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A trick I learnt many years ago may help if you get caught out driving in heavy rain. Put on a pair of sunglasses. You'll be surprised how clearly you can see the road ahead thru a windscreen being pelted with heavy rain.

Ladies my 50yr old sister wants to free camp in a proton car and travel with two dogs how many ladies have started this way alone.

I realise most of you don't drive at night, but if the need should arise, I pass on the following tip, which I found very useful on a recent night trip home from Melbourne. At roadworks traffic lights are often left to manage traffic in the absence of workmen and traffic controllers. After long hours on t...

Our plan to hit the road is a few more steps closer to happening. Original plan was to take 18 months off work. In the last couple of weeks the plan changed a little. We both decided to quit work & retire. ( have to say it does feel strange not having a job for the first time in our lives) Finishing of a fe...

I am just wondering, has anyone made rugs with wool by hook and latch, i have made many this way and you can use them by hanging on walls also, but with the big ones i wondering about room ....

I am very pleased with myself, I have finally worked out how to use my mobile phone as a modem for my laptop. I am very slow to work these things out. Now I am thinking of getting rid of my land line as I never use it anyway, that will cut off my ADSL2, then get rid of my wireless broadband. I will increase my dat...

There are currently some 81 fires in NSW with 18 not controlled at this time, 12currently being controlled and13 are contained but not out dont know about the rest. the RFS has 609 fire fighters actively fighting these fires 217 fire trucks committed 27 Firefighting aircraft and the fire season has n...

How about this for an intersectionhttp://www.smh.com.au/travel/holiday-type/family/king-of-the-road-20120830-252t4.html cheers to all Liddle

Had a couple of nights at Emerald Botanical Gardens Camps6 #330. This is a great spot for those who once set up find it difficult to drive and explore. Just to the top of the rise there is a Centro Shopping Centre and beyond that the town of Emerald all within an easy walk. Then under the bridge there are the...

Hi All, Well it's 3 months today till we leave on our gap year as grey nomads. I am starting to look at the route that we could take. We are thinking that we might head from Bris towards the Murray and into SA, getting down to the coast by about mid Feb. My biggest worry is finding campsites over Xmas/New Year...

If you want a great range of gear I found a little treasure in Kilcoy - NW of Brisbane, and just over the road from the camp area on the south of the town. Got the small table for the computer that I have been trying to find for a very long time, and the cig lighter battery tester. Love the small country town har...

what would you do if a next door camper became a nuiscance. This is something I have been thinking about as these places get more crowded coming up to the holidays. the big 200AH battery is making an incredible difference to the power i have available. Dawa

Just had a wheel alignment and safety check done on the Winnie for my trip down south and they have found the front brakes need major work. Can't even get anybody in town to look at them till next week and I was supposed to leave on Friday. Don't know if I will be able to get down there in time for the safari...

Hi to all the Gals here, Could you ladies tell me what kind of Hobbies you have on the road, like craft, sewing ect, Really want to start doing something,((( Not Knitting))) just feel im not at the knitting stage as yet. I do love fishing so much but we can only go at certain places as we dont have a boat as yet...

Gday... Seen in Narromine NSW today......... Cheers - John

Saw a segment last night on 7-30 ABC. they reckon that our hairy nosed Wombats are all losing their hair. I sincerely hope that this does not apply to our resident Wombat?????

OK, like most men, I dont like being stumped by a mechanical thing, but apparently when you have all the amenities of a home on wheels its going to happen. It still doesnt set well with a guy who makes his living as an HVAC & Electrical ContractorThis is our first long trip {over two weeks} since we bo...

howdy fellow nomads, hope someone can give me some sort of advice/second opinion type of thing. I have a single 130AH (lead acid _maintainable powered by a Baintech PB-360 25amp charger with boost and float charge stages. This charger is suitable only for lead acid batteries. I have no solar on roof...

First day of Spring . Trees are flowering . Wild flowers are starting to come out . Magpies are swooping . Won't be long and snakes will be around again . The temperatures are starting to get warmer in most areas . Don't you just love it ?

Hello everyone, this is my first post. I would like to recommend Bryan's Canvas, South Grafton, for great service when it wasn't expected. We drove into Grafton on Tuesday 3rd Jan this year with our campertrailer in need of repairs and they fixed it (FOR FREE!) even though they had no spare bookings,...