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When buying a new caravan check out, gee... I don't know where to start. Check everything, take your time to look at the quality of finish of all the cupboards and walls, look for patched / repaired panels, turn every appliance on, fill the water tanks yourself , the alignment of the door and if you find a...

Pete and i have brought tickets for the three day Circus Festival in Margaret River, I AM SOOOO EXCITED!!!!! http://www.lunarcircus.com The Price comes with four days camping so if anyone else is going and wants to say hi we are the Red Colorado with the pod on the back and a Royal Flair Promenade....

A little silver-haired lady calls her neighbour and says, "Please come overhere and help me. I have a killer jigsaw puzzle, and I can't figure out how to get started." Her neighbor asks, "What is it supposed to be when it's finished?" The little silver haired ladysays, "A...

A sad day because 3 years ago I lost my wife. A happy day because I picked up my van an 18 ft coromal element. Stopped overnight at Benaraby rest area then returned home this morning. Every thing went well and I will post photos when I work out how. Allan

I am finishing off my renovations and am fitting my solar charging system. At the moment I have a folding portable 140W solar panels and 1(one) 130AH AGM deep cycle battery. I want to fit another portable folding 160W panel and if I connect them together, bypassing the MPPT controller that is on th...

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go... Dr. Seuss

A Doctor recently had a patient "drop" in on him for an unscheduled appointment. "What can I do for you today?" the Doctor asked. The aged Gentleman replied: "Doctor, you must help me. Every time I make love to my wife, my eyes get all bleary, my legs go weak, I can hardly catc...

A friend and I, both towing small caravans, are planning to travel to Burke and Wills dig tree and Innamincka this year. Looking at traveling on tar for the best part of the trip, (because we are a bit scared of dirt) we plan to pass through Moree to Carnarvon Hwy, cross the border at Mungindi to St Geor...

Hey all, finally moved on from our paid job with CBH, and are currently in Wagin (WA) doing a houses-it until 2nd Feb, when we will move up to Yornaning Dam for the GTG. If you are passing thru and would like to catch up, PM us.

Since leaving Green's Lake, made the huge trip to Echuca (spent three days there camped next to Di & Kev, no foreknowledge on either side, but great to continue the friendship forged at Green's). While checking out the port before a paddle steamer ride, Sandra met an old workmate &family fr...

Gday... 1816 - Explorer James Kelly lands at Port Dalrymple, Tasmania, where he is arrested as a bushranger. 1868 - The last ship to transport convicts to Western Australia docks at Fremantle. 2013 - A dust storm off Onslow, in the northwest of Australia, creates what looks like a huge re...

After leaving Greens stopped at Violet town for smoko, then ton to Pioneer Bridges Rest Stop for the night. On arriving I had no sooner levelled the van when a lovely lady by the name of Sandy asked if I new anything about Generators as hers was new and unused for 6 months. There was also a younger bloke cal...

I am camped up at Dartmoor again for the weekend, having to go back into Mount Gambier tomorrow to sign some papers, and then I have no idea in which direction to head. This really is the first time since I hit the road 3 months ago that I have no direction to go, nowhere that I really have to be, and the decisi...

Doing a quick dash to Melbourne down the HUme for a family emergency and need to overnight maybe Jugiong. Anyone been through lately? We usually o/n at Gunning but if you are not in early its full, and we will be later in the afternoon, so wondering about Jugiong. Wouldn't usually think it would be full b...

Hi, new to forums, so please be patient. We have a dometic fridge RM 2350 that works fine on Gas and 240v, BUT, when travelling looses the cold. We start off with it well chilled, plugged in overnight, put in stuff from the fridge, but it does not stay cold when travelling. Purchased a thermometer that h...

Hi all, just wondering if many go to the gem festival in Glenn Innes, we are thinking of going and looking for places to stay, we usually free camp but need somewhere to leave the van safely while we look about town. I was wondering if anyone has stayed at the "Three waters high country holidays&quo...

Check out the calendar. Every 823 years there is a year like this. August this year will have 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays. Apparently the Chinese call it 'Silver pockets full'.

I take it from Rockylizards lack of a post that Today in History - Nothing Happened. lol Bob -- Edited by Bunkerbob on Wednesday 8th of January 2014 06:31:51 PM

Could you please tell me how to go to the First Unread Post (for me) in a thread I can see where there are no new posts in what I have read