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Hi Just getting the Millard Weekender ready to pass registration. i.e It's been off the road for about two years due to illness & plates were handed in. No point in forking out all that money for no good reason. Anyway, decided I needed to replace the old Blinker/Brake/Tail Light assemblies with n...

We have recently acquired a 2011 Jayco Starcraft with two 90 ltr water tanks. It has 3 clear plastic sight tubes. Two would be for the amount of water in the separate tanks but what is the third (middle one) indicating? Also the four position, 3 way plastic switch under the side of the van, does it have an...

Why would a caravan dealer still have so many new 2018 model vans on the lot in 2020? Perhaps I am getting old a cynical but I smell a rat!

When planning a trip I used Pebblar but my issue is that I cannot see what roads are sealed and which are not can anyone please direct me to a planner that will show the road types ie sealed or unsealed

Do you check if your dash cam is actually recording on a regular basis? Our appeared to work, but had stopped recording mid June 2019. Went to check something just after Xmas, no joy , just filled up in June, then stopped. Showed a screen when taking off, thats all.

Last Saturday 11:30 am 22/02/2020 I was traveling west along the Gatton bypass on the speed limit [100 kph]and I was overtaken by two idiots in 4x4`s towing caravans. I have it on dash cam and I estimate they were doing at least 110 - 115 kph. If these people are on this forum, you are bloody idiots.

Hi been lurking for a while and joined to answer a topic on solar blankets. My post disappeared when I posted it but now I can't find the topic. And when I search solar it says it can't find anything. Is this because I am using my phone perhaps ? Thanks Stew

G'day all. It has been about 20 months since the end of my radiation treatment. All was well and I was going onto 12 monthly checks, but, I started bleeding from where the sun don't shine. More tests ruled out a more nasty cancer and diagnosed a late bleed related to the prostate treatment. Different tre...

hi all can anybody tell me what the road is like into fowlers bay coming from ceduna war and towing a coromal pop top

These photos were taken just the last couple of weeks during our trip up to NE Victoria.

Hello everyone, My husband and I are planning to travel Australia for a year in a travel truck, like the earth cruiser, but havent decided yet which company to go with. Im looking for people who have similar trucks and like to share their experiences with me, what do they like about their truck, what w...

was wondering if a 120amp hour battery would run a portable fridge which draws approx. 2amps per hour plus a 300watt inverter to run a cpap machine for 8hours. idont know what the machine draws because it is not mine, thought there might be someone out in Nomad land that has experience with this.

FIFTY SHADES OF GREY BY PAM AYRES The missus bought a Paperback, down Shepton Mallet way, I had a look inside her bag;... T'was "Fifty Shades of Grey".... Well I just left her to it, And at ten I went to bed. An hour later she appeared; The sight filled me with dread. In her left hand she held a rope; And in her...

We always hear "the rules" from the female side. Now here are the rules from the male side. These are OUR rules: Please note these are all numbered "1" ON PURPOSE! 1. Breasts are for looking at and that is why we do it. Dont try to change that. 1. Learn to work the toilet seat. Youre a big girl. If its up, put it...

A nun and a priest were crossing the Sahara desert on a camel. On the third day out, the camel suddenly dropped dead without warning. After dusting themselves off, the Nun and the Priest surveyed their situation. After a long period of silence, the Priest spoke. 'Well, Sister, this looks pretty grim....

almost done and dusted

Impressions of a new solo nomad 16th January 2019 About three weeks on the road and things have been close to but not exactly as I expected. The Gods were against me and arranged for my first days on the nomad road to be those between Xmas and New Year and, just to rub it in, in east Gippsland too! There were m...