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hi all, well its nearly time for our trip. 4x4 and van are nearly done and waiting for early august. just wondering if any one can give us tips on where to stop and camp as we are going from home to sydney. we are picking up the england hwy towoomba and heading to manley to see a friend before heading the the wa...

G'day Happy travellers has anyone travelled the Nullabor in the last couple of weeks?? How much did you pay for Diesel? Cheers Dee

A woman asks her husband at breakfast time, "Would you like some bacon and eggs, a slice of toast, and maybe some grapefruit juice and coffee?" He declines. "Thanks for asking, but I'm not hungry right now. It's this Viagra," he says. "It's really taken the edge off m...

Don't mean to be doom and gloom, but please take care if 4 legged Kids are on the loose when driving in to property. My sister lost Jedda on Monday.[ I just found out.] She's staying with friends 'til her next House-sit, and Jedda was accidently run over. The guy was driving in very slowly, and appar...

I have never liked dogs but wife has always owned one. I never hurt or abused the dogs we had. Last one we had died 4 years ago, which was good timing because we started travelling shortly there after. I always scoffed at people travelling with a dog. Now the reason for this post my wife went interstate a we...

Here we go again..Freebies everywhere....I love Qld "But! all this begging is getting me feeling crook....

I want to buy a waeco fridge freezer... any tipsReply Quote Edit Post After some good advice on here I think I will buy a 80 lt fridge / freezer from evakool... for $693 I don't think it is actually an evakool but backed by them... it consumes 2.1-2.9 amps/hr I have a 80 watt solarex panel to keep the s...

Barry Holland motors, warracknabeal, NW of Horsham Vic, a good mechanic is hard to find, good work, good rates, on the Henty highway as you come into Warracknabeal from the south

The Scarborough Mechanic (Don) 42 Landsborough Avenue Scarborough 07 3203 6215. Don has been servicing my vehicles for years and is excellent. Old vehicle VR Commodore, New vehicle Rodeo 4x4 Diesel Auto.

Fantastic Cindy, thank you!! Perhaps the "Free/Budget campsites" could be included there?

Mazda's popular BT50 range of vehicles are being upgraded with a new larger more powerful and fuel efficient diesel motor. Replacing the current 3.0 Lt with be a 5 cylinder 3.2Lt Diesel producing 147Kw and 470Nm Torque and having a 6 speed transmission. Towing capacity has been increased from 3000K...

If its an odd ball type job, if no one else will do it richard is your man, also the local muffler guy. cheers blaze

Justin is in Kingston (near Hobart in tassie), he is a landrover specilist, will work on other breeds and is fantastic. I drive 400 odd km for him to once over my vehicle before I do any long trips (most of them are very reomote and solo) cheers blaze

We sayed a couple of weeks there, right on the beach. part of the park has old amenities and a new block for another part. Was good/ cheers blaze

Hi Everyone, I need a bit of advice please and who better to ask than the GN's My niece is being sent to Singleton NSW for a month doing relief work while someone is away. She is going to borrow her parent's caravan and stay in one of the parks there but she wants one that is quiet. My question is...can anyo...

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Great Mechanic in Rockingham WA Ask for Tom @ West Coast Mechanics 4/63 Dixon Road Rockingham Ph 08 9527 7349 Fax 9527 7227 Just tell him wombat sent you, he will give you a fair price and also does great work. -- Edited by _wombat_ on Friday 8th of April 2011 02:06:39 PM

She has let me down Just went into bank account to see how much left so I could do a bit of grocery shopping only to find Aami had taken out a sum for insurance for my last vehicle. The insurance was cancelled when they couldn't insure the campervan so I couldn't transfer. The lady said it would be cancelled...

Can anyone please advise a novice as to the best options for a roof top mounted boat carrier, has anyone experienced the "tinnie Tosser" or their equivalent. We need something to carry a round a 3.5 mtr tinnie whilst towing a camper trailer Also i'd like to hear from anyone who has used a &quo...

There seems to be so much knowledge in this forum, and I know I'm always so grateful for all the help I get when I ask a question (which seems to be often ) I'm sure there would be heaps of money saving tips when travelling, that we could all benefit by if we all shared them with our fellow gn's. I was wonder...