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Hi All was wanting to get as much information as possible on travelling around OZ with wife being on Disabilty Pension, any help you can give me I would be very grateul Thanks in advance Red Dog.

As some of you may remember, I've left my little nipper at sister and b-i-l's at Cooloola Cove for him to do some reno work for me. One of the items he's noticed is that it needs a good grinding/scrubbing underneath and a repaint...I assume he means the chassis. What's the easiest/cheapest way to do thi...

morning all we have a engel 45 ltr fridge with back up battery in navara thinking of buying 120w folding solar panels to keep battery toped up when we camp for 3 or 4 days would 120w do the job any help appricated. bob & wen

Has anyone seen the remote control for my a/c at home ? Bugger.............

Hi Guys, Happy New year to all. I am travelling to Sale from Sydney via Burrill Lake, Narooma and Lakes Entrance over a 10 day trip, I'd like to return by another route back to Sydney, I prefer to travel on sealed roads and probably take about a week. Any suggestions about a route and places of interest al...

Looking for the coolest place to go with the van February on mainland Aus. Looking for somewhere within cooee of shops like 40/50km. Alpine country looks good but to far from shops and not practical to take van up to Falls Creek. Glen Innes is over 1000m up anybody live there to say what its like in summer...

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The controller has stopped giving readings and I am unsure whether I can open the controller, ie do they have ffuse etc. any help greatly appreciated

It's now 2012 workers are still working,those who don't still don't the sun still shines the wind still blows the rain still falls and stuff it Im still grand chrilden seating will I ever get my caravan off the front lawn and my daughter into her own house. Ahh well I'm still waking up in the morrning and l...

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seeing that we are getting a lot of newbies,it may be of interest to them that there are Grey Nomad Stickers that can be obtained from Cindy to be put on one's car,van ,motorhome which give us some advanced warning that we are in the company of other nomads. It gives any easy start talking point when we see...

Hi, Has anyone had any experience with SF3239 Satellite Finder? This one is currently available on eBay, and VanSat also sell one - SF4000. They look the same. it says that it is per-programmed for the Optus satellite, which would be handy. Any feedback appreciated. Alan

Currently sitting beside the Tumut river in the Council caravan park and we have found one of natures beauty spots especially in the early morning when the river is flowing rapidly and there is a mist rising from the river as the sun comes up definately one of the better locations we have stayed in recen...

Anybody in the vicinity are welcome to join us at 2pm on Sunday with a couple of other nomads in Echuca. Gloria Jeans, High Street, right hand side on way down to the port. 2pm Sunday.

My daughter just pick up the kids she works for as well know Liquor place ... They took $87,000 today in sales and they say there no money in the retails world ..All i could think of is what a waste ....

hi to all new to camping, and loving it after some health issues and chemo behind me just every 3 months I need check ups 15months still going strong. and no cancer to be found we got a camper trailer we are doing up and we will be exploring wa.., we can only go away for a week or so at thi...

Couldn't resist this, from a Vet Shed Ad. Cheers, Sheba. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Remember, if a dog was the teacher you would learn things like: When loved ones come home, always run to greet them. Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure Ecs...

We all know that the height of a towball should be xyz. But in my opinion that is all wrong. The height should be at about knee level, not shin level as you will find out if you bump your shin on one. The knee won't hurt as much, try it sometime. Happy new year have fun Haji-Baba

hi guys, looks like its going to be hot all round this week.. hope you all enjoy the summer weather but slip slop n slap...

Hello Everyone, Merry Christmas. Our caravan has been sitting for a few months and when we start off the brakes are very noisey. I was told it may be surface rust. If so, are the brakes ok? Is this normal for all vans than sit for long periods and how often should brakes be looked at and who fixes caravan bra...