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How do you fit safety chains to prevent the drawbar of the trailer from hitting the ground if said drawbar comes off the hitch?? My tow ball fits within the required height requirements but all my trailer towbars will hit the ground/street if disconnected. One caravan and three trailers. They all h...

We arrived here today, it's a lovely spot but looks like it is already getting busy for the weekend, is anybody else here or planning to arrive soon.

It's that time of year again, Yep, "BURN-OFF TIME" After last years disastrous fires in Perth's Hills, they are doing the Burn-off's before the next storms, forecast in couple of days time. No doubt there will be those who will whinge about the smoke but, I'd rather see it now, not when the w...

Wombat has a new friend.....

At Sharp park is a great spot south of Canungra app5 kms, there is agreat bush camping, flush toilets but no showers. Pic below shows where I have seen the platypus and turtles on rocks,but you got to be soquite as if tey hear you or see you they go back into the water.

Im at a loss to discover the better canopy for my XL ranger. I have 2 grand to spend so budget is important. If anyone can suggest a provider or recommend a canopy for around that price, I would be most grateful. Thanks and happy travels.

hi all, can anyone tell me if they have been to burdekin falls dam cp and bivouac junction holiday park and what is your opinion. both up near charters towers. will be visiting in that area in the next month or so. thanks in advance for any info. stay safe

Hey all, we are about to tackle the Gibb River Road. We leave Derby in the morning, and are not sure when we will arrive at Kunnanurra. Wish us safe travels.

Gday... 1829 - The colony of Western Australia is proclaimed. The western coast of Terra Australis Incognito is believed to have first been sighted by Portuguese sailors. However, the first recorded sighting of Australia's western coastline came in 1611, when Dutch mariner Hendrik Brouw...

Since our last post from Fountain Springs, far west Queensland, we continued west across the border spending our first night at Wurama Bore rest area, then on through Three Ways, down for a quick look at Tennant Creek (very quick, lol). Second night was at Banka Banka Station (beautiful spring water...

I usually travel on channel 18 which is the caravanner's channel and have it displayed on the back of my van, recently on a couple of occasions whilst travelling at around 90 kph I have had big trucks sitting close behind me and have called them up to talk about passing but got no response. Can someone pl...

I have just had an ICOM 440N cb radio installed in my 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe. Because of the way the bonnet and mudguard bodywork is configured on the Santa Fe and because of the fact that we do not have a bull bar or nudge bar installed, it was not possible to have a body mounted antenna attached so we werer f...

this just came in mail box at home ,go online at auspost.com.au/mypost . It looks like u can have bill sent and paid with it. It's free. Dave -- Edited by Glenelg on Wednesday 4th of June 2014 02:56:17 PM

The teacher asked Mr Abbott if he would like to lead the discussion onthe word 'Tragedy'.So our illustrious leader asked the class for an example of a 'Tragedy' A little boy stood up and offered: 'If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playin' in the field and a tractor runs over him and kills him, that...

On my recent trip to the Carnarvon region I noticed that there seemed a lot of big trucks that exceeded the truck speed limit of 100 kms. I like to site on 100kms but had a number particularly on the Brand Highway trying to push me faster from behind and sitting on my tail. Where possible I would find some...

I`m sure that it has been covered before but for the life of me , I can`t find it . Is there a solution for condensation . Just completed a weeks shakedown of the coaster before our trip around the block but discovered a very annoying trait , As it was bucketing down I recon it was wetter inside the bus than th...

I read the posts on the forum last year about this spot closing down. We have been travelling since mid-April and are now on our way home, so we decided to come and see if the place was still operating. We arrived yesterday, there are no other campers here. Someone still comes and mows the grass but the car...

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Making a Baby.. There is not one dirty word in it, and it is funny! The Smiths were unable to conceive children and decided to use a surrogate father to start their family. On the day the proxy father was to arrive, Mr. Smith kissed his wife goodbye and said, 'Well, I'm off now.The man should be here soo...

Have just come back from visiting a friend that we have made since we have been parked up in Rye for the past 6 months waiting to be a grandad again. We have made good friends with this fellow and visit him around once a week. He is getting on a bit, lives on his own and not in the best of health, in fact quite fra...