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well the day finally came, I officially finished work after 47 years at 3pm today, Thursday! Hubby NOT happy as he has to stay working for two or three more months until both houses are sold. Anyway he is eight months younger than me so he should stay longer I say! We have put our deposit on a 24 foot Grandc...

We are travelling to Adelaide and are wondering where is the best place to stay.We have pets and are looking for a caravan park that will cater for them. Is the Boliver caravan park a good park to stay at?

We arrived in Australia 7 weeks ago to start our long awaited retirement trip around Australia. We purchased a Holden Jackaroo and Coromal poptop caravan. While the caravan is great we have had trouble with the Jackaroo and want to know if anyone out there can help or give us the name of a group that ca...

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I know I'm being lazy, but word of mouth is way better than something written in a book. My question: Free camps between Lithgow - Broken Hill - Port Augusta - Woomera and then on to Darwin. Ones to avoid and ones to definitely stop at. Any suggestions greatfully received.

Some lovely Murals done at Alpha QLD if you travel through take a look-oops sorry one gone in twice- oops sorry forgot the shots were to have water in them- my apologies! -- Edited by Dawn on Thursday 20th of May 2010 07:56:15 PM

Hi guys, I only have a 4 burner gas cooktop in our Toyota Coaster, no oven or grill. I was thinking of buying a Toaster Oven as I am told that you can cook roasts,cakes etc in them, but they look small. In next weeks Aldi catalogue they have a Convection Oven on sale for $39.99 and it has a 12 litre capacity. Yo...

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I call this "River Murray Blues". Cheers, Peter

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Morning mist on the track to Cape Melville, Cape York.

Just to let you know it seems the battery was the cause of the problem I mentioned in an earlier thread, thanks for your advice & ideas out there in nomad land. When the auto electrician removed it he noticed the sides were slightly bloated but he put it on test overnight & it was only charged to 8....

Two Middle East mothers are sitting in a cafe chatting over a plate of tabouli and a pint of goats milk. The older of the mothers pulls a bag out of her purse and starts flipping through photos. And they start reminiscing. This is my oldest son Mohammed. He would be 24 years old now. Yes, I remember him as a b...

I am a new solo caravanner planning a trip to Wintersun at Tweed Heads, staying on the Gold Coast Jun 5-11. Leaving Tuncurry NSW around Jun 3. Is anyone going my way?

Has aybody seen or been to this place in NSW.....Between Taree Wingham......Would dearly love to know........

Can anyone suggest somewhere quiet, with a basic caravan park approximately 2 hours from western side of Melbourne? We have exhausted the usual suspects. Looking forward to suggestions.

Thanks for all the advise on solar panels have now had one fitted the battery is fully charged and we are ready to hit the road in two weeks had the panel fitted by a local chap trading under the name of outback power solutions very reasonable prices on all 12 vol gear and also thumper batteries certainly b...