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Hi, being new to caravaning (ie I haven't bought one yet). I would like to ask some advice. I am looking at buying a van with a gtm of around 1500 kg. The car I presently have is not rated to tow this amount. when buying a vehicle to tow 1500 kg s there a recommended amount you should increase the tow vehicle b...

A photo of the silos at Yelarbon. Had a look last Thursday and stayed a night at the Yelarbon Recreation Grounds at a powered site $15.00. The facilities besides the laundry are closed as the volunteers cannot meet the Covid 19 rules to open them, but there is a dump point there plus a modern toilet in t...

We are currently looking after two German Shepherds, one a staple coat, is a "didn't quite make it" from police or armed forces. The question is, are they trained to attack when let off the lead, as she walks OK on the lead, but is a bit naughty when released. Lovely dog, just wondering if its past trainin...

Who said Nursing Homes were boring? Two elderly residents, a man and awoman, were alone in the lobby of their nursing home one evening. The old man looked over and said to the old lady, "I know just what you're wanting, for $5 I'll have sex with you right over there in that rocking chair." The old lady look...

Hello. After much deliberation (caravan or RV) I purchased a Mercedes SWB Sprinter yesterday. I was surprised to learn that my usual insurer, RAC WA, does not insure RVs. I have taken out a policy with CIL. What other options are out there? Id value the input of forum members please.

Many of us will be getting into gear to hit the road now things are easing up. We are in Whyalla now and starting to head toward NT in time to cross border on 17th July. So what are you all doing? Would be interesting to how we are going to deal with "Our new found freedom."

a sister says A nun walks into Mother Superiors office and plunks down into a chair. She lets out a sigh heavy with frustration.What troubles you, Sister? asked the Mother Superior. I thought this was the day you spent with your family.It was, sighed the Sister. And I went to play golf with my brother...

I have a Safety Dave camera mounted on the rear of my caravan. It is a wide-angle type adjusted so that I see the road behind as well as almost immediately behind the van. This generally works well to see traffic building up behind, but being wide-angle, I don't see fast moving cars until they are right on...

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All the gas bottle posts are now pretty old. I needed to get a couple of bottle filled/exchanged so google transport regs for enclosed vehicles. Ok to transport 2 bottles of no more than 18kg total. Suits me as one is a nominal 9kg and the other is a nominal 4.5kg. Then went to home storage, whoops, could h...

For your own safety, please heed this message. We constantly experience problems with "wobblies", that's caravanners who ride the centre white line instead of keeping as far left as safely possible, holding position along the fog line. This is barely possible, but possible along the...

The government recently announced that the fees for STEM courses will be reduced and those for humanities courses doubled. I guess an accomplished spin doctor could argue that the humanities are now being valued more highly than technical professions.

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I've just purchased a motorhome for $56,000 in Perth, and WA Dept of Transport Stamp Duty on the Transfer is over $3,700 !!! What an iniquitous tax this is - money for doing nothing - outright rip-off! -- Edited by jrk36 on Saturday 20th of June 2020 12:22:01 PM

I am going to go for a drive next week to check out campsites around Gloucester. Has anyone got any tips on nice spots. Rod.

A snake goes to a bar and the bartender says; "I cant serve you, you cant hold your liquor and you're legless".

Hi all I recently put the multi meter across the 12 volt charger on my 2 kva Honda generator to see if it produced enough voltage to charge my batteries in an emergency. To my surprise it showed 22 volt seems a bit high to me or will that drop when it comes under load. what do the people that know think ? Landy

Hi everyone, we are at nanango qld and this morning noticed heaps of caravans Etc. Going past. while convalescing i have heaps of time So decided to count them. From midday to 2 pm 27 caravans, motor homes and camper vans went north and 30 caravans, motor homes and camper vans went south. There were more...

I thought of an idea this afternoon after having a fight in removing the spare tyre cover so I could firstly check, then increase the pressure in the tyre - resulting in a couple of broken finger nails. I wondered about getting a flap cut out above/over the valve & having it held closed with Velcro - h...