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Hi can anyone help? for some reason our 3way fridge in the van has stopped working completely stopped working won't turn on in any field. Hubby has checked the fuses (they are okay) also checked that supply was getting to the fridge ( it is ) the only thing we can think of is the control panel needing repla...

I am at the Robe River free camping ground, on the main highway between Karratha and Carnarvon On my walk this morning, picking up rubbish, (of which there was very little) I have come across a M12 shackle pin, about 35mm from end to collar, painted yellow I think that it may be from a couple towing a wind u...

i am looking at changing my battery system to lithium. I have settled on the enerdrive 300 amp slim battery. However, enerdrive want me to buy a complete drop in kit. My problem is that I already have a Enerdrive AC 60 amp charger which has a lithium profile, a Tristar solar regulator, a enerdrive 40 amp d...

We wash & detail our caravan when we get home, when we're away we don't touch it. The only thing we clean is the car windscreen. Here are three observations from a recent trip through the NSW/QLD Outback. 1. People washing their cars & caravans at a CP despite prominent signage asking them not t...

A blonde city girl named Amy marries a Colorado rancher. One morning, on his way out to check on the cows, the rancher says to Amy, "The insemination man is coming over to impregnate one of our cows, so I drove a nail into the 2x4 just above where the cow's stall is in the barn. Please show him where the cow is...

We recently stayed at May's Bend free camp for three very enjoyable nights. Luckily for us a few days after we left a large group of indigenous youths came rampaging through, stealing property & vandalizing cars & caravans. We will not be camping there again. We spoke to someone who was there...

I have read so much about Lithium batteries that my head is now in a spin.I would like some simple answers to my questions please, no high tech stuff. My van is a 2015 van with a 120amp AGM battery with solar panel (with regulator), the ability to add an external solar panel (with regulator)and I guess a 24...

I am just about to go on my first red claw trip of the season - none left in the freezer! Terrible weather has cost us most of the season ... rain & wind & dam closures. Going with a couple of friends who are using the trip to Somerset Dam as a shake down for an extended trip to the Limmin Bight (NT) aft...

On the website of Everything caravan and camping.com they have a download entitled - The national caravan and recreational vehicle towing guide edition 7. This guide states that the center of the tow ball needs to be between 350 mm and 460 mm high from the ground. Can this be right? Many new vans with a...

G'day all,just spent 8 nights at possibly the best caravan park in Oz. Kev & Deb really know how to go the extra mile to look after people. We will be back.

Looking at travelling to Mitchell falls.. Would like to hear from travellers. Is it best to leave the Camper trailer at the King Edward River campsite and travel to the Mitchell falls or better to take it all the way to the Falls campsite.. How is the road cause I estimate campsite to campsite abt 3 hr...

G,day Just wondering if anyone is towing with a Pajero? we have a Geist with the Winterhoff Hitch, We are looking at buying one a 2011 model and I would like to find out if you can open the back door with the van on the hitch. Thanks Bill

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What size generator would I need to run the air conditioning and lights in a caravan? Im new to caravanning and looking for some advice. Thanks

Trying out the emergency stop function of the "Tow Pro", I only felt a gentle braking of the van, reading the instructions, on auto mode that is correct and the braking force is relative to the setting. Does that mean to get strong braking of the van only by pushing the button, does one have to rotate the k...

Hi, i'm just wondering if some enterprising person can start up a FB page/group called 'CampWatch'. The whole idea is similar to the Neighbourhood Watch idea. Thinking along the lines of Promo stickers, keyring things etc to raise money and awareness of like minded campers/travelers/ nomads or w...

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Has anyone travelled with 2 cats? We travel with our small dog but as yet not with the cats. It is becoming increasingly harder to get cat sitters. We want to do a 4 week trip and thinking of taking cats with us. We have boarded them once and they both came home sick so wont do that again. Thanks

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-- Edited by KevinJ on Tuesday 27th of August 2019 05:44:10 PM