Recently Active Topics

hi all. just found this site, looks good. we have recently found a 1971 franklin arrow 16 ft van to tow behind our old monaro. have the paint scheme and hub cap thing all sorted. interior is very tired,but what do you get for a couple of grand. can anyone tell us of a cabinet maker or old retired bloke that ca...

G,Day everyone, After reading your story about all our big icons my 16yr daughter suggested when we start our big trip in 4 months that we should find all the Big Icons around Australia. Can anyone tell us if there is a list somewhere of all of them so we can check them out.

Anybody got one of these? How do they go? Looking at a diesel. Has a tow capacity of 2500 kilos. Cheers Ross

Hi, My Wife and I are hitting the road in Jan/Feb 2011 for however long it takes to see all of Aus. Can anyone give advice on the best solution to getting our mail sent to us?

Recently purchased "Camping guide to Queensland" Boiling Billy publications Cathy Savage and Craig Lewis. It cost about $25 including postage. It has over 500 campsites in QLD - most of them either free or low cost ie under $20 with lots under $10. We are off to try it out this weekend...

What an offer wish I lived near there 3 free night at Richmond caravan Park. For all the details read Cindy story the Home page -- Edited by brickies on Thursday 21st of October 2010 09:45:57 AM

Can anybody tell me why the battery status green led flashes on my Prostar PS30 Solar Regulator

A question to those out there who have Class "C" motoehomes . I need to know the make and how high your rig is including aircons etc About to move house and have the opportunity to build a shed to house my toys , don't have particular MH in mind yet but will have in the near future . Any info w...

I posted this a while back in the general forum by mistake so, having nothing to do I thought it would be a good idea to post it here where I should have done so in the first place. We went to Stanage Queensland for a few weeks. Stanage is north of Rockhampton, go 74 ks north and turn right. The first 13ks of...

G'day, you all know my love of dogs, any way one of my nieces got a dog a while back and it is a blonde border collie dog.. femail called Millie.. I've never heard of a blonde border collie? any one else? thought i'd share a pic... hope you dont mind.

A plane passed through a severe storm. The turbulence was awful, and things went from bad to worse when one wing was struck by lightening. One woman lost it completely. She stood up in the front of the plane and screamed, 'I'm too young to die,' she cried. Then she yelled, 'If I'm going to die, I want my las...

I will try again and hopefully not miss anyone this time

it is a good thing when you can still surprise yourself,,, you then begin to wonder what else you can do you'll never drown by falling in the water,, you'll drown by not getting out this was brought on by an angina attack which has seen me in hopsital since last week,, something i didn't know i had until the...

Thought to put this in the Joke thread but figured it was better here. Inner Peace: This is so true If you can start the day without caffeine, If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains, If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles, If you c...

Thought I would pass on the news that I heard this morning from our local friendly caravan repair man - apparently Paradise Vans has gone into liquidation - I think there was a thread some little time ago someone asking about them. Maybe you should give 'em a wide birth if there may be no backup!

Pulled into a very large rest area on the hume the other day, combined truck, car, car & van/bus allocated parking areas, each seperate. Whats parked in the middle of the car/van bus section is a very small car, there were heaps of car spaces available. Later we stopped at Holbrook, where the sub i...

Has anyone had a look at this system, for us traverling lot...? Well it looks like it will be a better system than what is available now vir the optus card, and the 55 dollars imparja want each 6 months to switch you back on.. Have a look see at.www.mysattv.com.au Let us know if you find out anything that ma...

Great camping spot at Kin Kin . A top little town about 17 kms off the Bruce hwy , between Gympie and Cooroy . Turn off the hwy at Pomona . Camping on the oval behind the Kin Kin pub . Toilets , showers , some shade , plenty of room , dogs OK . $5 pp , pn . Enquire at the pub . Great meals at the pub too . Also a small stor...

Hello smokeydyk I see u are a member of this wonderful forum aswell I am a member of cocia aswell just drop the s off the and of newbie and that is my nick nice to see other members in other forums I will say bye for now keep up the posts ur excited-newbies chris

I want to instal an in-line water filter to my van when using town water. I already have one under the sink for drinking water only but I would like to also have a plug-in filter unit where the town water plugs into the van. There are so many on the market and all say that their product is the best. I don'...