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Hi everyone, My husband and I, Margaret and Brian, with our little dog Hamish are hoping to travel to Tassie for a period of three months in December this year. We will be taking our 17' caravan and Ford Territory. We would like to do as much free or low cost camping as possible. Our desire for advice is...

It would seem to me the bureaucracy has put so many rules out there, that it is hardly worth bothering.

Only skilled people can open this file.......once you succeed to open this file, you will find names of the people who have managed open this....... now it is your turn! A man wanted to get into his work building, but he had forgotten his access code. However, he did remember five clues. These are the cl...

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a) hi my lithium is 0, which is probably why my victron is dead. so am gonna go and replace it with AGM. I have a 1500 watt inverter and also run laptop, phone, engel off proper 12v cig sockets. I will use inverter to run (one at a time) toaster, jug, induction hotplate, sandwich toaster etc. Need some i...

So, my plans of becoming a grey nomad took a bit of a step backwards last week as my caravan was taken away on the back of a truck to be auctioned as an insurance write-off! Long story, but after waiting a year for repairs to be done, and being told we'd have to wait at least another seven-eight months, and th...

Hi all, I work in solar research and I'm doing a project with an Australian company to integrate a caravan awning with flexible solar panels. I'd love to speak to anyone out there who caravans about their power use while caravanning, and their chosen power supply. Please comment below to get in touc...

Fuel to Cape York, do I have to take extra? And are there any places to stay, or do I need to take a tent? Collo.

Found these on Social Media.... Aussie Paul.

Would be great if we could have a state by state section as there are many pages to go through and lots of places in each state

I was mucking about in my workshop the other day having a bit of a clean up and came across a pair of pump up shock absorbers that used to be on my xr falcon years ago, as i remember they used to do the job o.k., dont hear any mention of these type of shocks nowadays, anyone know why they are not used anymore, jus...

Google have a nasty habit of not allowing Android to be backwards compatible for long. For example: I have been running Wiki Camps quite happily on my expensive and high end Asus tablet for about three or four years. This tablet runs Android 4. Recently I performed a "factory reset" on the tablet and su...

Just a heads up I had heard around the traps, about a $10 a night (per self contained caravan), council run low cost camp, with water/toilet/dump point The camp was going to be open until the end of August On August 20, I made enquiries at the Karratha Tourist Information Centre I was informed that the ca...

has anyone ever had any trouble when using the free camping areas on the Nullabor? We are planning a trip from Adelaide to Perth. We are new to caravanning and this will be our first large trip and Im a bit nervous about staying outside of a caravan park. Thanks

Hi have been on the sit for some time and have owed the van for a 18 mount and have not used it much for many reasons. I have been a farmer for 40 years lot of tools where left at farm when sold but keep some. Now find in a few months I will be hitting the road full time solo. Scary but may be a great adventurer. Ok wh...

The machine stopped working. Not overloaded but washed the bath mat. Maybe too much fluff. Had to empty most water out by hand. A lot of fluff in bowl. How do i check if drain is blocked. Cannot see how to get machine out. HELP

Did a search but couldn't find answers to these questions so hope forumites can help. How long is build gas compliance valid for?, Does it differ between states eg NSW QLD VIC? Is a new compliance inspection required when change of owner and doe this this also differ by state?

OK I know this can be quite a divisive topic, but I really do want to hear of any actual experiences from folks who may use such in their rigs. We hope to head out soon and with my wife having Asthma, and we aim to be in the ACT in spring which has historically caused us both bad experiences with an allergy of...