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Has anyone bought and used the BettaView towing mirrors from Ebay? I want to replace my Mazda BT50 mirrors with something like the Clearview towing mirrors but at $745 they're a bit expensive. The BettaView mirrors for my BT50 are $245, a bit of a difference! If you have bought/used the BettaView mir...

i am at home this winter and night time temperatures are below zero. shoud i store my van with full or empty tanks?

The jokle is much the same as others, only the names have been changed.Prince Charles was driving around his mother's estate when he accidentally ran over her favorite dog, a Corgi, crushing it to a pulp.He got out of his Range Rover and sat down on the grass totally distraught.The whole world was ag...

Truckies Breakfast... A truckie came into a truck stop cafe and placed his order. He said, 'I want three flat tyres, a pair of headlights and a pair of running boards. The brand new blonde waitress, not wanting to appear stupid, went to the kitchen and said to the cook, 'This guy out there just ordered...

Has anybody travelled this road recently Is the road suitable for a caravan.?

any information would be most welcome, hello everybody my first time on forum , i have a 12volt fridge and freezer 91ltr and im not sure as to whether i should mt it in the pajero or in the stockman pod trailer i have two deep cycle batterys and ctek 250 chargerdont need smart pass as 1999 pajero, is t...

I have an early model 2004 Pajero and intend doing some long drive trips now that we have a camper. I was wondering what to do about cutting down the amount of CD'S that I had to carry and the options that were available to me. The Stereo in the car does not have a a USB inlet and I had decided that I could put a lo...

Has anybody rigged up there van so as they can use local water in their shower etc? Instead of using the water in your tanks you conserve that water, which you know to be good quality for vital purposes like cooking, coffee and cleaning teeth etc. This way the water in our 80 lt tank can last us a number of we...

Hi, We are picking up a new Van after Christmas, the one thing I notice is very limited bench top space for food prep, Im thinking that a Lge HPDE board to fit over the entire stove top would be the answer, it would have to be raised either end so as not to put weight on and damage stove top surface, would any on...

For those thinking about buying clear view mirrors for their tug, I suggest buying the black ones rather than the dressier chrome. Those that already have a chrome set put a strip of black tape along the top bar on each side. That will stop the sun from reflecting into your eyes like mine does! Murray

Just picked up a rescue dog yesterday in Dandenong VIC. Cost us over $300 to have her transported from Moree NSW. Her name is Olive & she's nearly 3 years old, a fox terrier X cattle dog. She cost $400. Settling into her new home well, will be travelling with us for a total of 6 months every year. Here...

Hi guys we are heading off on a 2 year trip around Oz soon and need to get our camper insured. Hoping some of you may have advise on who has been good and covers Australia wide or what I should look out for in a policy? TIA

Hi my husband and I intend to travel around Australia from August and are not sure which direction to take off from Adelaide first. Any advice would be greatly appreciated R and G

Hello to you all.. We are Darren and Debra from the Mornington Penisula ..We have had a few vans and camper over the time .We love the outback and coast . Basically we love being on the road .. Our tug is landcruiser 200 and we currently tow a Retreat Bribie .. later i would like to hgear from any Bribie owne...

Reasonably suddenly , I started getting horrible pain in both of my arms, and it felt as though I had a straight-jacket on. Made driving and dressing very difficult. Went to my regular GP, and was prescribed Tramadol.Took one pack of them, and forgot I had a repeat. [ No results there]. Went away f...

Hi all, I posted a question a few moons back about my above heater not firing up and staying on or firing up then goes out and continued this. I thought it was a thermostat setting preventing it from working above 13c. That post is way down in the dungeon now so thought I would post a new one. It actually got...

We very recently purchased an Axis TV and were told you could use a portable hard drive into the USB plug to watch movies but it doesnt recognise it or any USB thumb drive into USB socket and so you cant go into the media file in the set up to select it. We have phoned the Service Centre along with the place of p...

can anyone tell me who is the AUS. agent for reich caravan scales. mine are wildly inaccurate after little use. peter