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As mentioned in another topic, we choose to use the New England highway to get to Bris from Canberra. Its actually longer, although I havent worked out how much. But we choose to stop along the way for cuppa's, lunches, and overnight stops too, and have found the Rest stops on the Pacific are all very bu...

My wife and I have just accepted the position of managers of this great little park. We start in February and will be looking forward to as meet many of you as may see fit to call in.

Hiya All, Just wanted to wish you and your loved ones a great xmas and New Year , I hope the big fat man in the red suit visits you all. alsoI wanted to thank you all for all the support and great tips during the year, it's been a huge learning curve for me and I have no doubt, the learning curve will become an...

For everyone asking abut these two likely problems here in Echuca the following information is out of todays paper. Firstly the floods. In todays paper are photos of Riverboat Dock, under water and right up the banks covering the seating, just the tops of tables showing. The heading is If you think th...

At this rate we will be having a white Christmas!! It's cold wet and windy with a dash of sun thrown in now and then!!!

Looks pretty diabolical in Carnarvon (nw WA), where they have been cut off by road for a few days now. Heard an interview with the local supermarket guy this morning and he said they had pretty well run out of fresh things such as milk. In the pics on the news reports there is a motor home ploughing through...

Now you may think I am about to have a winge about them but far from it. My daughter had 8 young ladies travel from Perth to Tassie for her wedding. We had 5 of them stay with us for the week and you couldnt get a nicer lot of youing ladies. These 5 young ladies all went through uni with my daughter at Curtan, All...

Hello, Is there any body out there with a Strong 4664x using a BLUE FOXTEL card, I need help with set up. thanks

I can't believe that it has been 2 years now that I have been on the road! A lot of the newbies won't know me as I haven't been on here too much lately. I'm a Kiwi, who sold up all to come over here, buy a m/home and drive around the block! I've done, Vic, SA, NT and WA. It's taken me two years because I am not old eno...

Just back from Wuruma dam, having comp problems and will post a report on the place when my regular computer is fixed, prob new year. till then happy xmas and new year. pete

hi all ,ive got this fitted to the pajero, and after checking the alternator volts , the alternator puts out 14.38v but when i check the battery in the back of the pajero i get a reading of only 12.7. finding the strange i decided to ring redarc and they told me that this system will only go as far as 12.7 volt...

Found these photos whilst scanning through some folders on the computer. We were at Herberton in the Atherton Tablelands in July at the local caravan park. It was about minus one million degrees. Thank goodness Bundy Rum came to the rescue. P.S. I hate the cold but married to a Victorian who hat...

THE TWELVE 'AUSSIE TRIP' DAYS OF CHRISTMAS On the first day of Christmas my hubby gave to me A late model comfy caravan On the second day of Christmass my hubby gave to me Two single beds for our late model comfy caravan On the third day of Christmas my hubby gave to me Three water tanks 4th day - four patc...

I was having a discussion with a friend a few days ago about plastic bags. She was telling me about about her friend who refused to buy a plastic bag at Target. He apparently asked the service assistant if she expected him to walk around the shopping centre with his purchased undies in his hand. She event...

Currently in Manjimup (south west WA) and attended the Cherry Harmony Festival last weekend. Friday afternoon golf tournament yielded runner up prize - local cherries and wine. Saturday was the main festival - cherry pip spitting competition, cooking demonstrations with local produce, fashi...

Hello, I am new here and not sure I belong, I am still in my late 30s with only a few grey hairs :) I am going to travel Australia for a year on my own. It will be a mix of camping of my station wagon and housesitting and picking up work where I can to keep the funds moving. As you can imagine there don't seem to be m...

how many know the loaded weight of their vans, talking to the local tyre shop today and he reckons most vans on the road are over weight for the running gear, tyres, springs etc cheers blaze

Greetings everybody As a newbie and just setting up to go on the road for a couple of years I have a lot of questions to try and get things right before venturing out. We have a 2009 sorento (petrol ) tugging a 16ft expanda. The van is wired to accept charge from the tow vehicle so will get the kia wired next we...

good to see rain filling the dams but for nth qld the wet season has only just started. it's a worry thinking about what may happen when the monsoon trough forms and starts to move south bringing our usual wet season let alone any cyclones which effect us in the next 4 months. even though nth qld is a great...

To all the friends I have made here and also to those I have sometimes annoyed A very happy Christmas and a safe and prosperous New Year from Doreen and myself To all those travelling, have a great trip and arrive safely Cheers Brian