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Spent a fantatic 5 days at Nug Nug campground at easter, weather was terrific, 24 deg and no wind, nights a bit chilly but nothing the Campfire could'nt handle, $5 per person per night, and another $5 for power, parked beside a great fast running creek, Heaps to see and do in the area, only scratched the s...

I have just built a trailer for my slide on as its a pain to load on the ute.75x50 rhs, and 50x50 crossmembers, fully welded.Override brakes on 13 inch holden wheels.I,m going to fit another water tank, and the sides and going to be alum checker plate with lockable doors.A big tool box is going on the fron...

I cant fill the tanks on my sterling in under 30 minutes per tank. It doesnt matter how slow i run the hose the water just pours out of the filler neck. I disconnected the breathers from the back of the filler panel thinking the one way valves may have been stuck that made no difference. I know the tanks are e...

can i be a solo grey nomad on a age pension of $600 a fortnight with no back up please help snap

Howdyeeeeee Nomads,and a big Hi!!!! to all U sane ppl out there,well spent two nights at the Show Grounds at Kyogle, as I was leaving , though I will go to their Dump point,Had a sign, $5 for Non campers to dump, any one else had this happen to them????? well stay excited ppl,,,,,,,,Billeeeeeeee

hi all how do i add a photo to my profile cheers snap

Hi All, just logged in, well Jen and I hit the road on 21/5/12 and can`t wait. my questin is this, we have a good sized fridge in our van,(crusader tourline) but was wondering if we should get a waeco fridge as well, being new to this lifestyle, I am not sure if we need it or not. I have seen other people with t...

Left Eagle Bluff at around 8am and set off to go as far north as we could by alternating the driving, made it to Carnarvon by early afternoon a trip of 300kms. We did the grocery thing at Woolies and spoke to the staff at the Information Centre, I wanted to buy snorkelling gear so I went to a specialist shop a...

I have just updated the blog with photos and posts, unfortunately since I was so far behind it has taken so long that I now lack the time to duplicate the posts here. For those interested in my progress there are several new posts that can be accessed from my signature link. I am now in Broome and hope to kee...

We recently stayed in this lovely little quiet town which has only one CP and is managed by Gail....p&w sites are $16pn for 2AD`s, amenties were spotless and a gentle walk to town if required. Friends were there last year and highly recommneded to place and after experiancing a first class carol s...

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The best laid plans sometimes go astray, I commented previously about the van boiling in Coral Bay whilst reversing in the back tracks well it was running hot on the way to Exmouth so I took it in to be checked out the radiator and the rest of the cooling system seemed not to have a problem but the radiator c...

Lulu's almost ready for her maiden trip!

Even though she only has to go an hour down the road to Cobb & Co from her home at Tin Can Bay, it'll be a good trial run. After much discussion and research by both b-i-l and myself, we both bought solar panels from ebay. Mine is an 80watt and was $179. I a...

Help, can anyone help with our air-con please. We are in Karratha,which is very hot, and the conditioner isn't working, we don't know if we can get it fixed here, we are using a table fan which is a help. What we want to know, can we use a 12volt fan plugged into our 12volt TV socket, while we are offroad ca...

I've been wondering what to do about internet for my lap top on the road. Last week I bought a new phone with WiFi hotspot (it has Android - whatever that is!) and voila! It has worked. I can now use it as my modem and I'm back 'on line' wherever I go (I hope). It has to have 3G Blue tick capabilities. Phone only...

Anyone coming to Steamfest in Maitland this weekend? We are planning a ride on one of the steam trains this year. I'm a sucker for steam trains- I remember as a little girl, my mother would load us onto the Glen Innes Mail for an annual trip to Sydney. All the way she tried to keep our little girls' white soc...

I met up with gillyb today and spent a lovely couple of hours chatting, thanks gilly. Don't forget to call into Avan at Pakenham. Oh, The Telstra shop was busy, so gave it a miss, I will check on-line. I have come home to some pretty rugged weather here in down town Wonthaggi too, strong winds and heavy rai...

I was at the Caboolture markets at the showgrounds this morning and noticed that there were no caravans there. There was a sign there that said the showgrounds were closed to camping from 24 April until 29 June. Redcliffe showgrounds which are fairly close by are still open for camping.

I s anyone going to be at Penrose Park between the 20th and 22nd may ? Iwill be there and love to meet up with you. cheers phil

Setting off early to get to Denham around 150kms in good time to make a booking at one of the 4 campsites at Shark Bay where you can stay one night free, we looked at the sites and decided that Eagle Bluff was the pick with its sandy beach and easy access. Before arriving in Denham we looked at Shelley Beach w...