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After returning to Mareeba to get new batteries & a split water tank plastic welded, we returned to Laura where we have been chilling out for the past 10 days. ........ and getting older. New blog post

For some time I have frequently been confounded by headlines on news website, often they are simply incomprehensible: as an example I offer from today's The Age on-line the headline: "400 Gradi to bring a pizza the action to Mornington" What the hell does that mean!? If one is sufficiently bored to cl...

Excellent Age article on how we assess risk and the AZ vaccine - interesting comments too: The Age

Has anyone done this mod? using the breakaway box without the small battery, deleting the charge system and hooking up the system to work off the caravan house battery?. Have you any Pictures or wiring diagram of your alterations. I have checked this out and it is leagal to do, it needs to be active for 1...

Hi All, Can someone offer advice on how to stop water pipes from freezing up on a caravan? New to the forum and just working my way around, so sorry if this has been addressed before. regards Don

There is absolutely no excuse for lazinessIf you know of one please let me know.

Last week we attended the Laura Quinkan Dance Festival & loved it. Something we think would be a worthy addition to anyone's bucket list, especially as it is now bitumen all the way. If it looks like your sort of thing you have plenty of time to plan your visit. Next festival is in two years time. Laur...

I have an opportunity to get our rig weighed (over a weigh bridge), so how should we do it. I want to weigh the ute and van empty, plus fuel, water and gas, the other half thinks we should weigh it with all the basic stuff in it. Not really interested in ball weight at the moment. We were above our combined mas...

Just in the hope of someone on here may have seen them From SAPOL Police are seeking help from the public to help locate a couple missing from Victoria who have been travelling through South Australia. Valerie (73) and Laurance (76) Elliott were recently travelling from Victoria through to Western...

Hi Techies, Well the NSW lockdown has given plenty of time a sit and ponder, what will I do next. Pricing up the cost to have my Roadstar resealed, I was quoted about est $4000 for removing all corner strips, replace with new and reseal. Then they get to it in maybe 3 months, this was the first and only est...

2007 19FT BT, HDJ105 -- Edited by Cassie63 on Thursday 15th of July 2021 07:38:01 AM

Two Mafia hitmen are walking deep into a forest in the middle of the night.The deeper they go the more unusual and eerie sounds are heard.Suddenly, one of them says, "I gotta admit I'm getting scared out here."The other replies, "You're scared; I gotta walk back alone"!!! Aussie Paul.

Its small, cosy and slow, but can go places and get out of places almost impossible for most. No air conditioning cooling or generator yet, but maybe next year.

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-- Edited by rgren2 on Friday 23rd of July 2021 08:46:42 AM

Looking at definitions, the tare weight is the weight of an empty container e.g. a shipping container, but what if one fits a refrigeration unit to that container, then surely the tare weight is now the container plus the refrigeration unit. The tare weight of a caravan is said to be the weight of the va...