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A father passing by his son's bedroom was astonished to see the bed was nicely made and everything was picked up. Then, he saw an envelope, propped up prominently on the pillow: It was addressed, 'Dad'. With the worst premonition, he opened the envelope and read the letter, with trembling hands. Dear...

Hi all. I like many others don?t like putting holes in caravan roofs so I sikaflexed it on. A few people have spoken about seeing panels flying off. I came up with this solution. I have just done an over 10,000k trip with no movement. I am not saying that the sikaflex would not have held I look at it as insura...

Does anyone wear sunglasses while hunting? If so, which ones? Any experience in this field? They make non reflective camo ones for hunting, saw them in a hunting mag.

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I am working at New Norcia in the archives until Dec. if anyone is passing through. Just phone me. Would love to catch up with fellow solos :) = or any other nomads. -- Edited by spida on Saturday 12th of October 2019 08:55:48 PM

G'day and welcome to my September update. Sit back with a cuppa or something stronger, depending on the time of day I spose, enjoy anyway. The drink that is and hopefully the update.I will start of with the weather report as last month but still don't have the map behind me or the thingy in my hand sorry. T...

We have reached the time where we need to sell our van due to some health issues, the van has been garaged for most of its life and well maintained. ensuite with vanity, separate shower toilet, and a built-in washing machine The van comes with Hayman Reece torsion bars and coupling wind down stabiliser...

I'm unsure if this should be in I Digress or here. So please be kind to me if I have erred. The main point of the posting is to share with you the links attached. That's where The Good Oil resides ... not in my ramblings. (Oops .. A couple of the links won't open directly .. sorry you may have to copy &...

This is a Victron video demonstrating what I have been says for the last 8 yrs, trying to charge a lithium battery without a DC to DC charger inbetween and the correct size cabling to carry the required current will destroy either the very expensive alternator or result in either the failure of the DC to...

I have for sale a ResMed 90w DC Converter, only used twice 24volt for the S9 resmed cpap machine I no longer use the resmed if interested message me

Hi, was wondering if anyone might have something like their opinion of the top 10 or 20 "hell" descents on the east coast - by State. We're from WA where we have very few long drawn out hills . We'll be towing a caravan across the Top shortly then down as far as Sydney-ish. We have towed up from the other dir...

The water pressure to our shower is very poor when on park water supply. The water pressure valve is rated at 350kpa. Has anyone had experience fitting a valve with a 500kpa rating?

Hi everyone Im Looking at upsizing my van in around 18 months time. So while looking at a particular brand the other night I spoke to a local dealer about atms of this brand. I said I need a van with an atm of 2500kg so I can tow behind my Prado. He said that atm doesnt need to be 2500kg it can be higher than that,...

A little old lady was walking down the street dragging two large plastic garbage bags behind her. One of the bags was ripped and every once in a while a $20 fell out onto the sidewalk. Noticing this, a policeman stopped her, and said, "Ma'am, there are $20 bills falling out of that bag." "Oh, really? Darn...

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GDay Forum Members Looking to get some advice for our first family camper trailer. We are a couple with a 4 year old son and are looking at getting a camper but am only just starting to understand all the different things I need to consider. Weve got a 2018 Ford Escape with a towing capacity of 1500kg so thi...