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Hi all, I'm looking for a resto project until I can sell up and set off for good. I know this won't get me very far but I think it would be fun for short trips. What I need to know is does anyone recognize it? (Long shot) Its up north in SA 5 hors from Adelaide. I think it's a 1978 Ford Transit ex ambulance. Woul...

Gday... 1834 - A public meeting is held in Exeter Hall, London, to discuss plans for the new colony of South Australia. Explorer Matthew Flinders was the first European to investigate the possibilities for settlement on South Australia's coast, doing so in 1802. The exploration of Charles S...

Found what would be the best free camp I have found so far, located near the Ferry at Cadell SA. Has wonderful clean toilets with lighting and power, at night spot lights light up the river Gums casting the shadows across the Murray onto the sheer cliff face opposite. Not shown in the current CAMPS Austr...

Hi all, here I am again with yet another question, It has been mentioned to me today that you might not be able to use WDH on a Holden Tow Bar for the Colorado. Does anyone out there in Colorado land use WDH or heard about it. No offence intended to the person that gave me the heads up, I appreciate it very much...

So here we are still at Home Hill and who drops in here but Yeoeleven and parks right in front of us .He is with Myvan and Chris I think ,we will catch uo tomorrow as I think they are staying a couple off days.

Hello everyone, Looking for some advice and help. We had a problem the amp meter on our van. The problem started when we run the battery flat with out the mains on ( inadvertently left the fridge running!). We hooked the mains up and the battery was charging at 25 amps, discovered smoke coming out of the b...

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Currently in Cowra, staying at the Cowra holiday park. Great little spot. The owners are lovely, cannot do enough for you, big sites, plenty of them. Bore water on tap, however rain water tank available for drinking water. Not filling up of vans though, you can do that in town. The amenities are a hoot,...

G'day everyone. and what a lovely day here on the sunshine coast, a little cool in the mornings and afternoons but so much warmer than the south this time of year. I'm leaving Caboolture wednesday 2/7, doing a slow trip north might make it to Mareeba by the end of July, I just thought I'd put my feelers o...

A socially active woman tells her plastic surgeon that she wanted some very personal surgery to a part of her body to tighten things up and improve the parts appearance. Out of embarrassment she insisted that the surgery be kept a secret and the surgeon agreed. Awakening from the anesthesia afte...

CONQUER THE SCOTS... Edward Longshanks (Edward I of England) comes to Scotland to conquer the Scots. He brings 4,000 men with him. As he nears the battlefield, there suddenly appears a solitary figure on the crest of the hill, a short, ginger-haired guy in a kilt. 'Hammer O the Scots?' yells the wee Sc...

Most of our generation was HOME SCHOOLED in many ways. 1. My mother taught me: TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE. "If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning the house." 2. My mother taught me: RELIGION. "You better pray that stain will come out of the carpe...

Hello all We have only 3 more months to go before we sail over to the big island for our 2 month holiday. Have a few things left to organise but have plenty of time. Just need to ask a couple of questions though 1. What do you do with your fridge when on the spirit? Do you leave it off or run on 12v? 2. Toll pa...

Our aircon has a lo heat setting. I am trying to work out what the current draw would be using an inverter to run this lo heat setting, and if it would be possible? Aussie Paul.

We are currently staying at the Howard Springs Big 4 if any fellow Nomads are around the area we would welcome the chance to say Gday send me a PM so we can make contact David

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 !!