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Needing to replace the plastic canvas on our awning, its starting to rip along the top where connects to the caravan, have asked a couple of out fits, and i get told its cheaper to replace canvas and roller as one unit, is this correct ? . and if not, how easy is it to replace myself , and where to buy seeing t...

highway C246. I believe this road is gravel. Anybody with recent experience please?

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1. My best mates and I played a game of hide and seek. It went on for hours... Well, good friends are hard to find. 2. Youre not completely useless, you can always serve as a bad example. 3. I broke my finger last week. On the other hand, Im okay. 4. Someone stole my Microsoft Office and theyre gonna pay. You h...

Our dog Merlin, the minature poodle, may not be travelling with us again as he is in hospital in Armidale, with suspected Diabetes, he has been seriously unwell these past 3 days, not keeping food down, drinking water non stop, and vomiting that back up straight away. His keytones are 2.5 which is very...

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We are travelling from Melbourne to deliver our grand daughter to Sydney University on the 8th of February. We are looking to stay overnight on the southern approach on the 7th within striking distance of Ultimo for 9.30 am the next day. I have checked Wikicamps but the only caravan park I saw was at Eld...

As you will no doubt recall in the last thrilling episode regarding my hot water system that would not work on electricity only gas, I contacted the manufacturers and was informed that I should turn it off and then back on after fifteen minutes and if that did not work it would need a new thermostat/elem...

The Y Chromosome... People born before 1946 are called -The Greatest Generation . People born between 1946 and 1964 are called -The Baby Boomers . People born between 1965 and 1979 are called -Generation X. And p...

What a sight this morning in Tamworth. Approximately 170 Trucks loaded with hay and heading for Armidale. Brought a year to my eye and made me Bloody Proud to be an Aussie

Anyone out there who has one (thats a 12v only) and any opinion of them. Thinking of puling out my old 3 way, adding more solar and another battery plus fitting a charger for when we have 240v We are currently in the NT and the old fridge struggles. Lucky we have an extra in the car.

NSW officials are finally cracking down on campers and caravanners using truckies' parking spots with $114 instant fines being handed to offenders in two eastern seaboard holiday hotspots.The fines are a part of a new trial, announced today, targetting parking at Yelgun rest area, north of Bruns...

On a passenger flight, the pilot comes over the public address system as usual and to greet the passengers. He tells them at what altitude theyll be flying, the expected arrival time, and a bit about the weather, and advises them to relax and have a good flight. Then, forgetting to turn off the micropho...

fourth-grade teacher was giving her students a lesson in logic. Here is the situation, she said. A man is standing up in a boat in the middle of a river, fishing. He loses his balance, falls in, and begins splashing and yelling for help. His wife hears the commotion, knows he cant swim, and runs down to th...

An old man named George went for his annual check-up. He told the doctor that he felt fine, but often had to go to the bathroom during the night. Then he said: But you know Doc, Im blessed. God knows my eyesight is going, so he puts on the light when I pee, and turns it off when Im done! A little later in the day,...

Hi All, Set off on our big lap (or 2) from Canberra this morning. Travelling down the Hume on our way to Wagga we saw the most wonderful sight. The Hay Run convoy was travelling north. I estimated there had to be about 80 semis all up. I know there were a lot from WA but I think there were also a lot of semis f...

I am in the process of giving the van a good clean out and have an issue with those hideous black plastic window openers you have to slide before you wind out the window. Past experience has taught me that if you put any pressure on the little b*ggers, they just snap off at the base leaving the turning part i...