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Well, Olga turned out to be a polite little lass. We had a little wind and rain but not much worse than a normal wet season day. Just blew over a couple of pot plants. Big Monsoon trough in place now right down to Mackay. Should get a sheitload of rain out of that. Ian

Doing a lot of rewire work on the van, setting up for free camping so all will be 12 volt or gas but still retaining the 240 system. I currently have a 240 volt power point under the seat which did operate a 240v to 12 volt transformer (thats comming out), I have thought about putting my inverter (300w I thin...

my wife elly and i are going to be joining all u lucky folk in about 2 years , sounds a long way off i think it will come around all to fast. our delemar is that we want t buy a duel cab the only ones that are available are the mits triton and the nissan navara both 2.6 litre. i have spaoken to both company's and th...

all I can say is she has got guts, and I hope she makes it been following her since day one ,I'd love to go solo around Aus , but I dunno about the sea? I'd be painting the deck all day http://jessicawatson.com.au

Yesterday in Sydney's western suburbs got to 43C and now sitting here it's just on 22C and drizzling.

Just for fun thought I would ask this question. Hubby and I are still working at this stage so go on holidays throughout the year, however our holidays are getting longer and when retirement hits who knows how long they will be. -- Edited by Pam on Monday 18th of January 2010 12:24:36 PM -- Edited by Pam...

Have you lost your camera recently? Mislaid it somewhere in a national park? Left it in a taxi? Dropped it in the gorilla pit? Anyone can be a victim of the thoughtlessness and/or sleepiness that can lead to Camera Loss. How can I prevent Camera Loss? I hear you ask, wishing Id get to the point. Well, you c...

Best of luck to us and to Cruising Granny. We are likely to be close to the path of dear old Olga tomorrow or Monday. Very very hot and still here right now (calm before the storm). We have all the emergency gear ready to go but I dont know how the poor old van will cope at the side of the house. Having s...

Australia DayAustralians are a funny lot, you'll often hear one curse,How things have started badly, and they'll probably get worse,The weathers dry, the sun's so hot it's stolen all the water,The Government has never done the things we think they oughta'.But if we hear a tourist say his home is muc...

Who is going to be REALLY patriotic on Tuesday and chuck some LAMB on the Barbie. We've got our lamb leg steaks and lamb snags, how about you? what are you having?

Tired of standing there holding the hose , dribbling water in the tank ? This is my way around it . Locate water tank drain hose & tap. Cut hose at suitable location , fit a plastic T-peice into hose , connect a food grade hose to the T- peice & run it along the chassis to the external water tap on the a...

Gday all..just like to intro myself 60 yrs and a bit,barely computer literate but I'll press on.I recently pulled the plug at work(after much consideration)and am in the process of organising myself to become " nomadic" . I have been a silent observer of the forum for some time & have...

Hi everyone!! I am a 56 yr old mother and wife, with children who have grown up. I do have grandchildren but I don't see them. My husband works full-time, plus he tends to only speak when spoken too. My parents are not alive, my relatives are in England and right now, I have not got one friend. I have a good li...

No power here due to storm, guess we will have to eat the yabbies we were saving for lunch tomorrow for tea now. oh well, the price we pay.

Well, just had the bubble burst. Thought we might take a few weeks in Tassie in February 2010. Did the usual web searches and found that to take the tug and tow on the boat from Melbourne would cost 6 times the cost of a single car yet it would only occupy the space of two and half standard cars. No wonder Tas...

Hi guys, we just have to share our exciting news. Our daughter gave birth to a beautiful baby girl on Sunday night, Jeniffer Dawn weighing in at 6lb 12. Mum and bub doing very well, Grandma and Grandad totally exhausted!! We were with her through it all and Grandma even got to cut the cord, very exciting....

I have a 12 volt TV which has dodgy reception at times and need a set top box. Can a 240v box be used with a 12 volt TV? Have seen one at Dick Smith and they seem to think it OK, but sometimes they aren't as "Techie" as you lot. I have a 150 watt inverter when not on power. I know I can get a 12 volt STB on li...

Good article on page 191 No 137 of Caravan and Motorhome on tour re the towbar support on the Navara D 40 worth reading if you own a nissan as the same chassis is used on all the models . As the article said , Why hasn't Nissan recalled all their effected vehicles

To all the guys and gals who are heading in that direction & hope you are wearing your glasses to read this. Retirement At 65 Upon reaching 65, Bob decided to retire. After having him under foot for a few months, his wife became very agitated with him. She suggested he go and do something to o...

Mildura is currently suffering a Fruitfly plague. Even though it is a permanent fruit exclusion area, roads in and out are not usually manned. Our daughter works for the Dept. of Primary Industry there, and has been rostered on to the team going out doing vineyard and household checks. Road blocks...