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Having finished watching " the most exotic marigold hotel" for the second time, my thoughts turned to my bucket list. Mine include travelling this wonderful country, seeing NYC, WashingtonDC, Canada, Tuscany,seeing a white Christmas before I die, and then the things that I have cros...

We are on board the Spirit of Tas headed for Tassie. We will be ending time with family and friends for a couple of weeks before we return to Melb to get ready for setting out to SA where we will spend most of this year until about Nov before heading back to Melb. If you are headed that way as well then we would l...

Well, we have our baby home...well not home...a friends actually!! Our little apartment block carpark isnt going to hold this beast!! Brand new (2012) Jayco Starcraft 20.66.3. Towed by 2008 Ford Ranger. Ford Ranger towed her ok ...until we were parking her in her slightly damp 30deg incline!!! Wit...

Hi Everyone, I decided to put this in the General Forum so that more people would see it. Just letting you know that yesterday afternoon, Beth was taken by ambulance and admitted to PA hospital in Brisbane. She thought the shortness of breath that she was experiencing was an asthma attack but it seems t...

We want to cross the nullabour in a sedan, Melbourne to Perth. Can anyone help with the following...Don't want to go off road, How long will it take stopping whereever there is something interesting to see. Where would we sleep overnight, what stops, (we wont have a van) so needs to be established acc...

What goes from -100 in less than 4.5secs? My wifes bathroom scales. Ken

Sunday I was doing a welding job, picked up a small camping stool from the shed as it was the correct height for the job. About half way through I attempted to move the stool for a better position. Then the shock, where the canvas had been sown had deteriated & colapsed in a split second. My thumb was ja...

Anyone got any top apps they would like to recommend? I thought I saw somewhere that Camps 6 had an app, but can't find it. Rosie

Here are a couple of photos of our very first slideout. It came out the full width of an annexe. It was marvellous for a growing family. Again it is a caravan that my hubby built. It wa a 10 berth van (3 sets of fold down double bunks). One wet day with the extended family camping out, we had 22 people inside al...

Probably been talked about but cannot find an old thread, anyway we had a big storm last night and being new to caravaning made us think about being out there in a big thunder / lightning storm. Sitting in a big metal shell feeling like a target. !!!! Any tips to keep ourselves safe ? , and what NOT to do. ...

I have just finished reading this very amusing and informative book by Tim Bowden, former host of ABC's Backchat programme. Thoroughly recommended for anyone contemplating visiting Tasmania, or anyone interested in a really good Caravaning travel story. Tim, a native Taswegian, has some rea...

Had an unexpected operation on Monday, Linguine Pasta done! You know, one of those hernia things in the groin. I am so sore, lay down no good, sit up, no good, stand up bearable, walk eases the pain. What is the best position? Worst part is the fact that it so windy with no further relief. Caused by gett...

Can anyone guide me in the right direction regarding replacing the original square exterior lights on the van. The covers have yellowed and now one does not work, blown tube. The existing ones have the W shaped flouro inside with that stupid little starter box thing. I would like to replace the whole l...

Well, what a surprise after SWMBO picked up an eco pot for $45 and tested it out with a piece of silverside. What an amazing cooking appliance! Silverside was absolutely melt in mouth stuff, along with vegies. Cooking preparation time was approx 30 mins before leaving to cook. Must follow up on JimRic...

We decided to check out the rego cost for our car here in W.A. other people in this park pay a lot less for W.A rego, we paid $630 for a year with the pension discount for Qld, and it cost us $260 yesterday for a year in W.A. with pension discount. Apparently it has recently changed for people on the max rate fo...

Hi everyone, As some of the 'oldies' know I have been on the road with my Border Collies for quite a while. I am currently at Palmerston about 25km south of Darwin and will be heading off south again back to show my dogs at Sydney Royal. I have decided to leave the van here and travel with my swag, travelli...

Any good caravan parks at Daylesford , I done some searching ,but it is all old information. Cheers Hans

We have been working and travelling for the last two years, currently in western NSW working on a station. We needed to updated from a pop top to a full van with a little more comfort, we had been shopping around for about 6mths.We finally found the van that had everything we wanted, was a 2008 Excellent c...

Dos the hot water anode continue to deteriorate even when the unit is turned off? Or does it only happen while the electricity is running through it?