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Hi. First post here as well. My lady has retired & I'm very close to it. We're looking forward to travelling about with our recently purchased 2008 Ford Ranger & Millard Weekender. No experience except for a trip with an A Van to Adelaide & back from Sydney and a previous trip to Hill End to t...

They tell me if you use chlorinated town water in tanks algae does not occur. Maybe because of the hot weather I notice the water is smelly, but the filters are clean and just replaced. Tanks drained and refilled with recommended water treatment, but still smelly. Always sealed so I don't think it's f...

Hi to all, First time posting on a forum, but we've been working and travelling since about 2008, living in the Jayco Sterling in various locations. Currently we're on the Gold Coast ready to get on the road south in a couple of weeks. We've enjoyed looking at the posts on this forum - great to see such p...

Have recently upgraded from a camper trailer to a small caravan - jayco penguin, and need guidance regarding using solar panels. Many people spoken to in the business world give various views and being new at the game I get flustered. The van is set up with battery and a weird circular switch under b...

I am looking for a camping/rest area where one can do an overnight stay. The place I have in mind in on the Pacific Highway, on the left heading north and is between Newcastle and Port Macquarie. I think it is probably closer to Port. I have seen and driven past many times and usually seen vans early mornin...

Hi all can anyone advise how much it costs to register a motorhome in Queensland over 4.5 tonnes? I swear that Queensland Road Transport web site is going to turn my grey(er) Cheers Deb

After spending 4 days or more with no power thinking it was caused by the solar regulator, I finally got into Echuca for the big job of replacing a few faulty items. What I thought was going to be a very expensive exercise turned out to be a shock. I am very lucky to still have the van as it was not the regulato...

Two five year old boys are standing at the toilet to pee. One says, "Your thing doesn't have any skin on it!". "I've been circumcised.", the other replied. "What's that mean?" "It means they cut the skin off the end." "How old were you when it was cut o...

Rhonda and I will be parked up at McQuarrie Heads from the 18th Dec to the 2nd Jan, any one else there are welcome to come say hello, after we will be in the Port Arthur Tas area.

Gday... 1799 - Bass and Flinders complete their first circumnavigation of Van Diemen's Land. 1912 - Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson reaches and names Commonwealth Bay on the Antarctic continent. 1965 - The first hydrofoil ferry, the MV Manly, begins operating in Sydney Harbour. 1...

Have heard that this town is not very friendly towards RV's, any feedback would be good.

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An American decided to write a book about famous churches around the world.So he bought a plane ticket and took a trip to Orlando, thinking that he would start by working his way across the USA from South to North. On his first day he was inside a church taking photographs, when he noticed a golden tele...

Found this in my kit, what's it for??

A man wanted to get married. He was having trouble choosing among three likely candidates. He gives each woman a present of $5,000 and watches to see what they do with the money. The first does a total make over. She goes to a fancy beauty salon gets her hair done, new make up and buys several new outfits an...