, he was concerned by the poor dental hygiene of Americans. Toothbrushes and tooth powders were too...

Here is our 86 Mercedes OM352A coach. We were towing a tandem with car but now have opted for a Gypsy trailer. It is wider and I can see the wheels where as with tandem I could not . She will cruise at 100klm/h and does 4-5 klm per litre depending on tail wind !!

Hi All Well I just took delivery of a Suzuki SX 4 to tow behind the RV. The gear to hook it up is quite expensive and if I get a stone guard it will add another $550 on top of the cost. This is not the real issue however as I have read that sand can do a lot of damage to the paint work. The stone guard will do nothing t...

This happened only a few minutes ago ,another tick off the bucket list. Our van is the one in the picture

Hi to all , Just wondering what if any guages we should install on our 3 ltr turbo diesel Prado to keep a eye on things when we travel many thanks Tony & Kerrie

Gday... 1580 - The Book of Concord, a collection of doctrinal standards of the Lutheran Church, is published for the first time. "The Book of Concord: The Lutheran Confessions of 1529-1580" is a collection of confessions of faith published in 1580, which outline the doctrines of...

One of the big issues we face is heating the van during cold nights on batteries. I found the solution! We purchased a "envi convection heater" on line www.envi-heat.com Make sure you get the Australian variant for 240V This heater ticks all the boxes, being only 475W it works well with an...

We are finally going to do our shake down trip on our van. The only problem is we are taking our Greyhound Coco with us from Vic to NSW. Yes, I know, the name of Coco for a Greyhound is sacred, but yes we live near an airport, we visit Bonnie Doon sometimes, the serenity of it all and I have to tell you your drea...

Lovely little park on the banks of the Broughton River (dry at the moment). Toilets, showers built and waiting for council electrician(been waiting for over 12 months). 4 power outlets, 4 more also waiting for electrician. Free electric b-b-q, playground and pinic area. $10 powered site , $5...

Hi guys. Just looking for a simple conversion to be done (on a tight budget)- electrics, plumbing etc - but not sure of regs and how to get rego changed? Any advice/ downfalls? Thanks Didi

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We have left Echuca, missed out on seeing DunWorkin and Moamajohn, What a blow, have enjoyed their posts. We waited till the huge wind storms abated and went off to Swan Hill. Had a full gas bottle at Echuca, turned gas on in AM went to cook in PM, No gas, Empty. Swmbo really pleased 'cos that meant she did...

I have always thought that to show how much we support local communities as we travel, we need to show a united front, how do we do this? I had a thought about how to do this and wanted to ask your opinions on what we could do? My thought was about having our own currency to show where the support was coming fro...

Some of us may remember when we only had Snail Mail when LOL was put on the back of a letter envelope and it meant Lots of Love, not the internet lingo meaning of today. SWALK was another saying put on the back of envelopes meaning Sent With A Loving Kiss. And of course some would put on the back of the en...

Fourteen years ago we set off on the big trip around the island, only supposed to be going for six months, so I took a quilt top with me...It was almost finished so I had organized to hand the finished article over to my DiL for safe keeping when we met up along the way. Well sometimes plans don't always...

Did anyone get to their nearest Aldi today? They had carbon monoxide detectors for $20.00

Gday all.If anyone is around this way wifey and I will be at the camp next Tues and Wed night.Then Cunamulla. Cheers John.

Dougwe When are you going to show us your new 4WD on show us your rig? been waiting and waiting, or have I missed it. Lance C