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Hi Fun Loving Travellers, We are looking at buying a generator for when we do the free camping. Can anyone give us any information on what size etc., we should be looking at, also what we should watch out for. Our van is approximately 22foot. Cheers,

Having responded to many emergency calls over my flying career this article contains a message that needs the widest possible dissemination . Years back it was costed out that to keep a chopper crew in the air for a 1 hour SAR mission was around $1000.00 so I can only imagine how that cost has blown ou...

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G'Day all, Now, what I need to do, is to draw on all the infinite knowledge and wisdom out thereon this forum . My problem is that I have mounted an aerial on the Bull Bar of the Patrol and have to run the coaxial cable through the front grill, along the inside of the engine bay and through the firewall into th...

Just nosing around the net and found this site. Anyone buying a new or second hand vehicle could get some useful info before jumping in found a heap on Nissan's which i was looking at but now changed my mind http://www.motorsm.com/complaints/latest.asp

Hi fellow travellers, I have just joined the Grey Nomads and had a squiz at the general layout and think it's fab...keep up the good work. Can anyone tell me of a van park that caters to the over 50s in the lower NSW coastal area and also Lakes Entrance in Victoria. In fact, ANYWHERE in Australia would be go...

Hi,Does anyone have any suggestions,tips,hints etc about Caravanning in the Valley.Either free or park sites are ok.We do have a dog though.From the Valley we are heading further South to Batemans Bay or thereabouts.We then intend to carry on South and go along the GOR.Then back inland to Karuah.T...

One day, God created the dog and said: "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of 20 years," The dog said: "Thats a long time to be barking. How about only 10 years and I"ll give you back 10?" So God a...

In the middle of planning the next trip, a short little hop up to friends in the Atherton Tablelands, then across to Cooktown via the Lions Den, down the coast to Mackay then home Jiggedyjig, a quicky for about 6 weeks Has anyone paid a recent visit to the Black Mountain lately, havent been there for ab...

See Big Kev is about to take over hospitals to standardize the medical system and provide better service to all . Maybe the road and traffic regs could be a next good place to standardize. Stop all this confusion of third party insurance and weights and measures Good luck Big Kev fixing the health sy...

I would like to ask my fellow Nomads if they know anything about .....(.You I) Insurance...I believe that they are new on the block and are a Sth African Company......Their rates are sounding to good to be true......Would love to know if they are known to you all!!! ...

The idea of discussing how Australia is changing is an interesting topic, however, some posts in the original string went too far and have offended several readers. Please do not post racist remarks on this forum it upsets many people and it does not reflect the spirit of kindness, generosity and i...

Just discovered this place returning from Sydney on Sunday. It's at the Derrick VC rest area about 10 -15 mins south of Marulan. The Towrang Stockade where the usual attrocities were commited by the Poms on their fellow human beings and they were working on the Great South Road, there is a really nice,...

I have just installed a Uniden radio transceiver uh 500 sx rm model.On my old truck cb it was just a matter of selecting channel 18 and away it would go.I am told that I should log in channels 40,39,29,20 and 18.Naturally I will only do this when I finishmy Master of Reading the instruction book degree.A...

G,DAY Il try again Wont be long till we hit the road but just thought about tv antenna. I have had a look on the net and come up with: DX ACTIVE ZONE, HAPPY WANDERER & DIGIMATCH with so many people out there using them all, are there any comments about the yeses and nos i dont want to go spend to...

Hi .. We are looking to buy our first (small) Motorhome. Does any one have any advise regarding Coaster v Mazda T3500 v Nissan Civilian ? We are initially just looking at short weekends away. Thanks in advance. Geoff

on the late news last night there was a story of a couple returning from a camping trip, didn't catch where it was, they were carrying two gas bottles in the boot of the car, somehow the valves were turned on, (accidental) burst into flames, he managed to get his wife out and unhook his trailer with the mo...

g,day i sent a post on van antennas but ive lost it any clue how to find it lol

Saturday morning I got up early, put on my jeans, dressed quietly, made my lunch, grabbed the dog, slipped quietly into the garage to hook the boat up to the rig, and proceeded to back out into a torrential downpour. There was hail mixed with the rain, and the wind was blowing 50 km. I pulled back into the g...

A lot of people can't understand how we came to have an OIL shortage in our country. Well, there's actually a simple answer. Nobody bothered to check the OIL. We just didn't know we were getting low. The reason for that is purely GEOGRAPHICAL. Our OIL is located in, Bass Straight, East Queensland Shale...