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hi all quick question.. has anyone been from eurldunda out to kings canyon,,, eurldunda is on the main highway fro adelaide to darwin,, my question is this, is the road from eurladunda to kings canyon sealed or is is dirt ? i haven never been out there but am pilotting some buildings out to there soon and...

We are off to this Peace Festival next weekend - looking forward to a good time!!!

http://www.standard.net.au/story/1310025/last-part-of-geelong-ring-road-to-open-for-motorists/?cs=72

We have a small jayco poptop rear door van with no A/C , And have always been a bit frightened to head up to main land in summer because of the heat,but with things like thy are down here with little or no work about ,i was wondering about is there such a thing as a portible A/C unit for the van or am i better to sp...

My Toyota Landcruiser is up for rego in NSW today. A bit over a month ago I checked the prices of the major Insurance competitors on the Government run http://www.regomate.com.au web site. I was tempted to change from NRMA as it got undercut a little by AAMI. I forgot about it till today and now can't fin...

G'day Yawl. Someone PM'd me recently about using the search facility to find info instead of starting a new topic. What a great idea! I searched for rent assistance for travellers and whammo, 3 threads popped up with stacks of useful info. Then I was tempted to type hot babes but thought better of it. He...

Friends have just returned from 3 weeks in Tassie, before they went they did the maths re $$ just getting over there with tug and caravan was cheaper for them to go to Bali, isn't that sad , but that is the realality .Then they calculated caravan park fees in, and came up with the idea to over come all this t...

OK i am trying to set up solar for my home away from home ... So much to work out so i thought hey i come her asked you.... What is different between 12 volt and 4 volt solar . And what is best deep cell battery to get i been told marine grade is a good ... I was going for 120 watt panesl so now with confu...

For anyone intersted in Space stations goes for about 25mins...it is amazing... http://www.youtube.com/embed/doN4t5NKW-k

When we purchased our van (second hand) I had a few concerns about the ground clearence. The van was fitted with an overlay axle. I also noticed that the rear spring dumbjacks showed some signs of wear. The concern with clearence turned out to be fact, a few times in and out of some driveways it would s...

Has anyone been over Cunninghams Gap lately as we are heading that way next week. Some say it is closed and will be for months and the Dept of Main Roads web site says it is open and to proceed with caution.

Hi All, I have been on the recieving end of the caravan park owners in Tasmania who are trying to get as many of the freedom camping areas removed from the free camping list, this interview might just give Tasmania's some hope to have competetion put back into the camping tourism in Tasmania, check th...

Hi all can anyone give us some suggestions regards mobile phone plans. we have two phones on a business plan at the moment but figure we will definately only be using about half that when on the road and on a budjet. Cheers Len

Still getting everything together before I can exit the house and enter the road and some of what I need is info but there is also another side. I work in I.T. and have done so for a very long time now. I am actually in what some call "in the trenches" more than the higher side of I.T. Eg, if a virus i...

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Looking for a travelling companion - either male or female - to travel with me in my car. It's a well set up Troopie - organised for dirt tracks, bush camping. Planning on leaving Hunter region in June heading towards the Kimberley, to kick around up there for month or more and then into the Pilbara regio...

We were not that happy with the Showground in Bendigo so moved some 25kms north out of town to Sebastian. There used to be a little pub in town but it's struggled with business and closed. The rec ground itself is a little gem. Really quiet with a few trots coming along in the morning for exercise. Dogs are...

moved off the beach as there is a big fishing competition here this weekend. didn't move far tho just up on a high bank. will stay here another 6-8 weeks now. twin rivers reserve on the Finley road just outside of Deniliquin Dawa

Backpackers are camping in City parks and streets around Melbourne. All over the news this morning several suburbs.

whyhe sngl DATING IN THE 60s. Remember those days ? It was a hot Saturday evening in the summer of 1963, and James had a date with Annabella. He arrived at her house and rang the bell. 'Oh, come on in!' Annabella's mother said as she welcomed James. 'Have a seat in the sitting room. Would you li...