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Hi all Nomads, My partner and I are new to caravaning, but having said that we bought a 15foot Jayco poptop and took off from Vic to Qld Coast, spent 3 months covering 10,000 kms. I was a bit apprehensive about a our tow vehicle, Ssangyong Korando, but it performed well, returning 12.5Lt/100km. Looking...

Hi All, Just joined, Hendo, Jenny and Andy the Malt, sadly carry him around in an Urn these days. Looking for tips and info prior to setting out on the lap late 14 early 15. For how long? who knows?. Got to get grandma away from the grandkids! Congrats on a great site!

Hi I'm Maggie and my hubby, Alex and I have just purchased an Avan Cruiseliner 5. We had a camper trailer and enjoyed it but on a recent holiday were broken into while we slept. We could no longer feel safe in it after that. We are taking off next Sunday to spend Christmas at Tumut. In March we are planning on...

Yesterday we had Paul (Myvan) arrive, very tired after a long trip - but here at last, set up with a great view of the water. Welcome Paul - here for Christmas. Today - Kandagal (Keith and Alice) came back after their gas tanks were changed over in the Grande Villa - will also be here for Christmas!!!!!

Lately I have noticed posts on the forum that would have entitled the authors to be given these pills and I am posting this in the hope that potential whingers will be put off from their whining and whinging. Please feel free to copy and send this message to anyone suspected of whinging. John ...

Hi, does anyone have any good recommendations on the roads, routes and any stop overs between Cooma and Kosciusko and is the road up to Kosciusko suitable for a 23' caravan? I will be travelling in February/March. i am coming from south western Sydney and travelling on to the Murray but would like to vi...

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Sending Seasons Greetings to all our Grey Nomad friends - Newbies, Gurus and The Master alike!!!!!! Don't eat or drink too much, or this will be you on Boxing Day!!!! -- Edited by jules47 on Friday 13th of December 2013 01:38:59 PM

Hi Fellow Grey Nomads, Has any one got or used a combined Amp/Volt Meter in one gauge so i can monitor my caravan battery. I am looking at one from a company called Bainbridge in Queensland. www.bainbridge.com.au. Thank you Mr Red.

Hi all new to this site... so i hve no idea what i am doing...I guess i will work it out as i go ...love traveling outback with my partner ....meeting people ..love to have a chat can talk to much sometime lol lookforward to reading your stories as well happy travels

Life just gets better as you get older!I was in a Gloria Jeans Coffee Shop recently when my stomach started rumbling and I realized that I desperately needed to fart. The place was packed but the music was really loud so to get relief and reduce embarrassment I timed my farts to the beat of the music. Af...

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I take after my father as his teeth break all the time, and they look horrible, all jaggered and sharp. He's been to the dentist and they said there fine Now my teeth are brittle and break easily, so I have quite a few fillings, but at least they still look fine. I haven't had a problem with my teeth for a whil...

So usually the sound that I wake to these days are Kookaburras, ****ies, and the sight of kangaroos or other wildlife feeding, well this morning it was a very different sound. First there was a quad bike, then the distant sound of cows mooing, a rooster crowing, and then two little people knocking on my...

I need an overall view/opinion as to where people free camp in general. The reason I ask is this; we tend to go off the CAW Bible and websites like 'Caravancaravan' to look for free camps/rest areas. When we go to park up at night, we only use the ones that the books designate as 'overnight stops' but this p...

Not really a caravaning problem but I didn't know where else to ask. Are there any electrical orientated handymen/ladies out there who can help me repair the electrics on an elliptical walking machine? I have a chronic lung problem so under doctors advise I bought an elliptical walking machine but,...

Hi all we are looking forward to seeing you all there next week, in the meantime I have been asking advice.In the tech area under the heading folding solar panes. JC seemed to give a really simple solution but then it all got too confusing for me. Is there going to be anyone there next week who can have a loo...

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