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Hi There everybody , Ive just joined the site as you can see and am enjoying reading some of the wonderful stories, ive travelled all thru the middle of australia and from the bottom to the top end with a crew of four wheel drivers at the time and a jayco swan ,but since then i have moved married and am keen to...

G'day, I read earlier that some people were experiencing a problem with avatars not displaying, well all of a sudden I can no longer see any avatars or photo attachments but only on http://www.activeboard.com/forum Other fora I access I do not have a problem but on here I cannot even see photo's I h...

Hi all, This was the subject on a different forum. Some of us are gray nomads with the associated back problems, but we still need to park our vans which can be a a pain in the proverbial %&&^%. If anyone wants to, they can peruse the thread on http://www.caravanersforum.com/viewtopic.php?f...

Hi Guys, I recently had a small GIZMO put into the Fuel Line in my Totota Hi-ace Camper-van. This thing has 6 small magnets in it, and is supposed to : Prevent "pinging" when using unleaded petrol. [It was originally invented so that the inventor could use unleaded petrol in a car that...

it did no good hiding back there where it could be seen by limited folks so I took it by the hand and brought it in here Ma's perfect day................... "Not my idea of a perfect breakfast, but this is.................. The fact that I was fortunate enough to wake up TO HAVE BREAKFAST And so did...

One I love is Reverse Garbage in Sydney..easy to get to off Parramatta Rd.I'm making a shade cover to go over the roofrack out of street flags...4 for $20! Never know what will turn up next thats useful! www.Sciencedaily.com/ This is latest research published in all fields..great health stuff what a...

Well, Olga turned out to be a polite little lass. We had a little wind and rain but not much worse than a normal wet season day. Just blew over a couple of pot plants. Big Monsoon trough in place now right down to Mackay. Should get a sheitload of rain out of that. Ian

Doing a lot of rewire work on the van, setting up for free camping so all will be 12 volt or gas but still retaining the 240 system. I currently have a 240 volt power point under the seat which did operate a 240v to 12 volt transformer (thats comming out), I have thought about putting my inverter (300w I thin...

my wife elly and i are going to be joining all u lucky folk in about 2 years , sounds a long way off i think it will come around all to fast. our delemar is that we want t buy a duel cab the only ones that are available are the mits triton and the nissan navara both 2.6 litre. i have spaoken to both company's and th...

all I can say is she has got guts, and I hope she makes it been following her since day one ,I'd love to go solo around Aus , but I dunno about the sea? I'd be painting the deck all day http://jessicawatson.com.au

Yesterday in Sydney's western suburbs got to 43C and now sitting here it's just on 22C and drizzling.

Just for fun thought I would ask this question. Hubby and I are still working at this stage so go on holidays throughout the year, however our holidays are getting longer and when retirement hits who knows how long they will be. -- Edited by Pam on Monday 18th of January 2010 12:24:36 PM -- Edited by Pam...

Have you lost your camera recently? Mislaid it somewhere in a national park? Left it in a taxi? Dropped it in the gorilla pit? Anyone can be a victim of the thoughtlessness and/or sleepiness that can lead to Camera Loss. How can I prevent Camera Loss? I hear you ask, wishing Id get to the point. Well, you c...

Best of luck to us and to Cruising Granny. We are likely to be close to the path of dear old Olga tomorrow or Monday. Very very hot and still here right now (calm before the storm). We have all the emergency gear ready to go but I dont know how the poor old van will cope at the side of the house. Having s...

Australia DayAustralians are a funny lot, you'll often hear one curse,How things have started badly, and they'll probably get worse,The weathers dry, the sun's so hot it's stolen all the water,The Government has never done the things we think they oughta'.But if we hear a tourist say his home is muc...

Who is going to be REALLY patriotic on Tuesday and chuck some LAMB on the Barbie. We've got our lamb leg steaks and lamb snags, how about you? what are you having?

Tired of standing there holding the hose , dribbling water in the tank ? This is my way around it . Locate water tank drain hose & tap. Cut hose at suitable location , fit a plastic T-peice into hose , connect a food grade hose to the T- peice & run it along the chassis to the external water tap on the a...

Gday all..just like to intro myself 60 yrs and a bit,barely computer literate but I'll press on.I recently pulled the plug at work(after much consideration)and am in the process of organising myself to become " nomadic" . I have been a silent observer of the forum for some time & have...

Hi everyone!! I am a 56 yr old mother and wife, with children who have grown up. I do have grandchildren but I don't see them. My husband works full-time, plus he tends to only speak when spoken too. My parents are not alive, my relatives are in England and right now, I have not got one friend. I have a good li...

No power here due to storm, guess we will have to eat the yabbies we were saving for lunch tomorrow for tea now. oh well, the price we pay.