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hi all looking for a c/p in canberra can any one help out that is dog friendly please

Not sure if I posted this post but it was still sitting here from last Christmas for some reason....so here it is in case it didn't post before. How many of you have knitted the circular shawl that was in a baby pattern book years ago? I had been given a whole packet of feathersoft 3 ply (when it was small bal...

I recently saw a Hitch Hiker Dolly hooked up between an early model F150 and a largish (about 20 foot) off road van. The last dolly I had seen was more than 40 years ago. This latest one seemed to have a WDH between van and dolly and another between dolly and Effy. Also, what appeared to be, a brake booster se...

We have recently purchase our first caravan but are now thinking about getting battery pack put in. Can anybody let us know how long it can sit unused before going flat eg 3 mths, 6 mths & then how can it be recharged. We should have done it when the van was built but have now decided we need the Eco mover...

Gday...1802 - Flinders crosses the 129th degree of longitude, which is later to become the border between Western Australia and South Australia. 1788 - Today is Australia Day, commemorating the arrival of the First Fleet at Port Jackson, New South Wales. 1808 - Governor William Bligh...

Hi all, on my first post in introduce yourself there is a little yellow thingy there on the end of the post heading. I haven't a clue what it's for. Any idea, thanks.

Hi we have been on the road for 2 years 9 months, loving it, would love to be able to communicate with a few people

we are at Whyalla at the moment, do you know 0f any free camps in yorke peninsular ??? we have a small dog also,

This song says it all ! ( I have also posted it on the Australia Day thread on General) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYyUYkx0jXM

Rose this morning early (for a change) to walk down to the local park to join the residents of the town to a shire hosted Aussie day breakfast. Lions & Rotary & Apex dished out bacon, sausages, eggs & tomato, which we took to one of many shared bbqs and cooked ourselves. Shared tables wit...

anyone got one of them vacuum sealer machines are they worth the effort Neil

Did you hear about the man who fell into an upholstery machine?. He's fully recovered..

We have just had two nights at Wagin Showgrounds ($8.00 for powered site, $5.00 unpowered) this morning before we left, we were greeted by a councillor for the area who is trying to get many more RVs into town. He advised us that council is planning to close down the low cost site. The council also ow...

Looking to upgrade our old Roadstar, and have been impressed by the "storage space" in the new vans we're have been looking at. Must say we are looking at vans just a little larger than our current, and at first it seemed the difference in the storage space was quite a lot..... Until we got do...

Hello Fellow Travellers Well the adventure of a lifetime begins in less than 6 weeks now it has certainly been a busy time packing and chucking. Just wondering if anyone else is in the same boat as me I have a pacemaker and have to send a transmission or interrogation as they call it of my device back to m...

Pics of our van, old floor out and new down, new seat covers and curtains = a new look van for us. After waiting 10 yrs to do this it only took us a week to do!!! (Someone else laid the vinyl, we made the seat covers and curtains) Sorry just oust checked and these loaded sideways as well..... Just tilt yr he...

I am sure lots will relate to this: -- Edited by jules47 on Sunday 26th of January 2014 07:36:54 AM

MOVE OVER DOROTHEA MACKELLAR Australia...Great poem....makes you think When the shearing sheds are silent and the stock camps fallen quiet When the gidgee coals no longer glow across the outback night And the bush is forced to hang a sign, '. gone broke and won't be back' And spirits fea...