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Came across this massive bull stuck in a cattle grid. The grid was blocked off for about an hour and every now and then the bull had a big struggle to get out before collapsing again. It was bleeding form the nose, mouth, and legs. A fella came along and was standing near the grate when the bull got himself f...

Yes it's Yabby season again folks. First catch your Yabbies. Next cook your Yabbies. Next bake a fresh loaf of bread in the camp oven. Peel Yabbies, slice bread, arrange Yabbies on slice, add a little salt & wash your sandwich down with a nice cold, crisp Chardonnay. Bon Apétite.

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Not too long ago the QLD government announced that they were allocating $3,000,000 to encourage visitors to Outback QLD this winter. A few months ago they had good rain over a large part of the area. 2019 has now been renamed the year of the bushfly plague. In most of the places that we have visited over t...

Finally got rid of the last bit of palm stump, started as 4 foot round and three foot high, chipped away to a foot x 8 inches, into bin. Melbourne won their game, beat Freo and great Saturday night jukebox on local community radio. 107.3FM in Albury Wodonga. Did I mention that Melbourne beat Fremantle ?...

I'm not a fan of staying at caravan parks but sometimes you just have no other choice but to use their facilities. Recently I had a call at 10:10 to remind me that checkout time was 10am and could I please come to the office to pay the additional nights rent. I was already 30 mins down the road so I asked...

After many happy hot showers in my van I woke to a cold one the other morning. My heater is a Truma and for some strange reason will heat the water whilst using the gas but now refuses to work using the mains power. It has been faultless in the past but has decided to go on strike, but only when using mains powe...

We have been caravanning for around 17 years but never free camped before, but having been fully retired for around 4 years and on pension now things are different. We love this life and wish to keep doing this for sometime but I am looking for your feedback on the safety of free camping. We have 21 f...

Hello all, I have done a search and read posts about wireless rear view cameras for vans but not so many recent posts about them. With improvement's in technology, I am interested in hearing about anyone's experiences with Bluetooth rear view cameras for caravans. eg interference or other issues...

Apparently Australia's diesel reserves are only good for 21 days should supply from overseas be interrupted. This started me thinking about the "what if". What if I am at the other side of the country and the proverbial hits the fan and fuel is rationed? How will I cope with that? I have sufficient fuel...

Hi All. We are travelling from Adelaide to Carrara, Qld. via Inverell, Glen Innes, Tenterfield, Stanthorpe With a 22 foot van. we are not sure where we should cross the GDR. Can we have some suggestions please for the ?easiest/flattest/no white knuckles for the passenger? route. Thanks. Raha

What does everyone use for wifi to stream Netflix etc?

Hi all I am having some technical issues with my breakaway system, just changed battery, test button wont do anything unless I have a charger connected to the external charge ports. Appreciate any help Breeza

hello all, looking at buying a Mazda T3500 (maybe) Can someone with experience with these answer a few questions for me? Can you cruise comfortably at the speed limit and what are fuel use figures like at this speed also fuel use like at my preferred speed of 80? Drive-ability at that speed? Anything el...

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Hey all, you've probably seen these dohickeys floating around on social media of late. they seem to be everywhere. Now I know you can't use this on your van but I figure most of you are towing with a 4wd of some sort and would probably spend as much time up on the roof as I do.You might even have ducks d...

As a boy I have vivid memories of almost 80 years ago, of living in a western Queensland town some 600 klms from the Gold Coast. There were only 2 Temp. Bloody hot and bloody Cold. We had a wooden stove in our home in a special recess with enough room for us to stand behind the stove. Great to get warm in winter...