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Attention: Fiat based motorhome owners. We have a Fiat based MH with 4000 km on the clock. We were told by a suspension specialist that the vehicle was resting on the front bumper stops despite weighing in at less than front/rear weight specifications and total GVM and was actually bordering on unro...

Hi there all. We have 4 x 100ah UPS batteries in our van, we got them second hand at Battery world. They have a 15 year warranty on them and they are only 2 years into it. Anyhows, we have had fantastic sucess with these batteries. We do mostly free and unpowered sites and have not had any worries. We have a 20...

A bloke comes home from work and goes into the lounge and plonks himself in his favourite chair and turns on the telly. He says to the missus "Quick honey get me a beer it's gunna start" She gets him a beer and as he finishes it he says to the missus "Quick honey, get me another beer it's gunn...

Beware of fitting new switches yourself as we all do at times but household switches are different to double pole caravan camper mobile home or even tents. Price will dictate to some but using single pole is endangering all as double pole compensates for wrongly wired, crossing polarity on extensio...

This is a camping spot we set up on my brother in laws farm in the Fassifern valley, we have a wood stove porta potti toilet and hot shower. - great winter camp, a little too hot in mid summer tho.

Well after 16 months in Adelaide we're on the road again in 4 days, will miss the kids here but looking forward to meeting grandkids in Mackay in about 6 months time. Good time of the year to get back to nth qld, will keep in touch and will call in to the cairns mob sometime later in the year.

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Hello again, can someone tell me where to look for avatars? Have noticed some great ones on here, better than actual pics of one self I think !!

There's lots of interesting places to visit once you leave the bitumen. Lightning Ridge - annual goat racing championships held each Easter; Glengarry Hilton in the opal fields west of Lightning Ridge; then the Darling River Run - town of Tilpa and the Darling River at Tilpa. -- Edited by Captain on...

Tried to charge the units battery with my C-Tec via the external conections, red and black. As our van is rarely moved while managing parks the battery gradually goes flat. C-Tech is not capable of charging this unit because it relies on a trigger from the unit, that is the Break Safe. Rang the number at...

thought this thread could be a weather stick, like a daily or weekly weather report in your area ? maybe mod could do this please??? in nowra in the shoalhaven in southern nsw this week it has been the muggiest hottest week i've known in a while, 33's 35s and 28-30 at nites , right now its 3.20 pm and black a...

Attached is a photo of myself, Pauline, Chris (Cruising Granny) and Frank (Gopedeler) at Cairns Central Shopping Centre on Wednesday last. We had all gathered at the train station to welcome Terry and Marg (Brickies) to Cairns. You will remember Brickies were travelling on the Sunlander from B...

For anyone who knows the area they may be interested to know that the sandbar that has been blocking Tuross Lake has been breached. Recent heavy rainfall with a little bit of help from council machinery has seen water flowing out of the lake for the first time for a couple years. There are several dolphi...

She was standing in the kitchen, preparing our usual soft-boiled eggs and toast for breakfast, wearing only the 'T' shirt that she normally slept in. As I walked in, almost awake, she turned to me and said softly," You've got to make love to me this very moment!" My eyes lit up and I thought, &...

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to all the newbies I bid a warm welcome and a promise that all will settle down in the fullness of time, feel free to ask anything and jump in any time! to all current members and posters I say keep your chin's up, friendship forthcoming and your attitude positive and we will get through this to all my fr...

Ha ha, I'm not letting DaveO suck me in again with his Empty threads. Not even looking this time, he 'cried wolf' once too often for me.

So long, adios ad asbestos and good luck....

I notice some members have been "deleted'.What happens there?How does that work?Do members "delete" themselves or does someone else do it?and why?

MORAL DILEMMA This test will only take one minute and only has one question, but it's a very important one. By giving an honest answer, you will discover where you stand morally. The test features an unlikely, completely fictional situation in which you will have to make a decision....