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Hi Guys, We are newbes and are staying in Nth Qld until we start to travel in April and we having a few problems with our annex. Our roll out awning is leaking between the van wall and the aluminum rope channel which is screwed to the side wall, Any suggestions as to a sealer to use to stop the leak, I have b...

Just had a week free camping & came accross the owner of this web site; have a look & see what you think. http://www.campingforfree.com JC.

Who is planning on checking out the Newcastle Caravan, Camping & Holiday Expo this weekend? Hubby and I are going to check it out as we'll be in Newie visiting our daughter. It'll be our first time, hopefully a good spot to meet up with other caravanning enthusiasts as well as check out the new rigs....

Could anyone please tell me do I need an "Amphbian". I am a complete novice and have been told I need one but what did everyone use before these came on the market. It seems to me that unless you are parking your van outside a residence for a period of time what other use would I need it for. Am I c...

Gday...1902 - Charles Lindbergh, the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic, is born. 1939 - The first ever mass strike of indigenous Australians occurs as the Yorta Yorta people protest against their deplorable living conditions. 1983 - Singer Karen Carpenter dies at age 32 fro...

Sure did, I had the great pleasure of meeting "Big Gorilla" Ken, in down town Launceston, Tasmania today. What a great person he is too, we spent a couple of hours having a real good natter. Thanks Ken, hope we get to meet up again, maybe Greens Lake in March. Keep in contact mate. Before and a...

Just another quick update folks, after spending 3 nights in Waratah and visiting cradle Mountain etc as previously reported we pulled up stumps and headed towards Strahan. We are currently camping at the golf club $10 p/n no showers but a toilet is available 24/4 and free showers in town however we ar...

Gday...1809 - German composer Felix Mendelssohn is born. 1830 - George Robinson sets off on a four-year walk around Tasmania as missionary to the Aborigines.1899 - It is decided at the Premier's Conference that the capital city of Australia should be neither Melbourne nor Sydney. 195...

It's only a problem on uneven ground when I have to use the levelling blocks, I use the Fiamma blocks. I have a trailer-mate jack with a base plate and have to use timber blocks to gain enough height to unhitch. I normally drive onto the blocks. The problem is when I've got enough height to disconnect, t...

As above - the AC-Delco deep cycle marine battery that came from the factory appears to be working OK. How long can I expect it to last or should I bin it now and not get caught in the middle of nowhere. It is normally charged by the factory charger which is a cheap and nasty 4 amp unit you see in SuperCheap,...

At long last our new motor home has arrived and we have taken just been away for our first 2 day adventure, not far from home, at Wisemans Ferry, a lovely spot, on the banks of the Hawskbury River. At well over 40 degrees we really tested out everything especially the aircon. However we were treated to a ma...

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Well, how time flies when you are having fun.I have now been in the beautiful state of Tasmania for 1 week but only feels like yesterday I was travelling the high seas. I arrived here around 6.00pm last Sunday and it took 50 minutes to get off the good ship "Spirit" and through the check poin...

We advised Keith and Alice ( Kandagal ) last week to stay At Dickabram Bridge because we think it is an nice place to stay . we joined them on wednesday and we parked between there bus and an other mobile home and with Keith's help ( I do need an hell of a lot more practice ) it was done in no time, Thanks mate. w...

arrived at Devonport in one piece but they had the a/c going a bit hard on the boat and a bit rough outside so it was a tad cold everywhere. just doing tea at the big M before heading for Launceston. briche

Did not want to hijack hendo's thread on the general forum about van tyres, so have started a new one here in techies corner. Cupie asked: My Patrol runs on Cooper TIRES & the van on Dunlop TYRES. Do I have a compatibility problem? We are due to replace the tyres on our patrol, and are looking at Coope...

I was up state WA yesterday sitting in a quite little cafe getting stuck in to a nice ice coffee when I over heard a bit of a conversation that went along the lines of grey nomads are nothing more then free loading lay abouts it said to my wife it must be true listeners hear no good of them self we both grinne...

We are about to embark on a journey along the Princess Highway through Lakes Entrance, and would like to go up further through Merimbula, Batesman Bay, Kiama. The thing is we need to go to Canberra and are wondering what would be the best road across, or to??? Would we be better to cut our losses and tu...

Garage Door The boss walked into the office one morning not knowing his zipper was down and his fly area wide open. His assistant walked up to him and said, 'This morning when you left your house, did you close your garage door?' The boss told her he knew he'd closed the garage door, and walked into his off...