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Hi all. Could I get your thoughts on the pros and cons of Poptops V Full vans..I'm tending towards full, but concerned about handling in crosswind etc,and as I have little patience (ask people who know me) having to " pop the top" whenever may drive me further over the "top". G...

good morning I have just joined, I am looking for a van but at this stage have not made up my mind. I would like to look through your files and ask questions on out of date threads. Is that ok.

Any GNs using the "3" network so-called wireless broadband with a plug-in dongle? I've had it for some months now and while it is cheap, it's also bloody useless. Drops out every 15-20 minutes, meaning I have to log out, close the whole computer down and wait 10 minutes and then reboot the wh...

I've been incommunicado for a while and will be again shortly I expect, but I want to thank you all for your continuing good and kind advice - even if it has taken me all day to trawl through the threads. Welcome from me to all the newbies too. I'll try to catch up with you good folks more often.

If anybody going to Mudgee in May is interested in a Winery Tour, please let me know and also if you want half day or full day. The full day ones quite often come with lunch. Thanks

Havent seen a post from you for ages unless i have missed it are you coming to Mudgee?

Can anyone tell me if there is any Free camping in Sth Aust... safe enough for Solo traveller !

Hi all, been so busy; arrived back in Mt Gambier late Nov. from Winter on Sunshine Coast; finally got back into our house early Nov. Hubby says cheap air fares lets go to Vietnam for December!! So hurriedly moved back into house; then packed bag for OS. Flew Air Asia (excellent) to Kuala Lumpur next mo...

a photo of the tub is now on Neil's post , on page 2 of "travelling bathtub" topic....Cheers Denise

WANTED TO BUY! Was wondering whether it would be interesting for us to have a section Caravan for Sale or Caravan wanted. I'm sure there are many of us who would like to upgrade our rigs and sell the other rather than get nothing for trade in. Also could be a number of want to be GNs like me getting ready to bu...

All those going to Mudgee in May, please check the MEETING UP Sticky. Some important information posted. Thanks Elaine

A Woman's Perfect Breakfast She's sitting at the table with her gourmet coffee. Her son is on the cover of the Wheaties box. Her daughter is on the cover of Business Week.. Her boyfriend is on the cover of Playgirl. And her husband is on the back of the milk carton. Enjoy the perfect breakfast, ladies!

OK Mechanical Techies this one's for you..... I need to replace the clutch release bearing in my diesel Pajero manual (90k on the clock) and it may make good sense to replace the clutch kit as well, depending on how much life is left in it. The vehicle is fitted with a dual mass flywheel that would have to...

This is NOT a post about whether we should have a new flag, but about our Flag History and those Australians fought under. First Australians fought under the British Union Jack, in Sudan, the Boer War and Boxer Rebellion in China. Then in the Korean War they fought under the United Nations Flag. In W...

Two parrots were sitting on a perch one day: One said to the other "Can you smell fish ?"

Two parrots were sitting on a perch one day. One parrot said to the other "Can you smell fish ?"

started raining up here around 9 ish last night with lightning strikes and thunder, had to put the green giant away as it was too wet still carrying on like a pork chop today, lightning strikes every minute or so with intermittent rain, we have a few "service lights" on the truck and header so...

Yes , its finally happened , telstra big pond has cut their prices & contract lengths , New contracts have much cheaper fees & reduced time frames . Existing contractes can be restructed to save money . Also no penalties for going over your allocated usage . We just rehashed ours today on a f...

a bolt of lightning just came down not twenty feet from our shed, took out the big old gum tree as if it was loaded with explosives, right down to the stump and this thing was 15 foot around the base, shards of timber came flying into the shed some as large as my arm I reckon I must have rolled on my grease g...