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Preliminary notice that up to 40mm of rain is being predicted thru the area from tonight. Sat 4/9. Anything over 25mm will make it unsuitable to get in, as it has just dried out from 105mm received over last 3 weeks. This quantity of rainfall will also bring another plague of mosquitoes as happened ear...

Hey everyone, Just experienced a nasty side affect to the travelling bug and one I had not really thought too much about until now. I like a lot of us am on a couple of regular medications, one of which is Panadiene Forte, over the years of stable life with a stable GP I never worried about scripts becaus...

its hard to believe its 9 years ago today in the US when the Twin Towers in NewYork were destroyed, where have the years gone? ill never forget those images

Hi all, has anyone been to the Bedgerebong Country Music Festival? 5th to 10th Oct 2010. $50 pp for the week, free camping along the river at the showground.

Hiya All, I always get such great advice on this forum so here I go again, seeking your input for a brake question. I'm not very mechanically minded so please excuse me if my questions sounds a bit dumb My van is older (1988 Windsor) and the guy who owned it took off the hydraulic brakes (don't ask me why?...

On sunday we are off to sydney again to take the B>I>L> back for his check up with the surgon that done the bypass. This means I,ll be quite & out of your hair for the week.LOL Safe travells to all.

Inner Peace Some doctor on the TV this morning said that the way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you have started. So I looked around my house to see things I'd started and hadn't finished and, before leaving the house this morning, I finished off a bottle of Merlot, a bottle of s...

Hiya All, I got delivery of the van yesterday ...............what a great feeling. She's not new (1988) but I left the pop top up overnight to see how she took to the horrid weather we have been having in Adelaide the last few days (very bad winds and heavy rains) but she pulled up great. No leaks...........

Anyone travelled the above tracks/roads in the last 4 weeks-whats their condition. Regards

We drove home from our daughters today - up the coast Grafton to Ballina - then on to north of Brisbane. Grafton to Ballina, being mostly single lane, we estimated that 7 out of 10 vans were from Victoria. If anyone is interested in another silly stastic, about one in 30 tugs tugging vans has a tinnie...

The previous thread about (possibly) feeding crocs in the NT has reminded me about the number of tourists I've seen who ignore the "dont feed the wildlife" signs. Our wild creatures will gobble up whatever they are given even if it isnt good for them, end become pests, dangerous even, han...

http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2010/09/09/178161_ntnews.html-- Edited by petengail on Thursday 9th of September 2010 11:27:13 AM

Hello Milo, if you are out there !!! How is Ben !!

We are travelling up the coast from Brisbane to Stanage bay north of Rocky. Stanage does not have a water supply so we have to cart our own in. We would prefer to leave here with empty tanks and storage containers, and fill up in Rockhampton. I have a universal tap - can anyone tell me where I can acc...

Well, hello to you all from Birdsville. Yep... we are here for a couple more days..all mudded in, cold and some damp, and all having a beaut time. We arrived in Birdsville last Wednesday, camped up at the race track with my brother {he had 7 horses racing} and the rain came Friday night. Noone can leave t...

I know he's not human but he's a well travelld friend and I took him to the vets today for his usual check up, they think he may have some form of throat cancer or something, but there not sure yet, dont know if he needs to be ,you know..yet ive had him for 8 years , he was 4 or 5 when i got him, we've had our ups n dow...

Finally the NZ Wing is clearly available, Beware of old stock but great to see that forums can contribute information on many subjects. Camec are advertising the NZ wing in their new products section.

Hi all, just a quickie. Recently saw a gas cyclinder that had the top cutoff and had been converted into a fireplace/stove/bbq. Any one got any ideas about making them with photos and directions etc. Have already filld the cyclinder with water 4x and it still smells of the perfume, is still...

Gday... Are you actually using one of these?? We are thinking of installing one of these filters to the van. There is a bracket that attaches to the outside of the van to which the Happy Camper Filter attaches. What areas have/do you travel in and how effective are they? Do you think they have been worth t...

I was just viewing the users page and noticed there are 13 listed users in the United States for this forum. I also saw that a large number of 'guests' had viewed from the US even in the last couple of hours. Is this some sort of switching arrangement with the forum or are there really people looking at...