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Hello all, found this forum when I was looking for something entirely different. Looks like I have stumbled onto a wealth of knowledge and experience.

I have spent the last winter building my self a sort of camper/work trailer and fitting out my tow vehilce as the bedroom/office. Wi...

Well here I am all set up and life is feeling pretty darn good now I have made it to my first destination. I picked up the motorhome from Berwick around lunchtime and after being shown all the ins and outs of the van and how to bring the awning down, we did that a couple of times and then decided that I really ne...

Chief Running Horse commenting on daylight saving, "Why does white man think that cutting a foot off top of blanket and sewing on bottom, make day longer???"

Hello Everyone, Jude here, have a query regarding bike racks we would like to take our bikes on our trips away, they are only short trips at the minute but looking ahead for much larger trips. We would like something for 2 bikes, something legal and something cheap, can anyone here help out with inform...

I hate reversing, especially into a tight spot !!!! Been to the Tow-ed course, and I CAN do it, but I HATE it !! I do anything to avoid it, especially when we get home, and its got to get in the gate, and there's no avoiding that. I reckon next time, I'll bring it in the middle of the night, when there's no traff...

(I've put this under a new subject so that it's not lost in the previous thread.) I had a call today from Rachel at the Casino Big4 - I'd sent them feedback via their web site - offering an apology for the receptionist's attitude to us yesterday. She explained that the dump point had been a public one until...

apparently I have lept from my first childhood into my second childhood with out a great deal of time inbetween have now found something else to stir my interest apart from kite flying, land sailing, sailing radio control model boats and so on and so on.. I have now discovered gravity racing, which in...

Hi all well i got my pension rise $20 a fortnight i am rich maybe not by the time every thing goes up might get a couple cents out of it HA HA

My vehicle is a 2008 Ford Transit van - does anyone else travel in one of these ? If so, would love to see some pictures of your setup. Thanks

The novel Fifty Shades Of Grey has seduced women and baffled blokes. Now a spoof, Fifty Sheds Of Grey, offers a treat for the men. The book has author Colin Grey recounting his love encounters at the bottom of the garden. Here are some extracts... Fifty Sheds Of Grey We tried various positions round the...

Not sure if this is in the right spot but here I go. I have aslight tear(not all the way through) on my awning. Seems to be just the top layer. Is there a repair kit available or any suggestions please before it gets worse?

HELLO ONCE AGAIN MY FRIENDS. MY WIFE AND I ARE RETIRING NEXT YEAR IN MARCH. JUST WONDERING WHETHER WE COULD TRAVEL ON THE AGED PENSION. WE PLAN TO FREE CAMP 2-3 NIGHTS THEN CARAVAN PARK 2-3 NIGHTS LEAP FROGGING AROUND OUR FABULOUS COUNTRYWE HAVE A CUB SPACEVAN AND OUR TOW VEHICLE IS A FORD TERRITORY GHIA...

I don't know how I was doing for that long with out that number,http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/%7Ehuberty/math5337/groupe/digits.html Hans

Thought I'd start a thread for correcting common mistakes... like calling a median strip a "medium" strip. Median = middle. A median strip is the raised divider that runs down the middle of a road. Nothing to do with "medium". Another one is using "of" instead of &qu...

I just bought on " eSold " a 170w Bosch portable solar panel with 20w mppt controller for $299,,they also have a Sharp 120w panel,,,just thought i would let you know as i have never seen branded portable panels for sale before

I turned up at the Circus with my Wigwam and and my performing Dolphin for an Audition. The Manager of the Circus said " We need to run a few Checks, but to all in Tents and Porpoises the job is yours".

Hey guys and gals, How is the weather this morning where you are today as you awaken to a brand new day. To be honest it is a little bloody nippy here in downtown Inverell . Bring on the cold weather of winter I say. Apparently it got down to 8 degrees last night here so of course it would be nippy this morn...

hi to everyone,my name is ray and my wifes name is margaret,up until now i have been a"back-bencher" and have enjoyed reading members comments/suggestions'we are recently retired and are looking forward to travelling this wide wonderful country.our tug is a 2010 colorado4x4 diesel a...

Found a great free camp behind the Harness Club at Nyah. Big area, trees around the edges, toilet, dump point and drinking water on tap! Will stay a few days then head towards Yorke Pen for Easter. Managed to get into a CP down the bottom. AND it is cooler today! Whew!