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Hi All, See yourself as trailer trash ? Not invited to any Christmas parties ? Well don't despair. There is a place for your this year. A classy joint with award winning wines and beautiful sunsets just on the Bremer River 70 ks south of Adelaide. If you are the 3rd wheel, 5th wheel or someone's steering...

Ok brains.. trust............would you attempt northern WA area ( Gibb etc ) in a conventional winny. Drop tyre pressures, tape up holes, drive nice n steady..

Hi I was at my local Aldi shopping for supplies and noted some camping gear which was first on special last month I think. The portable solar panels look promising on the box. 160W folding with a couple of legs to stand them up. A cheap regulator glued on the back ?? and a reasonable 5M lead with an anderso...

Just watching the Pity Party story on Current Affair about people deciding to stop paying rent until they reckon the Covid-19 crisis is over. Appears the prominent couple in the story do not understand the circumstances under which evictions cannot be carried out. If you do not pay your rent, an...

Trump has a heart attack and dies. He goes to Hell where the Devil is waiting for him."I don't know what to do," says the Devil. "You're on my list but I have no room for you. But you definitely have to stay here, so I'll tell you what I'm going to do. I've got three people here who weren't quite as bad as you. I'...

k What Starts with F and ends with K A first-grade teacher, Ms Brooks, was having trouble with one of her students. The teacher asked, 'Harry, what's your problem?' Harry answered, 'I'm too smart for the 1st grade. My sister is in the 3rd grade and I'm smarter than she is...

It is 12 months ago today that we left on our last six month tour through Queensland and wishing that it was happening again today. Had a few short trips after arriving back home and also fitted in one a few months ago. Van is all prepared, washed, waxed, brakes and bearings done etc. Instead I shall ha...

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Generators ( Gennies) can be good for some people then there are people who detest Gennies Gennies has been our saving grace during our early caravan trips. Since we have installed solar panels and we carry a portable 60 watt Solar unit. However we still use the gennie only when bush camping. If we ha...

Hi all We will be heading up to Darwin from the NSW Central Coast next week. My daughter has just accepted a job there so we are escorting her up - we will have a hatchback plus a 4WD towing a 14 foot van. We would like to take the shortest route (Gunnedah, Moree, St George, Roma, Tambo, Longreach, Cloncurr...

If you ever wondered what Tensegrity is , here it is , btw. Iam not in a hurry to make another one ,cheers

we have hired a campervan for two weeks and planned to drive the Sydney to Brisbane route in July 2020. Would you recommend that we still do it post fires or should we rather head for Brisbane and spend more time to the north. Would appreciate any local info. Many thanks

From my recent activities on the forum I see most members are like us. Sit in bed in the early hours of the morning , or sit in bed in the later hours of night. The rest of the time get out and enjoy your surroundings. Alan

We have in our van a Corporant by air command air conditioner. Anyone got an idea roughly how much per hour it costs to run? I know there r different prices for electricity but we full time travel n just wondered. Thanks.

Hi. I had Kombi campers, both fitted with those little Electrolux 2-way refrigerators (work on 12v or LP gas). I used gas when camping and they worked fine except in hot weather (say over 30 deg C) then they would struggle. Though they were silent when operating which was good since I am a light sleeper...

Hi Im wondering if I can tap in to the wealth of experience on this forum. I have never purchased a motorhome and have come across one I like the look of. Ive investigated getting a vehicle inspection using the RAA( Im in Adelaide) but they have made it clear they only do a mechanical inspection. Im wonder...

simple, you need the bottom of a 2 litre milk bottle, couple of textas, some sand in the bottle and a tea light candle. put in your driveway on Anzac Day before 6am. Pic 1 is a simple tin lantern for a variation of theme -- Edited by Craig1 on Monday 13th of April 2020 11:20:13 AM

Not sure where to place this story, in my opinion, it is good that someone, who had a team buying up toilet rolls and hand sanitiser, to a tune of about $10,000, is now lumbered with themIt just may stop others doing the same thing in the future Copy and pasteAn Adelaide shopper has attempted to return th...

M S A brandThese are a lot smaller than Clearview when closed which was a big issue for me with an already wide LC 200. No chance to test towing, thanks to the big C...a , but a 50km drive in all positions seemed pretty good.The mirror head rotates as well as extension. -- Edited by Craig1 on Thursday 16th of...

How to store the Satellite TV cable to stop it from getting kinked, and so it would lie flat on the ground when used. Solved this by using a 24" bicycle tire, some Velcro straps, and while it doesn't look good, it works. This may not suit your vehicle, but may sporn ideas.