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Hello! We are looking at buying a villa in a retirement village as our base (and selling our home) - apparently in some villages we can store our caravan there when we're home and our villa will be secured and maintained while we travel... Has anyone done this? Any advice or suggestions? We haven't dec...

One sunny day in January, 2009, an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue, where he'd been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the U.S. Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet with President Bush." The Marine looked at the man and said...

We are home at last, cleaned out the cobwebs, couldnt take the cold of Vic, so the west of the state will wait for another time, and now we transfer the whole contents of van and car to lounge room floor, for the big clean up, do you all do this???, and find a place for all the frig magnets, got 3 frigs absolutl...

Basil started a very interesting thread in August 2008 about tyres. So I started doing a little research into tyres and punctures. There are 2 kinds of punctures.....repairable and irrepairable (tyre writeoff). The punctures that are repairable, are those through the tread pattern. Changing...

Is it permissible to advertise various caravan and camping bits and pieces as well as full units on this site to give other GN's first pick of items up for disposal . I have noted a number of Sports Fishing Forums have a section to advertise pre-loved items to aother members.

My good wife tells me this should be here and not there (our biography) so ive typed it all out again.Gawd this computer business is confusing. John age 63 retired. wife Anne 56 working casual to pay for our trips. Caravanning 12 months and managed 3 so far.1 week ballina 1 week Dubbo zoo and 6 weeks nsw an...

We are almost so far that we are on the road as grey nomads. both retired last year. Already did some short trips, to try our T-Van. Anybody else who is traveling with a T-Van? We are thinking to go first to Victoria and than slowly towards W.A. Like this website and read all the stories. take Care. Maybe w...

Before we spend up to $1500 to have a bull bar fitted to our Patrol we were wondering what experiences and opinions others may have on this subject. We've heard of some instances where kangaroos have collided with vehicles side on and done extensive damage, so a bull bar would not have prevented it...

Followed a long thread on another forum last night about the merits of diesel and petrol 4WDs. Unusually, the majority seemed to favour petrol, given its present cost, and the higher costs of servicing diesels at shorter intervals. I appreciate the generally better economy of diesel engines, but d...

Most people have probably seen this but I reckon its worth another look.

When the discision to sell the house was made all the furnitue was advertised in the Trading post, that turned out to be not quick enough for the settlement date, so it put into a garage sale, prices were no where near what we paid for it, or what we considered what it was worth, that was the first shock, h...

We sold our house today after a very long sales campaign. We are now ready to go.... Settlement is 23 March and we now have to rapidly plan our departure. What is the best option taking into account that we intend being on the road for at least 2 years!!!! From Melbourne, should we take the east coast a...

A good free area is in the centre of Broke NSW ( Just West of Singleton) Toilets - Water fill point - Shaded areas . A cheap camp area thats greater then it gets credit for is the Lake Liddell recreation area North of Singleton on the New England highway (1st turn on the right past all the power stations...

Hello to all members from the newbies We are planning on doing a trip through central NSW during March and April. Everything is organises EXCEPT that we have 2 house cats that obviously can't go with us. We have tried everywhere to get someone who would come into our home each day and feed them and make su...

Maybe we could make this topic a sticky... We had a fantastic time at FIGLEA Cottage at Berry (NSW) last cuppla days. very dog friendly Gracie was allowed to sleep in the cottage we had (wood duck). Fully selfcontained, very quiet picturesque setting over 100 acres to roam at your liesure and 3 km out o...

Just had two almost unused 8 ply LT Dunlop tyres changed on the van after one had the tread separate from the case at about 60 KPH. The only warning was a short duration flapping and it was off the case in one piece , the casing held up until I got it off the road then collapsed . According to the deal...

hi guys, just wondering which insurance company you maybe would recommend, i would like one with roadside assist to save having both insurance and racq and would prefer not to join cmca for personal reasons, just for the advantage of their insurance cover. all joy. shadow

a feller was out hunting bear when he came across a huge one just across the way, he took aim but in his haste only nicked the bears ear the bear, very angry at this stage, chased the man who headed straight for the protection of his cabin and his freind waiting inside, in his haste he tripped over the doorst...

Quick check on how to do a bit of laundry while out in the scrub. Does anyone have experience of the little hand-powered machines you see in camping shops? They look like a small egg, mounted in a frame, and are turned by hand. Do they work? Cheers, Tony

We are heading across to WA in March /April. Is there much difference between the various caravan parks across the Nullarbor? Just wondering if all are OK. Also wondering how strict the WA quarantine inspection is. I have read on the web that you must get all grass seeds out of your radiator etc. What a...