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Hi all, we have started our first trip in our Winnebago leaving the Huon Valley in Tasmania and making our way up to Hervey Bay. There is just the two of us Lorri and John. Day 1 driving from the valley to Burnie at a free camp where we spent the night before boarding the night ferry over. Day2 Disembarked th...

Hi people, hoping to get an idea of what's being used and what is reasonable. I am running an enerdrive 40a dc-dc in the canopy of the car, but have it set to 20a at the moment. I am now towing a caravan (god help me!) and it is currently running 1 x 25a dc-dc to the van batteries. There is another 25A unit avail...

+5deg C Finns (people from Finland) sunbathe +2deg C Italian cars won't start 0deg C Water freezes -10deg C Finns go winter swimming -18deg C Finns turn the heat on in their homes. American cars won't start -25deg C It's too cold to kiss. Japanese cars won't start -35deg C Finns st...

The Madam opened the brothel door in Belfast and saw a rather dignified, well-dressed, good-looking man in his late forties or early fifties:May I help you sir? She asked.The man replied. I want to see Rosie.Sir, Rosie is one of our most expensive ladies. Perhaps you would prefer someone else. Said t...

Hi, my name is Kim, (female) This is my first attempt at using this forum and quite new to caravaning. I have purchased a starlink mini and want to be able to use it while driving along. We will be carrying a tinnie on the roof of our Land cruise, so the roof is out. (I would think!! Unless you attach it to th...

Can a portable solar panel be connected to the caravans Anderson plug that is usually plugged into the tow vehicle whenn travelling? -- Edited by Gus1949 on Tuesday 13th of May 2025 11:35:56 AM

If anyone is thinking about towing a reasonable sized van along this route think again! We just travelled yesterday and the road conditions are nothing short of atrocious! LARGE pot holes in middle of road along the route, heaps of truck damage on road sides, road works with traffic lights in about th...

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With nuclear fusion not that long away, why would you propose to build nuclear fission plants? Surely, you would use renewables backed with gas and hydro until fusion became available? Collo.

It was sad to read that we lost two former greats in recent days, Keith Stackpole and Bob Cowper. I remember watching Victoria play NSW at the SCG during the sixties and seeing the great Stackie bat. He hit the ball so hard with seemingly little effort. Back in those days they used much thinner bats than w...

Finding many stockists are short on various Dometic and other manufacturers parts, incl window blades, Thetford stove parts etc. I ordered a part from the USA and received it at my door in 2 days. 1/2 the price in Aus, incl the exchange rate and shipping.

Im want to replace our current cheap 12v tv in the van and looking at the Englaon 24 I would like to be able to connect to my modem and watch Netflix, 7 +, tenplay etc and have good sound is there any other alternative, also Bunnings online seem to have it a lot cheaper ? https://www.bunnings.com.au/engla...

Hello to all other Grey Nomads. We are about to start our next chapter/journey in ours life. We have had a fairly bumpy journey in recent years so we have decided that life is too short to waste going to work for someone else. We have travelled a fair bit of the world but because we can't travel overseas at...