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Hi all, Just wondering if anyone knows if the Spear Creek Station in Stirling North SA has closed. It's not listed in the latest RACV Tourist Park Guide. Kevin & Jan

After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, Melbourne scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago. Not to be outdone by the Victorians, in the weeks that followed, a Sydney arch...

Hi, I am looking into trading in my 79 viscount 15ft for something smaller. I drive an xtrail. Can anyone make any suggestions about brands and types of vans to suit just one person. When i was camping recently a lady drove in with this tiny little van it had a funny name like digger or nipper i don't remem...

whats happening with the nomads meeting up in south Aussie!! is it dead in the water or what??? if you are interested then please express it so arrangements can be made, if no interest is shown in two days from today, I will can it! let me know so arrangements and an itinerary can be developed, if you leav...

After 16 months in Adelaide we are on the road again, left the van park thursday morning and headed south through clarendon, meadows, then strathalbyn very windy and the road has lots of bends then over the ferry at wellington & we stayed at salt creek van park that night it was ok for a stop over ver...

Not far from Dave06's stomping ground. $5 pn, showers and toilets. Call Herby 0402167415.

A young man asks his father, "Dad, how many kinds of breasts are there?" The father, surprised, answers: "Well, son, there are three kinds of breasts. In her twenties, a woman's breasts are like melons, round and firm. In her thirties to forties, they are like pears, still nice but ha...

Hi everyone we are hopefully starting our travels in july and our first stop was going to be yamba has anyone stayed there and did you have any problems have read some bad reports since the riot in early feb thanks heaps cheers rogngab

Has anyone been from Braidwood to Nowra via Nerriga, looked it up on google and looks to be not to bad away to the coast from Canberra.

I do an awful lot of reading and dreaming about planning the big trip, for when we finally are able. I try to note or remember all the fantastic places to visit but I havent yet come up with a really good way to record all this. I was wondering if anyone knows of an online map of Australia, that you can put th...

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it could well be the end of an era for the port Adelaide football club after 140 years and 36 premierships, apparently it is because of finances or lack thereof the fans, and there is a lot of them are banding together to try and raise funds to stop this from happening but it doesn't look good in this da...

Would anyone know of a site/forum/club/group for Grey Nomads - preferably single - actually planning to head off somewhere? Not sure if this is the group for such a thing. It would be fantastic to actually travel in a convoy with like-minded souls, one or several. Cheers Jan

Here I am in Armidale. Too late to see much of the town, although what I have seen looks good. Have booked in into the cheapest Van Park I have ever been to. $16 for a powered Site.Where? 2kms up the hill from the centre of Armidale. It is fairly big, clean, spacious and quiet. Many biggish rigs here. They h...

Hi All,We leave to-morrow on our slow trip up to 1770.If you see our van callsign Tiger 5 give us a wave or come & say hi.Will moniter 18,40 &29.Just hope we get some of that good weather that QLD. Boast about.

We fianlly decided on our new car, after many visits to car yards and test drives we have ordered a Mazda BT50. With all the optional extras we still come under budget and the salesman was not at all pushy! Now we just have to wait till April/May for delivery I am very excited and can't wait to get behind th...

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no I dont think so! -- Edited by dave06 on Tuesday 9th of February 2010 03:10:32 PM

The disco has airbag suspension and automatically levels itself to balance things out. I know there is no need to fit the wdh bars because of this, my question is, does it hurt to have them fitted? if not, do I fit the bars before or after levelling has occured?

From www.australiantraveller.com A humorous Australian Traveller piece on the Top Ten Tips for beginners to the world of caravanning. Thinking of joining the ever-increasing number of Aussies hitting the open road with a caravan in tow? Here, then, are the Top Ten things you should know before pu...