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I arrived here yesterday after the 130km trip from Longreach, you have to book in at the Council Chambers and the fees are very reasonable. $3 per day or $15 for the week. So what do you get for that princely sum, heaps, for one thing you get to be able to camp at either site the Barcoo River Nature Park Ca...

At St. Peter's Catholic Church in Adelaide , they have weekly husbands' marriage seminars. At the session last week, the priest asked Giuseppe, who said he was approaching his 50th wedding anniversary, to take a few minutes and share some insight into how he had managed to stay married to the same...

Please I need some help where can I find some Brown air vents for a 89 Viscount caravan I've been looking everywhere cheers john

hi all. just wanted some infomation on running tv's while free camping . I have an LCD HD tv and want to know if i need a set top box to get reception. We are going to get a sattalite dish (portable) as well. As you can see I am not ver good at this caravan on road thing yet , but i will get there/ thanks for all your...

Some may remember that I met up with a French girl travelling north to Cairns for the first time and we met at Stott's River Nature Reserve near Tweed Heads. I spent some hours with her telling her of some of the best free camps that I had stayed at and staged them out with suitable driving distances. We met...

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Avida & The Sydney RV Group Part Ways The Sydney RV Group will cease to represent Avida and Winnebago Motorhomes, effective September 30, 2013 from both their Narrabeen and Penrith dealerships after a number of years together retailing Avida and Winnebago Motorhomes. It is disappointing tha...

Sarg and Terry are having a drink at the pub one hot afternoon. And Terry says: "Did you know that Lions have sex 10 to 15 times a night?" "Aw blimey,"says Sarg, "and I just joined Rotary." (now ya gotta at least smile at that) Hoping any Lions members (myself...

Does anyone know what to do to increase the towing capacity when towing caravan with 4.2lt TD Nissan patrol, cab chassis?

I wouldn't think the result of a Queensland University study would be news to many on this website . The report which is on this web pages has identify an new bred of grey traveler the Grey caravaner work do small trip mostly with caravan club and put 3 million dollars a year into Queensland rural towns , A...

yep back again , been away for a bit Still keen to do some camping etc. might head to Maryborough next trip , it seems to be a nice area cheers from me

We intend to travel around Australia in our caravan next year, leaving Perth around May. We would like to make this an approx 12 month trip. Any suggestions on where we should start? Should we travel north via the west coast, across the top and down the east coast? Where should we be at certain times...

Ah just could not help myself yesterday when I put pen to paper again for this story (attached) between an old Army guy and an old Submariner - the looks on their faces was priceless, haven't laughed so much in years!!!

just got bac from the specialist from Wollongong , and its confirmed my dad has small cell cancer, and its pretty nasty, in his top right lung from the scans we saw today, apparently it started 2 years ago but wasn't picked up back then when he had blood trans fusions etc not sure what road were on but i...

Just arrive and caretaker will catch up .(Clem)..15.00 a night. Coin showers and clean toilets. Heaps room for big rigs and powered or unpowered. Very friendly. Go gold panning at Mary River, only 15 min walk .New upgraded supermarket, Cheese factory(free sampling) We learnt to pick up 3 squares...

The Dawson H/Way has now reopened due to a single vehicle and van accident between Biloela and Banana QLD. The report said it was due to strong winds. Police issued a warning to take care on the roads due to extra traffic being school holidays.

Against my better judgement I purchased an el-cheapo Chinese generator on flea bay. I know it won't perform as well or as quietly as a Honda but my expectations are not high anyway. It will probably only be used to charge the batteries during poor weather. What I do want information on is the recommend...

What are members thoughts on these style of tow hitches, I am having a caravan built that has an ATM of around 3100kg and my driveway and the street are at a rather difficult angle, both with incline and side slope. The van will have a 2" riser and has quite good rear clearance but having bottomed out...

Just heard on the news,that this summer we will not be having Elvis in the air to help put out fires. Do not know why that is happening,Elvis has played a huge part in saving peoples property and life. With the soring temp so far I am thinking all over Australia we are going to be in for a very nasty summer. I...

If your dog gets wet and you hate the smell ,a good idea to take that wet smell away is to just wipe over his/her coat with one of those dryer sheets used inside cloths dryers.No more odour and dog smelling like roses.