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Gardening in the tropics What an unusual topic. Not for a gardener from southern states Who spent many years with spades. Spades to shovel, dig and edge The lawns and plant beds. For this green thumbed landscaper Who planted whatever was favour. Gardening in the tropics is cheating. Ju...

I've found desk lamps at IKEA which have a solar panel in their base. I'm buying 2-3 for inside the van and outside. They are completely mobile ....just put in sun during the day. Theres also a deal where IKEA will donate to 3rd world a similar lamp so kids can study. ...I forget those details but a wond...

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Thanks for all your effort in get this forum back on track , now watch all the newbies grow

is anyone out there had anything to do with nissan pathfinder 2.5 turbo deisel . like the look of them also they can pull 3 ton and with a power chip takes the power to about 145kw so come on people tell me if i am a goose or what. thanks

Another missing Post, and 2 more Posters gone. WAKE UP. xina.

A man was riding his Harley beside a Sydney beach when suddenly the sky clouded above his head and in a booming voice, The Lord said. 'Because you have TRIED to be faithful to me in all ways, I will grant you one wish.' The biker pulled over and said, 'Build a bridge to New Zealand so I can ride over anytime I w...

HI,, Can someone give me a hand here please,,Have a faint gas smell at the bottles,, I've put soapy water over all the joiners, but, no bubbles,, That's where my knowledge stops ,any idear's ???? All help is good.. Cheers,,..,,

The road is open & we will head back out tomorrow.

I guess we have all tried every kind of repellent that is on the market, some good & some not. This one was recomended to us by a fencing contractor at Winton for the deterint of those little black flies that are in most places & far worse in the outback areas& it works very good. For the flies j...

Collarenebri is situated on the Barwon River west of Moree and east of Walgett and Lightning ridge. The local Council recently completed what they call a 'Primitive Free Camp'. While there is no cost at all the camp has hot showers. The camp is situated at the sports oval 150 mtrs east of the bridge. Roa...

Hi all, Greg & I are getting prepared for retiring in 2010 and going to take our little Foxy with us of course. We were wondering what type of restraining fence do any of you use around and under your annexe area - if any? We were hoping we could get some nice sort of plastic picket fencing easy to fol...

I've not taken much notice...but Congrats to all those who have made it to the Guru status Dave

Yep , you got it we are back in civilization again. Took a drive to the Roper on saturday & it was still at 3mtr,hung around for a couple of days & very sloww at falling. The gate on the savanah way which was locked on saturday I found was unlocked on tuesday so drove down to the Hodgson...

Hi everyone Just a word of warning to those (like myself) who seek out places to camp and not have to pay to do this. I was issued with a fine for camping behind Cookies beach at South Durras in the Council reserve. I thought it was ok in the camper, but this is apparently not the case. I went down to Moloney...

I'm in need of help - we haven't even left (trial run next weekend) for our big trip and we need your help! I bought a 4 piece non break dinner set and have it sitting on the non slip rubber matting ( I have done all cupboards and draws as suggested), my question is - will it just sit there on rough dirt roads...

Has any-one heard from Della? Hope everything's OK. Cheers, xina.

Could someone give me some info on the regent caravans are they a good van to buy as i haven't got a van yet. Thinking of the royston as i have a toyota prado diesel think this will be ideal to pull

G'day .. When I have a technical issue relating to caravanning I always go to the site below for what is usually a good source of facts. I have placed the authour's books on my "Grandads present list". The articles are the base data that is expanded in his publications. http://www.carava...