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Had to stop over on Port Lincoln after breakdown in wind and rain yesterday afternoon. RAA very supportive and followed us into PL caravan centre. Short term fix, they guided us personally to caravan park. Caravan park got us in at very short notice on drive through concrete slab (with a view) at gday r...

Gday.I have recently purchased a lovely old 1980 franklin Snipe van circa 1980. My wife and I really enjoy a couple of nights on the Murray every few weeks but some of the real good spots prevent us from taking our big van in due to trees and tight turns etc .So this little 12 footer is ideal.The outside w...

Hi all, looking for some input on how you lot secure your doors, draws/fridge during transit. I have an older van '94 model, so not everything is new and working as it should. Albeit, I hear being new is still no guarantee Anyway , point being i have latches similar to these ones below. slightly dif...

just had an agm battery fail and had to open a window at midnight to get fresh air, the batteries are located under the bed in the Motorhome, turned Ctek charger off and called a sparky in the morning no suitable batteries in Roxby Downs so he is coming back tomorrow to isolate the failed battery and I will...

how long will it take

Cruel mothers..........first taste of lemon, very funny

Hi All, Reading the other recent post re diesel I thought I would pose a question. I recently had my diesel heater refusing to start in the morning, it was about 1 degree. It appears the diesel had gelled in the lines, after an hour or so when the sun was on the van the unit ran no problem. Does anyone experi...

It is with great sadness I let you all know that my very good friend ROCKYLIZARD John, passed away early yesterday (Friday) afternoon after a very short battle with cancer. John and his Wife Julie called in to Townsville where I am as we speak to say hi. As they left John put his arms around me and said goo...

Have had local guy on Central Coast nsw, install truma gas heater I was surprised how compact the unit is and how it tucks away under our double bed (( i did put a wire shelving around the unit to make sure nothing touched unit )) even though i found the unit was barrely warm after running for a few hrs.The un...

Our jockey wheel hydraulic jack will not release with weight on it. Goes up with weight fine. Can any help please.

Hi Unfortunately, we've got a temporary health issue but it may take a couple of years to solve. So, we've decided to take the Millard Weekender off the road to save money. Hand in the plates. There'll be no problem registering it again. It does serve a purpose for overflow accommodation so we don't wan...

From a 2017 Landcruiser 200 series GXL, front and rear shocks and springs. Done 17000km. swapped out for a GVM upgrade. $180.00 Located Albury, so freight could be an issue if too far away. PM Craig1 for more details/photos etc. -- Edited by Webmaster on Thursday 10th of October 2019 09:38:29 AM

another oldie

WOW. Yes fictional, but still bloody scary stuff. -- Edited by JayDee on Friday 12th of July 2019 08:34:39 AM

http://cuppa500.com/Blog/2019/07/17/north-kimberley-part-3-the-munja-track/

Blue BT50 towing a Kingdom Kensington. If you see us out and about please say G'day. -- Edited by ballast2 on Thursday 11th of July 2019 03:08:28 PM

We built our own caravan and planned a place under one bed for a drawer fridge. Yesterday we installed the fridge (see pics). We chose the Dometic CD-30. The 30 litre fridge is 12 litres larger than our Waeco CF-18 small chest fridge we previously owned in our last 11ft van so we know it will be large enoug...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayx351iLHho&feature=youtu.be-- Edited by Recoup on Sunday 14th of July 2019 08:09:45 PM