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One night outside a small town, a fire started inside the local chemical plant. In the blink of an eye, it exploded into massive flames. The alarm went out to all fire departments for miles around. When the volunteer fire fighters appeared on the scene, the chemical company president rushed to the f...

Hi All, Looking to see what others have as a list of items they check prior to purchasing a used caravan. Mechanical: Drawbar, hitch, tyres (date), brakes, suspension, pop top, awning Watch outs: Rust / visible cracks / uneven wear / sag Internal: Fridge, A/C, cupboards, windows, burners/oven, wat...

I just met this Australian fella who works in IT...I said:Do you come from a LAN down under?".

A blonde guy gets home early from work and hears strange noises coming from the bedroom. He rushes upstairs to find his wife naked on the bed, sweating and panting. Whats up? he says. Im having a heart attack, cries the woman.He rushes downstairs to grab the phone, but just as hes dialing, his 4-year-ol...

A couple of questions , is it possible to do this on sealed roads? Any suggestions on a stop over half way to 3/4s of the way there ? Any recommendations for a good road map ? non electronic. Im on a ship just now and internet not great at times so maybe a while before I answer, but I will answer thanks... Jus...

Had a look over the forum before joining and was most impressed with all the info and help, my wife and I are coming over from the UK to drive from Sydney to Perth in a 2 berth camper, I did this when I was 9 , my mum and dad 5 of us kids and a Corgi pup called Dinkum, in a 66 Holden station wagon, in 1970, not a lot of s...

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One restaurant prefers to hire married men. (They're used to taking orders.) -- Edited by aussie_paul on Tuesday 5th of March 2024 07:25:17 PM

Firstly thankyou for accepting hubby and I to this site. Question: We want to travel to hot Springs Moree. Our concern is getting up the Gibraltar Mountains. We have a 20 foot caravan around 2.5 being pulled by a Nissan Navara. OOur question would it be better to drive to tenterfield and head to moree...

Hi all think we are past members but likely got lost in system from years past. I posted a picture of our latest van on the other section where our rigs are shown. Thanks for having us again anyway. Regards Greg and Jen Eltham, Melbourne

Recently picked up a 15' Hard Top with extendable rear section (extra 2 foot) in Melbourne. Mostly Chinese made but quite surprised at the finish on it. Aluminium frame although we are unlikely going off the bitumen. We have had a few vans over the years, sell up and say that's it. But... yes the lure to s...

On my Viscount Newport the weight is shown as Tare 1150 and GVM 1450 Allowing 300 kg for Food Clothes Booze and water as well as house battery I want to add another water tank and I am sure it will put me over the GVM weight I will put it on the weighbridge to find out the answer but I wondered has anyone had an i...

I have been looking at the pop top rear door awning with walls supplied by Adelaide annex and caravans. Does anyone have feed back on this? Smith

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Hi everyone. I post a topic the other day about lower towball weights on a single axle van. It has the storage capacity to bring the ball weight up to what ever is needed. To further that post I need some advise regarding axle position. The single axle van I'm looking at seems to have the independent sus...

Gday, My wife Kerryn and I have joined as members. We have been campers all our lives in swags, camp trailers, tents and caravans. We are in our last year of employment and cant wait to hit the frog and toad again. Our last 10 years of holidays have been spent in swags under an awning off our Hilux and after o...

The TV antenna on our motorhome has been damaged. It was a wingaurd type. What have people replaced it with? Peter

So it's been revealed that a retired polly has been in cohoots with a foreign power. I hope he or her is named, shamed and his or her taxpayer pension is cancelled. Collo.

As new condition with manual, cover and anti theft cable. Very little use, runs perfectly. Pickup in Adelaide. Price $1000. Phone 0401 560 826 -- Edited by tastourer on Monday 4th of March 2024 01:10:57 PM