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We sold up everything in 2006 and built our van to tour Australia indefinitely. We luckily have a very clever brother (ex boat builder) who built this van to our specs - it was the 'prototype' - it will never blow away, it will probably float away or sink before it will leak, and it's the easiest home to...

Maybe a bit proud, but here are some pics of daughter, Heidi on her wedding day. Bridesmaid is her twin sister. Forgive my indulgence. cheers Jack

Hi campers DH wants to buy a canoe and take with us, carry on top of Falcon sedan.Â I looked at the PortaBote because it is ligjt.Â Anyone gpt one?Â Any advice on types, weight, size etc w

UPDATE Monday April 29, 2013 Ok then, You guessed it, I left Townsville on Monday Morning and after arriving in Emerald Q'land I checked out the free camp in town but decided there were too many backpackers and wiz bangs so found a nice CV Park around the corner, much quieter. It was still hot there but l...

A much simpler question this time. When we leave Melbourne in early feb, do we turn left or right , clockwise or anti clockwise?

Hello to all you lucky people, let me congratulate you on this forum and the support you give each other. Hazel and I are now ready ( almost) to join you.Over the next little while we will be asking lots of questions and seeking advice, if we get on your nerves or get the etiquette wrong please let us know.W...

Hi everyone Kay & I are on the way back to Greens Lakes where our tour of this huge country basically began in Feb last year, 2012, we travelled far and wide since then and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, if there any other Grey Nomads already at Green Lakes or on the way there this week Kay & I will...

Can anyone tell me how I could heat a wheat bag without using (electricty) microwave. It would be heaven for my stiff back at the end of the days drive. Helen

Kim Jung Un Kim Jung Un had NO military experience whatsoever before Daddy made him a four-star general.This snot-nosed twerp had never accomplished anything in his life that would even come close to military leadership.He hadn't even so much as led a Cub Scout troop, coached a sports team, o...

Hi Checking to see if anybody has a Kokoda Caravan or has seen one on the road, I am thinking of getting one and would like some feed back from owners about the Caravan? Thanks

A question for all of you that travel with your dog. How have you gone with taking your dog to Darwin and surrounds? We are going up there in September and really don't want to leave our dog behind.

Hi, my wife and I have travelled around Australia in our Motorhome and have stayed in many different caravans parks and free camps, and are now thinking of buying a lifestyle small caravan park in western nsw and are open to suggestions on what people want from a caravan park and would love to hear your c...

Does anyone do childcare or babysitting while traveling? If so, how do you source work and do you need to have a current Working With Children check done? thanks

Any advice on which road to use heading north would be appreciated. I don't particularly like the coast road because it is so busy. Is that rain mentioned at Gympie an issue further South?

Hi Everyone I am looking for some answers to a lot of questions so hopefully you can help me with some or all of the questions. We are seriously thinking of giving up work in the first quarter of 2014. We have a campertrailer and are busy sorting out the 4WD before we head off. We are not sure how long we wil...

One Chinchilla c/van park has no vacancy sign up all the time now, and the other c/van park only keeps four empty sites for travellers due to all the Oil and Gas workers staying there ,they recon a lot of cabins have also replaced where c/van sites used to be. At showgrounds now it is $27 unpowered site...

We have a new plane in Milo Aviation , she will be our world flight plane.. We initially was going to use "Venus de Milo" but we found this new one has a much longer range, the 737 "venus de milo" only has a range of 3500 nm but this new Bird (as pilots call their planes) has a range of 6...

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I have a van that is currently at my son's in NSW. I will collect at the end of Sept after a trip to USA with family. He has taken it away this weekend on it's maiden run. Everything has worked as it should, shower, toilet, heating, lights, drove like a dream. -- Edited by barina on Satur...

The bruce h/ way is cut off due to flooding south of Gympie QLD ,will be cut until at least wed /night posted 26/ 2 /2013.