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I had a interesting conversastion with a guy on the side of the road yesterday. He has a european van similar to mine fitted with a AKS stabiliser hitch. He got talking about swaying vans and that he had been involved in a accident caused by his van swaying. Now, conventional thinking is you gently apply...

Count Down...........yep, 2 weeks and I'm off for my first camping experience. Am joining a small gathering of a camper trailer group at the Black ****atoo Bush Camp located a little ways east of Naracoorte. The gathering is open to any and everybody, and the organiser has been most welcoming. ht...

How many Grey Nomads at this moment in time are converting there vans? Im about to start work on my van so I thought why not inform the group where Im up to and how I got to this stage. For the last 3 months I have been doing nothing but research, eg. what do I need to take with me; what type of van will I need; wil...

Mad Wife Disease A guy was sitting quietly reading his paper when his wife walked up behind him and whacked him on the head with a magazine. 'What was that for?' he asked. 'That was for the piece of paper in your pants pocket with the name Laura Lou written on it,' she replied. 'Two weeks ago when I went...

When we lose the travel bug and want to settle down this is an alternative to selling the van if you can handle the steps

Flynn staggered home very late after another evening with his drinking buddy, Paddy. He took off his shoes to avoid waking his wife Mary. He tip toed as quietly as he could towards the stairs leading to their bedroom, but misjudged the bottom step. As he caught himself by grabbing the banister, his bo...

As I promised here are a few cunning little bits of software to help you maintain your privacy ONLINE. It wont stop your posts being copied and pasted elsewhere but they do help you keeps some control over your Internet presence. The first one Ccleaner is a very good finder of crap that seems to somehow...

This is a timely word of warning if travelling the outback . It all happens so fast your off into the weeds before you know it

If you ever wonder where all this Dot Com and eBay opr Yahoo started wonder no more read on.

H1 AUSSIE TRAVERLERS Wendy and the Drongo are taking off next april/may from the north east of Vic heading to Perth and beyond. A bit of imfo of where to go and cheapest way to get there would be a help. Im 68 and the boss younger so no mountain trecking ok. Enjoy the room good going. The Drongo [dave]...

After recently taking our spoilt, a little overweight english bull terrier who always gets mistaken for the pitbull variety and people think she will kill them (maybe if licking to death counts) to the pound for an overnighter I saw a dog there who was spending 6 months while its owners were away and I t...

BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR, DECADE AND PROBABLY THE CENTURY Charlotte , North Carolina . A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against, among other things, fire. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without yet hav...

Is it normal for a fridge (Dometic) to turn of in the middle of night when on gas? Most times it will restart itself but occasionally it won't. I have asked a guy at a caravan place and he thought that was normal. It can be of putting sometimes waking up in the middle of the night hearing it going click click....

Today is the aniversary of the last episode of "Blue Hills" by Gwen Meridth in 1976. I was able to listen in at work...This serial gave way to some great expressions, in legal circles if a case was going to drag on it became known as a Blue Hills affair, and slang for breakfast cereal is ubitqui...

man walks in to the fire department to report his wife is missing, the big irish fighter say's " 'tis the police station you'll be requiring" to which the man replies " no bloody way, last time I did that they found her"

G'day all, I have added 4 more photo's to the thread "A Few Photos From Our Trip To Kalbarri, I hope you enjoy them. Best Regards and Safe Travelling. John

Are you a solo traveller or just thinking about setting off on the adventure of a lifetime on your own? Do you want to ask some questions of those who have gone before, or perhaps to offer some tips and advice. Are you looking for someone to share a leg of your journey with? Or do you just want to touch base wi...

Hi Webmaster, Am quite alarmed - I googled Forensic Services Police Bush Safari & found a post that I had provided in response to a question on this forum. I was not expecting that my comments should be available in the public domain. It is OK for this site & people who access it, but not for the ge...

Looking at buying a S/H 2000 model Millard Challenger 16ft. The dealer quotes a tare weight of 1100 kg but the rego states 1200kg which I feel is more the mark . Owning to the forward kitchen the ball weight gets up to around 125 kg . Looks great but weight may kill my 2.5 lt Subura Outback so still in th...

G'day all and especially Dave06, Well we are back from our trip to Kalbarri in WA, it's only anout 700 K's from where we live in Rockingham south of Perth. We had a great time and wish we were still on the road but we have to head over to South Aust in October as the B in Law has Pancreatic Cancer and is only gett...