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Yesterday I met and vistited with an incredible man in his 80's who is building this amazing house from the rock on his land. His property overlooks vallies on either side we walked and looked at some of the amazing rock formations that are there. I took a heap of photos and I will do a blog post in the next c...

Has any-one travelled the Burnett Highway from Mt. Morgan to Eidsvold recently ? Will be coming that way to the Wuruma Dam meet-up. Cheers, Sheba.

In the good old days, when i worked for Telecom, it was illegal to reverse engineer the phone book. If you had a name you could get the number, but not the other way around. Not anymore.... http://www.reverseaustralia.com will give you the name AND address of the number that called !!! Handy to find ou...

I have just spent Thursday and Friday with to great people from this forum, now I won't make you guess who. These two great people are, JustCruisin, Jim and Leonie. We sat around in a lovely free camp just on the northern tip of Manilla NSW and chatted and chatted and chatted, oh, did I say we chatted, mmmm...

this time last year i was camped on the Murray near Echuca. Struggling for enough fresh water enough power and enough shelter. Also struggling with the hundreds of people come to spend easter on the river. Well here i am 12 months down the track. Plenty of power; adequate water and shelter and a comp...

I see a lot of roof mounted aircons on vans but where does the condenser water go? Does it drain onto the roof on the outside? Has anyone fitted a built in or ducted? Are they a better solution? Cheers Steve

We, like others travelling with pets, are regularly looking for dog minding services. What service have you used and can recommend? Rosie

would a small dc 24v 1.8w fridge fan work on 12v if so is it safe thanks suenray

Did not get it all - heres the rest You know you're a Collingwood supporter when: 1. A Halloween pumpkin has more teeth than your wife does. 2. You let your twelve-year-old daughter smoke at the dinner table in front of her kids. 3. You've been married three times and still have the same in-laws. ...

I generally have the van fridge turned off while travelling as I managed to forget to switch it from 12 volt to LPG when I pulled up for the night a couple of times, and of course the car battery is as flat as a tack the next morning.My brother when he was alive used to leave his van fridge on all the time on gas w...

We are looking at purchasing an awning for our 8.5m coach, we were thinking about 5-6m. Wondering what experiences/recommendations GN's might have for brand/type/size as well as any experience with online sellers/eBay?

Hi We require a housesitter between Sat 22nd June - 18th July. We are a 10 min drive to Joondalup and 40 mins north of Perth CBD. 15 mins to the beach. We are on a lush green 5 acre property and need someone to stay in the house. We have 2 horses, 11 chickens and 2 Siamese cats that need looking after. All ver...

Not long to go and we are off to Queensland from Hobart, towing caravan. Normally we travell via the Hume/Pacific highways, this year woould like to give the Newell a go. Any advice on road conditions gratefully received. Ken

In case some of you haven't heard about this... We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its memory. If we were to be involved in an accident or wer...e taken ill, the people attending us would have our mobile phone but wouldn't know who to call. Yes, there are hundreds of numbers...

What's the story with external antennas for mobiles? I understand that they can help reception in remote areas (which is why I want one), but are they expensive and/or difficult to fit to a vehicle? Online searches have been inconclusive and visits to Telstra shops have not been very helpful. Any inf...

One of Western Australia most beautiful parts may be being closed down to vans over 20ft has anyone else heard this rumor, It has always been so good and cheap look forward to hearing any updates.

Just had a lucky break with my much loved Sony compact zoom camera (Cybershot DSC-HX9V) On an outing last Friday, the camera fell out of the carry case 2metres onto the concrete carpark area. After that the lens wouldn't stay out to enable photos. Everything else worked OK. But then you want your cam...

Have read that these meters are compulsory in RVs and houses in USA...why aren't they here? Has anyone got one fitted and where did you purchase it as I want to put one in the motorhome Thanks

Remember Little Millie from Jamaica and the song "My Boy Lollipop"? Always wondered what happened to her, she made a few more songs than what I thought, (also appeared in an episode of Miami Vice) here's her most famous song, reached No 1 on Ozzie music chart; http://www.youtube.com/w...

we are planning our trip around aus, so how is kakadu for camping?Also the road between Halls gap and Derby it looks quite isolated, so I am presuming petrol is expensive and hard to get, would be grateful for any info