Recently Active Topics

Hi all We are heading off on our five month trip in a couple of days and have rigged up the Engel & fridge to test them. Not sure but seems we have a problem, although we have 4 x 60w solar panels and two large dry cell batteries we are only getting about three hours of power after sunset, although the batt...

Every one getting ready to panic about this are they? Well today I rang the Swine Flu Hotline and all I got was crackling on the line..... Boom boom

I have been reading this forum for quite a while now and was wondering what types of vehicles are used as a camper / motorhome. Of special interest to me is the fitting out to suit individual needs, materials used and what are considered "Must Haves". I have been looking at the Toyota Coaster...

On another forum a dispute has erupted concerning the creation of a subforum for Veterans. My feelings are that Veterans should try and integrate rather than try and get special attention. Anyway the guy/person doing the pushing turns out to be a fake, dates he has given do not tally, Units he claims t...

Help needed regarding caravan hitch, on the 22 nov 2008 in page 29, i posted a queery(?) on the hitch on my van. ( no brand visable) there dosent seem to a reversing block on brakes when reversing, Davo posted a pic of hitch in reply to my then question any one that could assist il kive a kiss yippeeeeee ...

Who knows anything about Kung-foo, I have heard of a mushroom farm in Bendigo spending thousands to orient the farm so the dragon is at his back, and the drive is circular , that supposed to mean that no arrows come in ???? but a bus is a big difference , does it still apply that you cannot have mirrors at th...

Flushing drop loo Grays Rock

After building a coupla houses and ensuring all is rigid and immovable the change to building a motor home is quite a challenge, This has been my biggest worry, how do you measure the flex of a bus body as it negotiates a rough road, All cupboard framing will be cut and ripped from 12mm ply and joined at an...

One day the old German shepherd starts chasing rabbits and before long, discovers that he's lost. Wandering about, he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the intention of having lunch. The old German shepherd thinks, "Oh, oh! I'm in deep doo-doo now!" Noticing som...

We are now fulltime nomads and I have started a website cum travel diary. I try to update the information and photos at least every second day. We are enjoying every minute of the trip so far and hope you enjoy it with us! The link is: www.mike-minooch.webs.com

It would be helpful if some could tell me how to add a photo to my profile.

Woods Reserve on the Corin road is available for free camping, Vaning etc. Pets Allowed !!!!!! No powered sites but hot showers etc available when you book. Being the ACT there is a catch; all bookings to be made by phone in quadruplicate to the ACT forests call centre in Mumbai where an Indian chap name...

Yellowpinch dam is a roadside rest area about 30 km south of Bega. Like most roadside stops there is an expectation that the stop should only be 24 hours, but there are no signs stating any restrictions. An elderly couple who left the day after I got there said they had been there a week and I stopped for th...

This is amazing. I wish I had found the GN's site before we started on our vanning adventure. I can't recall exactly where I have seen some of you but I do remember seeing Ibbo and the skull and cross bones flag flying somewhere or other. We also saw Doug and Dusty along the Great Ocean Road recently as w...

A blonde decides to try horeback riding, even thou she has had no experience. She mounts the horse unasisted and the horse immediatly springs into motion. It gallops along at a steady and rhythmic pace,but the blonde starts to slide from the saddle. In terror, she grabs the horses mane, but cannot s...

Did you hear about the dyslexic, insomniac athiest? He stayed awake all night wondering if there really is a dog

Dog walks into the post office at Karumba and wants to send a telegram, grabs a form & writes woof. woof. woof. woof. woof. woof. woof. woof. woof. & hands it to the clerk who looks at it and helpfully suggests that there are 9 woof's and for the same price he can put in an extra woof. The dog respon...

Those of us that are about to embark on their first Oz 360, are no doubt a little apprehensive as to how the first leg will pan out, scuse the pun. Well, Im a little late with this rundown, but I must let our fellow GN Forumites know about our wonderful Baptism in Sapphire, so to speak. It all started within m...

For years and Years I used to use an old washing Machine Bowl for my camp fire's along the Mighty Murray....Soooo handy for a quick start in evenings and Mornings....Well!! My has died on me this Easter whilst Camping again at echuca.. I am in need of a new one...Can anybody help.....I will have a spec...

Well, I am at St Arnaud at the moment, with the Van parked at the rear of an old pub which closed down many moons ago. Called the Woolpack. My daughter and her husband are renting the place and after helping them move in and errect a colour bond fence, they convinced me a should try flying. I went with them t...