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Hi been helped with advice from the forum before and have another query! Went to buy an oz tent as advertised easy to put up and down in super quick time but found them heavy and also quite long to pack into landcruiser[would have to buy roof racks] the very helpful young man showed us another tent that wa...

hi guys and gal im off to sydney in nov for few days any one know of good clean pub to stay in or something like that ...i like to stay right in city have few thing i like to do.... room are so expenceive there ...might have to camp under bridge lol

Hi All, Home again after 5 months and 20,000ks. After unloading the van etc., doesn't even feel like we hae been away. When I have everything organised and ship shape on this end I'll give you a brief run down of the most amazing trip I have ever been on. Just give me a day or so please.

Just checking if anyone has info on available spare parts in NSW (specifically fuel pumps/sensors) for 1998 Sprinters? Friends of mine have recently bought one and following up an ECD dashboard light, and loss of some power, were advised that it could be the pump/sensor - and that there were none av...

What Starts with F and ends with K A first-grade teacher, Ms Brooks, was having trouble with one of her students. The teacher asked, 'Harry, what's your problem?' Harry answered, 'I'm too smart for the 1st grade. My sister is in the 3rd grade and I'msmarter than she is! I think I should be in the 3rd grade...

THE BLONDE AND THE COW" A blonde city girl named Amy marries a Colorado rancher. One morning, on his way out to check on the cows, the rancher says to Amy, 'The A.I. man is coming over to impregnate one of our Cows today, so I drove a nail into the 2 by 4 just above where the cow's Stall is in the barn. Ple...

Just curious, How many of us out there are ex-servicemen and women, I myself am one. Hoo Roo Happy Days Grumps

Can anyone out there give me some advice on the pros and cons of buying the 4.2 diesel or the 4.5 petrol 100 series Landcruiser. We tow a Jayco Outback Penguin, currently with a 3L non-turbo 2004 Hilux 4x4 which is a bit under-powered. We have thought about adding a turbo but have been told to go to a bigg...

Our van has a booth type dinette - which is fine most of the time - however, it can be hard to slide out at times. We are contemplating getting it altered to a three-fold table that seem to be 'the go' in all the new vans. Would like some feedback please as to how others have faired with the three fold tables. T...

G'day everyone, I have just been reading previous comments on computer security ( last post was August 2009) as I am considering taking a laptop on trip and I have some reservations about wireless security and how to conduct secure transactions using wireless. I have used VET, which became CA ( comp...

To those of you that replied to my last post...what else can I say. ITS BACK. I picked up my little van toady, went for a very small drive around the area and now "excitment is reining supreme" I have just started to put all the Bits I have bought along the way waiting for today and now...I'm off i...

Hiya All, I was just curious as to how many solo's are out there travelling full time?

Hiya all, Here I am back again asking your advice I brought a preloved van that has been set up with solar power, sadly, the elderly gentlemen I bought the van from has dementia and couldn't answer a lot of the questions I had about the set up of the solar power and his wife didn't have any idea at all. As I pl...

Marichhttp://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/23/3019607.htm?section=justin6 hours 49 minutes agoSal****er crocodiles are common in the Northern Territory. (ABC: Iskhandar Razak) Pol...

A doctor in Dublin wanted to get off work and go fishing, so he approached his assistant "Murphy, I am going fishing tomorrow and don't want to close the clinic. I want you to take care of the clinic and take care of all me patients". "Yes, sir!" answers Murphy. The doc...

The Australian Poetry Competition had come down to two finalists, a > university graduate and an old aboriginal man. > > They were given a word, and then allowed two minutes to think about it > then come up with a short poem that contained that word. > > The word they were given was **'...

Celebrating tonight... brought home our new caravan today, so excited!! Its a Jayco Discovery Outback, ie 15.5 ft pop-top with dirt road options. (not OFF road, but hey! we go on those dirt tracks in National Parks, not the Telegraph track!) Lotsa things to learn about how to "drive" all...

I just had this email sent to me and thought it quite interesting. Subject: Get rid of flies w/zip lock bags WE KNOW THAT THIS REALLY WORKS.......TRY IT. We went with some out of town friends to Sweety Pies on Sunday for breakfast, and we sat in the enclosed patio section beside the house. We happened to n...

woman finds a genie's lamp. The Genie comes out and says, "You may have three wishes, but your husband will get ten times more than what you wished for." The woman agrees. Her first wish was that she would be the most beautiful woman in the world. "You realize," the Genie said, &q...

I am saving up for my trip in two years. I am really interested in a slide on camper for several reasons.The main one being I want to be comfortable, but I don't want to tow (I'm a girl therefore not born with the trailer backing genes). I want to stay in one place for awhile and be able to leave my home but use...