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From today's Sydney Morning Herald: They live in a caravan more than a house, spend months at a time travelling around Australia and know more camping sites than most Australians have had cold beers on a summer's evening. But don't call John and Elaine Tickner grey nomads. They say they're part of a sp...

Have been doing the tourist thing ,for the last four days while staying with family near Mareeba. Gee time flys when you are having fun. Went out to what is known as the only pub in QLD where you have to supply your own beer.What a nostalgic time warp this old pub is The Espanol Pub at Lappa Junction. The bl...

Met Anton (Loki) and Gypsy Rover (Christine) today and had a wonderful time with them.

Hello all Still at the wier till Thurs and then heading to Theresa dam ,not sure what the service is like but poor at the wier Will catch up with old boar if still there Ken

Hello all - What are your ideas on having an oven and or grill in your campers? Also where do you get the 'funny' avatars from? There really are some beaut ones. Thanks again - happy camping - Nelly

Hi What is the best way to travel from Cairns to Darwin? I have been told that it is 4wd only to go across from Cairns and I would need to come back down to Townsville and travel across through Hughnden etc if I wanted a better road. All suggestions welcome. I only have an XTrail and have no desire to do 4wd al...

I bought a smart Phone this morning and the smart young thing who served me was quite sure that the phone could use the 3G service even though it had NextG in the info given on the packaging. I still have my doubts, need the Telstra 3G signal when travelling. Don't you hate it when these smart young things...

I'm told panels are a lot lighter than they used to be. Read the other posts here about solar. I want to trickle feed the existing battery in my pop-top when I'm off power. Van is very new (delivered 29/5). Should I let a dealer do it, forget it (too many risks...leaks, fitting etc), or consider it a possi...

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cf0_1372050046 Can't help the language [ play on mute if sensitive to some of the more robust parts of the English language ] in this but it's a good example of how the bloke towing the caravan could have been in serious bother if everything turned to custard. Makes...

Hello Fellow Travellers, Well we have another caravan and Nissan Patrol. We have left Newcastle and have started out again. We are in Parkes today visiting with some friends. We are thinking of heading back to WA as we have heard there are a lot of good jobs for motor mechanics there. Just wondering whi...

I have been having a lot of trouble with my internet dropping out intermittently, on and off. Bigpond did a line check for me and said there was something wrong with the line, so arranged for a Telstra Tech to come out and investigate. He had some hi tech stuff he bought with him to check the line from ins...

OK, all you tech heads out there, here's another one for you - my hot water heater has been kind of hit and miss last few nights. I can usually hear it when the gas ignites but tonight it isn't catching alight, it's trying to ignite - it tries 3 times and then gives up and the 'On' light just stays on rather th...

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Wanna see something really really really stunning? A mate sent this link this morning to a video of the full moon rising in Wellington NZ. Trust me, this is something really special, and if you're not bowled over, I'll be very surprised. Click here for the video.

Any comments on Bowen Horseshoe Bay Resort/Caravan Park.

Why do supermarkets make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front? Why do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke? Why do banks leave vault doors open and then chain the pens to the counters?...

Hi all, can anyone tell me why my tv works OK for about 10 minutes and then the screen turns off for a minute before coming back on for a few minutes and then turning off again. I am really tired of watching the first ten minutes of Warrior over and over!! PS the tv is an AWA LCD about 2 years old with built in DV...

I just got a rough quote for our Tassy trip and it worked out at $1158, just to get us and the van over there! That's not including a return trip. I couldn't believe it. Does that sound right to you guys? I'm in shock, I didn't believe it would cost so much. We are now considering trying to get cheap flights an...

Hi all, I am a new member and getting a new caravan delivered Oct 13, can anyone recommend a good caravan insurer, thanks for any suggestions

Afternoon all. We are awaiting delivery of our new van, which has a Truma Avanti aircon. unit. The supplier has told us that a Honda 2.0kva inverter generator would suffice to operate it, providing no other 240 volt appliance is being used. This would be fine with us, as a 3kva is too big and bulky for our...