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I've never been very happy with the brakes on my van since new. 10" drums on on a single axles vans over around 1600KG Gross really are stretching the friendship at times, but mine were worse than normal for a heavy 2 wheel van. 1760Kg Gross. I had the axle replaced with a straight one to raise the van...

It's not that I don't like you lovely folks, it's that I don't qualify as a solo any more Met a hell of a lovely lady, almost as nutty as me, a couple of months ago and, as they say in the movies, we just "clicked". Watch out for a mad 'once-upon-a-time-was-a Welshman' and a delightfully exubera...

As I'm on a tight budget I have to make do with my car to tow, I have a suburu liberty 2.5i so am looking to buy a small pop top no more than 13ft. I'm hoping this will work as I'm intending to stick to sealed roads. Has anyone else travelled sucessfully without a 4 wheel drive vehicle? Also is there a...

Life in the Australian Army... Text of a letter from a kid from Eromanga to Mum and Dad. (For Those of you not in the know, Eromanga is a small town, west of Quilpie in the far south west of Queensland ) Dear Mum & Dad I am well. Hope youse are too. Tell me big brothers Doug and Phil that the Army is better th...

Hello, we are retired new campers and wondered if any of you experienced travellers had any comments about 'Seabreeze van park @ Airlie Bch (we have a small aged poodle dog) Cheers Dee

Well we've done it. We've gone ahead and bought our van (read soooo excited, I can hardly type), now all we need is something to tow it. We'll need something that can tow a maximum of 2000kg. Been suggested to get something capable of towing 2500kg (not that we expect to have that much on board) for a safet...

Hi Everyone, I thought you might like to see some pictures of our new home. We love it - it's our 4th van and I think we got it right this time It is 19.6ft Internal with extended A-Frame, with most of the bells and whistles - Solar,water, remote Sat dish, Airbag Suspension. I have been living in it for a near...

I have just got home after attending a single vehicle accident . A car towing a caravan , in the wet . The bloke was Ok , but his van will get written off . A lot of under damage to car . I am deputy Captain of our local Fire Brigade . I want to stay home on wet , cold nights , with my family . Please Travel safely . Z...

HELLO ALL. MY FRIENDS AND I ARE THINKING ABOUT TAKING A 1O DAY HOLIDAY TO DARWIN, IN EARLY JANUARY, ANY ADVICE ON THE WEATHER and TEMPRETURE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. HAS ANYONE BEEN THERE AT THAT TIME OF YEAR !! WOULD IT BE ENJOYABLE !! , OR WOULD IT BE BETTER TO SAVE IT FOR A BETTER TIME OF YEAR, SO IS...

I am heading off this Thursday 8/7/2010 Via the Newell H/w Haven't been on it for twenty years or more....My old truck run to Brisbane.....I reckon it 's changed a lot in that time......I am leaving after a game of Bowls around 3.45pm..Will drive until I feel tired and then pull over and have a sleep.....

I'm keen to hear ideas about receiving mail when you are on the road. We don't have family or friends that we feel comfortable asking to collect and forward our mail for up to a year. What do others do. We are selling our house, so a PO box is to be organised, but what about forwarding it on. Any suggestions p...

HI THIS KIWI IS LOOKING AT DOING A TUER OR TO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE BEST TEEM TO TRAVEL WITH .

Hi, New at this but we are about to take of and join you guys out there. my question is; we are about to rent our home out while we are away (possably years) can any one give advice on tax from rental monies, is it worth while renting or just sell and be done with it.????

How do we go about getting a camp site at this national park? We've heard that we would need to show a receipt from our previous night's camp site before being accepted. Is this correct? We're leaving home in 2 weeks time so would be there in mid-Sept maybe.

hi all, recently bought new computer nothing special about it. I loaded all my software back on and now 4 programs that i usually had to start by clicking on their icon start up. I know there is some where on this thing you an go to to say what should start and what should not. any one out there any idea where i...

just wondering, even if i didn't get my dream set up, and go as is on my own , in my own little carif you go up to cairns or down to Perth, up to Darwin via broom ,then down to Alice for the rock, are the majority of these roads sealed roads? i dont want to always travel the high ways , would like to see...

As you know we are at the Lee Point Van park in Darwin and have been for the past three weeks. Just a word of warning; DON'T USE THE WASHING MACHINES.......GO TO A LAUNDROMAT. I have tried 95% of the washing machines available in the park and believe me your clothes come out looking dirtier than they wen...

We leave Darwin in the morning and are heading south again this time to Katherine. We are staying at the Big 4 on the low level if anyone is in the area PM me and we'll catch up at happy hour. Caught up with Firefly and the other half last night when they returned from their trek into the Kimberleys. They sur...

I will be travelling around SE Australia leaving from Port Pirie early June. I seek a male to accompany me. GSOH, Organised, non smoker, social drinker with no major medical probs preffered. Let me know if you are interested.

So confused about powering our caravan. Unable to store our van at home therefore, our van is stored where there is no power to keep battery charged. Thinking of having solar panels on roof to keep battery powered. Not sure to buy the smallest size just for battery (only one in caravan) or buy bigger...