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We are traveling around the south island of New Zealand & the fuel costs are Petrol &1.80 to $2.00 Desiel $ 1.25.so it pays to have a desiel vehicle.

Noticed a cooker sale starting Thursday 28 October for those cookers that you take with you once food is heated and it cooks along the road or on your bench at home. Think they were $79 ...3 other brands are $250-$300. If they don't work you have 2 months to return WITH DOCKET. Has anyone purchased them be...

Has anyone been here? I understand that it is a free camp on the Wuruma Dam. Management and I are heading off up there, probably for about 10 days during the first part of the school hols. What I really need to know is, do you camp right on the water's edge?. The reason I need to know this is, if we camp on t...

Is anyone else beside Sheba and myself having trouble viewing some posts etc without having to refresh all the time? If so could you let Cindy know please. Thanks Vic

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Hi everyone, well home for 3 days and feet are feeling itchy....after 8 weeks and 13,000 k's the enjoyment of seeing our incredible country remains with incredible memories ingrained for life. Our travels took us from our home on the NSW/Qld border South to Tasmania ( what a beautiful state, and so fr...

How would you like one of these ? Cheers, Sheba.

I have noticed quiet a few vans have names and their uhf channel on the back of the van. Is this a good idea, what channel should you use. Your thoughts please.

Hi All, Sorry to bother you all again but I need your advice (yet again!!!). I'm a bit confused re the jargon used and the difference between sway bars, torsion bars & wdh. I thought they were all the same thing but I'm not sure. What I do know is that they are used to reduce swaying when towing a van, do...

Would some-one please e-mail me a copy of the Photo I posted on [at the moment] page 5 ? I can't see it myself, and can't remember what it was. Thanks, Sheba.

There appears to be a little confusion over which uhf channel to use. If you use the group scan button on the radio, select channel 40 for the trucks, press memory, select 18 for the vanners, press mem again, then select the channel you want to use as priority,18 or 40, then press scan, this will scan the...

Around camp grounds and caravan parks, we see groups of people gather for a few drinks in the evenings, theres conversation and laughter. I often wonder if they all knew each other before they started travelling. It seems such a big part of travelling, to have a drink after the heat of the day. Yet...

After 5 months on the road again this year, we have decided that an update of the van is needed. We are looking at about 20', with ensuite. We therefore need to upgrade our Territory to something stronger. We have been investigating 'The Discovery' or "The Landcruiser'. Second hand. Cruiser pro...

Hi everyone, during our recent trip from Port Augusta to The Painted Desert in South Australia we had the misfortune to be conned by Spuds roadhouse advertising "last fuel for 100k", assuming that the price could only be the same or dearer we filled up only to discover later down the track t...

hi all, hope every one is well i hope i can explain this properly, so here goes i have a dual battery system on our pajero, its fitted with a 90amp alternator i also have a redark 112 battery isolator for the front and rear batteries batts are nz70zz and agm 103 amp i want to run my 2 weaco fridges 35lt, 40lt i w...

What pressure are we all running in our van tyres. I took off an old set of cross ply tyres today and update to radial light truck tyres and was surprised at the pressure needed to make them look inflated cheers blaze ps have a 16 foot van, single axle

Well not much to go in van prep, new water tanks to be fitted & fit 4 cubboard doors. Now the good bits My baby (youngest daughter) has arrived home today from Perth, I get to give her away on december 11, first of mine to marry. Boxing day we head off with our family and friend group (about 50 people) for...

Hullo wise and experienced travellers! I think I'll buy Mr D. a reversing camera for Christmas... two actually, so he can put one on the back of the van too. Is there any particular brand that is better than others? Or any that are duds?

Woohoo - just tagged as a "veteran member" - don't know quite how or why - but quite pleased with it anyway.