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Hello Gnome, Thanks for dropping in the Lake Bolac Caravan Park. I sincerely hope that you enjoyed the park. Sorry, I missed your departure this morning, I got a bit busy cleaning up after some work from yesterday. A caravan park managers work is NEVER done, (sigh). In any case, please do put in a repor...

first timers on the road to Darwin, have been as far as Alice before. any tips or advice on places to see would be much appreciated.

Copy of PM sent to Cindy.... Sorry to spoil your day Cindy but I draw your attention to another spam attempt under the topic "cheap bags" on the general forum kind regards, Jim (end quote) Strongly suggest that members and visitors not click on the link or otherwise respond, including addi...

Hi All, We are leaving at the end of May making our way along the Leichhardt Highway into Rockhampton and then onto Mackay and then Townsville, we have the bible, camps 5 but was wondering if anyone knows of any other free camps or low cost showgrounds on this route. We have to be careful where we park...

Hello GNs It's been so long since we've been on this site some senior members might have forgotten us. We arrived home from our around Oz caravan trip last August and thought to ourselves "We've stayed in a lot of C'van parks ... how hard could it be to work in one??!!" ............. We appli...

Has daily camping and caravanning news and hundreds informational and business links relating to camping and caravanning. Has a link to the Grey Nomads Forum and many others. Regards Mintrax

I spite of spending many hours squirting a lot of Sikaflex into the outer parts of my caravan, it's leaking. It's been raining for about 12 days now, and nothing has a chance to dry out. So the moisture is now seeping into soaking wet timber and panelling. MDF behaves like blotting paper and the water...

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Hi Have any of you fine people camped/stayed at Christies beach camp?If so yes/no.drive on by or what?Thanks.Ibbo.

Hello my Fellow GNer's! I had a wonderful time back in NZ with my Grandson and all is well there. I arrived back into Perth on 4 March, then hit the road to Kalgoorlie on the 7th. Within 7 days of arriving in Kal I was offered a nice cushy, lucrative contract for 6 weeks in a nickel mine. Just in the office actu...

Hi Everyone - Happy Easter! Not sure if you can contribute some quirky prose here or not, but this one that I wrote just has to be shared. To the best of my knowledge, every van has a fridge No kidding!!! that's ridgy didge You bung on the power, let it chill down The temp takes a dive - you beauty, no need for a...

Gday... We are slowly (very slowly) heading toward SW WA and have heard a few times that the water in WA and in particular in the SW of WA has a high calcium content which clogs up the pipes in the van particularly HWS, Washing Machine and Shower etc. Suggestions are that an external water filter is strong...

THIS OUGHT TO MAKE GRANDPA FEEL ALL WARM & FUZZY A six year old goes to the hospital with her grandmother to visit her Grandpa. When they get to the hospital, she runs ahead of her Grandma and bursts into Grandpa's room .. "Grandpa, Grandpa," she says excitedly, "As soon as...

Fennel Seeds And Fennel Leaves Health Benefits... Plentiful in phytoestrogens, Fennel is a powerful herb against stomach upsets, colic, irritable bowel syndrome, and other stomach disorders. More importantly fennel seeds can also be used in normalizing the functionalities of the kidneys, sp...

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Always built my own wiring harnesses when fitting driving lights to any tug I've owned and made a few errors along the way . Just as I thought I had it down pat along they come with a complete wiring harness ready to install relay and all at the price of $15.00 Why do I bother

Although at home and not "on the road" am pleased to report our town has tons of visitors, and so far no road incidents in this area. Hope that continues until all Easter holiday makers (especially my kids who are "away") are home safely. Cheers Colleen ps When discussing East...

just starting out (not until may) any hints for the track? leaving from victoria

About three weeks ago a two yr old winnebago, owned by a woman for three weeks burnt to the ground just north of the Threeways, NT.The fire started behind the fridge , attempts to put it out failed as it soon spread to the roof area. We spoke to the owner the next day at Mataranka c/park, she was travellin...

Seabreeze Village's Annual Arts, Craft and Hobby Exhibition is being held in the Community Hall, Seabreeze Village, 1 Camden Street, Ulladulla (Cnr. Princes Highway) on Saturday 1st May 10am till 4pm and Sunday 2nd May, 10am to 1pm. Entry by gold coin donation. Donations will go towards supporti...