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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...

A young bloke goes into a chemist shop to buy some condoms . An experienced shop assistant serving him asks , What size ? Well , I don't know , how do I find out . Well there's a fence out the back with some holes in it , try them , then come back & let me know . The bloke goes out the back , as does the unlucky fo...

Iv,e just finished installing a gas instant hot water system to our van. Mounted unit on the A-frame, plumbed it to the existing flick mix tap on the sink with an external tap on the front, this allowes outside hot water & shower use if needed. It is producing temps of 58/60deg.& fully adjustab...

Hello everyone.... My first post! We are intending to take our caravan round Australia (from Sydney) soon. We are starting off by heading north to Queensland. This time we would like to make several roadside camps as we go. We've done the "all caravan parks" thing some time ago. I have...

Kirra Jennings-Barford made her debut this morning at 11.26am. She tipped the scales at 7lb 5ozs and stood 51cm tall. Big sister Olivia wasn't all that sure about the interloper. Mum and Dad were just relieved Good job Nicole and David. Love you all heaps.