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This might seem like a silly question, but to a newbie who is just starting to plan ahead for our nomad adventure, how do you cope with laundry duty when you are on long trips? Especially if you are trying to stay bush, or in National Parks as much as possible? Thanks for a great site, I will be making the mos...

Hi all, I'm dipping my toe into 4WDriving to access some of the more remote parts of our great land and have been pondering the need/lack of need to get an offroad camper trailer. CTs are surprisingly expensive. Is there any great advantage of a CT against a good tent? After all, I don't have to tow a tent...

Two blonde girls were working for the city public works department. One would dig a hole and the other would follow behind her and fill the hole in. They worked up one side of the street, then down the other, then moved on to the next street, working furiously all day without rest, one girl digging a hole,...

Yes folks, we have finally made "The Decision" and actually have a time frame to execute it. We are aiming to be full time members of the grey nomad group in 18months (give or take). Yep, it scares the hell out of me, but I can't wait. Unfortunately we won't have the ability to live off our savi...

We're about to purchase a 2005 Ford Territory Automatic V6 to tow a Jayco 21ft solid van. The towing capacity is 2300kg and the van is around 2000kg tare weight. We've been assured it will be adequate for towing the van but some on-line automotive reviews claim that Ford Territories aren't the most e...

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Hello All, Have had good news re deep cycle batteries - have managed to get a couple of Hawker SBS C11 92A/H's from someone who knows someone at a very very knockdown price. However, then I did some research about charging from a 240V source - silly me, I thought my old car battery charger would be fine - no...

This post is really aimed at those out there who are driving Patrols or Toyota's that are about to run out or have just run out of warranty. "What sought of mech problems have you had since you first took it home . Problems that has meant off road time or expensive fixes to things like suspension...

Well I havn't had much input lately mainly because I havn't been anywhere but next week Im catching the xpt to berry my first time on it in 9 years it will at least be a bit different to the usual hume Freeway scenery. I have to get my chef hat back on and give my daughter a hand in the motel she is managing but ev...

Is this bloke for real , his actions are akin to looking down the barrel of loaded automatic and pulling the trigger . Just came back from the Mandorah pub and sure the fish tank needs something in it but a king brown. Don't think so.

Hello All, Our next topic for the 'new' van is 12V electrics. Help please. We spend the vast majority of our time in caravan parks so 240V is the norm however very infrequently we spend a night in the bush. We have a Waeco 60L freezer for frozen foods etc as the freezer compartment of our van frig is miniscu...

Have you tried it,? Got the bus delivered to Sapphire, going up the Castlereagh hwy I hit a few bad spots in the hwy, and she started to pitch very bad, to the point that air was tween my bum and the seat, had to back off real quick, engineer mate of mine suggeated a spring reset, ----any comments, all the gea...

A MUST READ!!! Pocket Taser Stun Gun, a great gift for the wife. A guy who purchasedhis lovely wife a pocket Taser for their anniversary submitted this: Last weekend I saw something at Larry's Pistol & Pawn Shop that sparkedmy interest. The occasion was our 15th anniversary and I was looking for...

We have just come back from 4 days at Goolwa, pretty liitle town, much nicer than Victor Harbour. The river is looking terrible, there was a westerly blowing for much of the time we were there, pushing what little water there was, back upstream. The water was back to the channel markers and there was act...

What did I say about being positive????????? Anyway after checking through some 750 emails that had accumulated while in Sydney with ailing MIL (now had a small stroke - not so good) I recieved this GEM from the NP&WS. "While the NP&WS appreciate that your dog may be well trained, obedi...

G'day all, I recall many years ago when we went camping or caravanning we did not have all the mod cons we have today, we would simply pack the tent and equipment into the car or hitch the van up and head off into the bright blue yonder. We didn't have 12 volt power for lights and TV, in fact we didn't want T.V...

Has anyone noted the very Rev Fred Niles recent stand on topless bathing? This bloke is a total hypocrit, I have talked to him on a few occasions seeking his help to have certain websites closed. One such site had a description, vivid and explicit of a sexual encounter with a mentally disabled girl.......

The most imaginative gift I got this year was from BIL who gave me a stack of "AUSTRALIA - IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT YOU ARE FREE TO LEAVE" stickers.... I spent this morning at my local shopping mall affixing them to the vehicles of obviously non AUSTRALIAN drivers...... Also I seem to get a swathe o...

Hi Everyone As 'First Timers' to this Forum we would like to introduce ourselves - Bruce and Diane. Bruce has been involved in the Coach industry for 40 years while Diane's expertise lies in the field of administration & computers. Apart from travel, our interests are woodwork, cars, golf, f...

Hi All, Happy New Year to everyone. We are looking at buying a caravan to travell around Australia. We will have no time frame and want to see as much as we can. We are tending to go towards a semi off road van to enable us easier access to National Parks etc. we have looked at several brands and some, tha...