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Hi folks, My inlaws are wanting to sell their van and was wondering where the best place to advertise it to get the best results. It is on Ebay but we have not had any real success. Looking forward to your thoughts, Cheers Damien

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Hi I've been searching for online supplies of top quality dry food and came across the paws for life site - http://www.pawsforlife.com.au which seems to have a good coverage of the top brands. Normally I 've made stews for the dogs from kangaroo meat etc supplemented with ordinary dry food and the od...

Dear valued friends and guests, we are pleased to announce the Jewel of the Newel, the Narrandera Caravan Park is once again open for business following the disastrous March flood. Powered Sites, Camp Sites and a selection of cabins are available, along with the amenities block and camp kitchen. Po...

Does anybody know of free or cheap camps around Kununarra?I have heard that safety is a problem, also. Thanks, Bill

Is there anyone that knows of a good mail forwarding agency and the cost, per month, as we are about to go round Aus, and relying on our children is to much of a headache, Regards Dibmaus

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

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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...