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Hi Jules, thought I would leave you a message here, due to most people check out the General posts. I have added a few other camping spots in the N/T section in budget section. There is probably a lot of other places,but have not got my black book on me this trip where I have them stored (one day I will put th...

Here's something for all you 'boaties'. The sun is sitting low on the horizon and just a gentle breeze ruffles the water like a lace cloth thrown casually over the table. Small craft cut through the water with just the slightest froth curling at their bows as they beat upwind to those multi coloured b...

Any suggestions for best type of battery for 100series Toyota land cruiser especially when travelling out west

Hi, I placed an earlier post re my brakes locking on the dirt. I now believe my 15 year old Kelsey Energizer controller is faulty. I have been advised to replace it with a Tekonsha P2 controller. My van is a single axle 1998 Coromal with factory ALCO drum brakes. Do members agree with this choice. Are all...

Today, 6th of august, around 2pm. did I see our Womat. Was comming out of Ceder Park shopping centre, between Yeppoon and Emu Park, when I came up behind a white 4x4 loaded to the max. with "The Wombat" sinage on the rear window. Was he our Wombat or an imposter roamin in the glomin? My Cb was Ka...

RE: posts about people being abused through PM's. Let me just say firstly that I'm not trying to stir the pot...far from it...and I'm not making excuses for the perpetrators. I just think we need to keep in mind that the members on here are mostly baby boomers and older. Therefore it stands to re...

Rest area turned into 'open sewer', say locals

Just want to thank members, particularly Ruff and UPO for their advise with installing our heater. Their first hand knowledge highlighted things that weren't in the installation notes and made your job really run smoothly. This help was very much appreciated. The heater is grouse!! Now off to Ali...

Does anyone have a nickname for their Van or Vehicle? Saw a few good ones at a Caravan Park at Mission Beach yesterday Sol

While I was recently in several USA States I had fresh clam chowder soup, whether it was in a take away cup or at a restaurant. Has anyone made it here with clams or similar??

Tasmania, a beautiful State, but the economic basket case of Australia. Population around 500,000, unemployment rate over 8%, businesses closing every day, people can't get jobs, but Tourism, the life blood of the State is not exploited by State and Federal Governments. If you have a MH under 7 met...

Have been given this link to apply for a postal vote for those traveling it maybe helpful to others http://www.aec.gov.au/election/pva/ I have already used this link to apply for our postal votes.

My wife and I recently visited Roma and discovered that free tours of the gas fields are available thru the Origin Energy office in town. Santos do it also, but not sure how they work it. The Origin tour is a near full day tour with free light lunch thrown in. May bore some people to death, but the 40 or so on o...

Stay longer. Yep, I have decided to stay longer here in Byron Bay, North NSW Coast. I was due to leave in the morning but I feel so relaxed here and just love the place I have added 2 more nights but will probably stay put for the rest of the week I think. I can still be home in time for appointments that must b...

Welcome to Earth, Nomads , Nutters, and a big Howdyeeeee to all you free thinking people... Firstly, May I say a big,Hi to all the gang, up at Mareeba, show grounds, hope all is well after the cat fight, heheheh ,, see you all out there in the play ground , be sure to stop at the Biggenden free camp, on th...

Hi everybody, I have been invited to a camp reunion at Coachwood in NSW . Does anyone know wwhat condition the road is in and whether or not I can get my caravan through to the campsite? The van is not built for off road use. Thanks

We left Port Lincoln about a week ago and doing it very slowly. We arrived at Port Arno today, stopping off at every little town on the way. One of the things we have noted is that they have great beaches along this East coast of the Eyre Peninsula, Would rival any others anywhere else. The Peninsula has so...

Hi all... I currently have two Deep Cycle Calcium MF batteries in the van ... they've performed well and had no problems ... they are rated 100 AH. I want to add 2 more and run them specifically for my wife's CPap machine... there is NO 12volt allowance on her machine, so have been running it on a 600 watt in...

One of my many country cousins has asked me if I'd put the word out via our forum about the Gurulmundi Wildflower Tour on the 1/9/13. They thought some GN's may be interested. Find out more at http://www.boobook.biz/ I'm not advertising for this company and I have no affiliation with them. Just pu...