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hi fellow travellers need some advice on travelling inland route adelaide to sunny coast through broken hill,cobar ,bourke,up to lightning ridge worried about safety issues could be doing some free camping on way cheers chris

A local United Way office realized that the organization had never received a donation from the town's most successful lawyer. The person in charge of contributions called him to persuade him to contribute. "Our research shows that out of a yearly income of at least $500,000, you give not a penny to...

what length are you allowed before you have fit no overtaking signs in NSW please

Were planning a first trip from Melbourne to SA in our recently bought, used, 20ft Van in late April. Being newbies we intend to stay at a CP while we get to know our van. We would welcome suggestions for CPs around Victor Harbour/Goolwa area. thanks in advance

https://www.campsaustraliawide.com/ With 950 new sites added since CAMPS 9, the latest Hema maps and a new look. The cover on the CAMPS 10 is now a double fold out cover (with a map of Australia inside), still durable but much easier and lighter to hold. All CAMPS 10 books are spiral bound now. The only...

After 10 years our fridge/freezer has died and we now find that that particular model and size is no longer made! Looking for 1300 h x 570d x 540w. I have searched the internet (ebay etc) but no joy. Can anyone advise where I can find something similar please. Don't mind 3 way. Thank you. Suzanne

We have a Coromal caravan and the rubber padding on the front of the van has been damaged by stone chips. We wish to replace it and wondering where this product is available. I have tried the internet with no success. We are not interested in replacing it with aluminium checker plate. Thanks in adv...

Our rig is a 2001 Roma Elegance 20' with quite a few after market changes eg diesel heater, twin Sirocco fans, over sprung axles, modified compliance plate to 2500 kg, new furnishings and black out curtains, LED lighting throughout, solar 160w panel, twin Ultimate 120amp hr batteries, new vinyl flo...

Gday... The rear leaf spring may fracture due to an insufficient diameter of the front eye. Read it here Cheers - John

Hi I was at the local tender center this weekend and spotted a good looking portable solar panel. It was a BP solar 150W, made in USA, polly panel with the usual cheap PWM regulator stuck on the back and a longish cable with an anderson style plug. Quite a lot of lookers while I was there. A bargain at $50 re...

A woman takes her teenage daughter to the doctors. The doctor says: Okay, Maam, whats the problem? The mother answers: Its my daughter. She keeps getting these cravings, shes putting on weight and she is sick most mornings. The doctor gives the girl a good examination, then turns to the mother and say...

Frank always looked on the bright side and would constantly irritate his friends with his eternal optimism. No matter how horrible the circumstance, he would always reply: It could have been worse. To cure him of his annoying habit, his friends decided to invent a situation so bad and terrible, that...

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Two men walk into a restaurant and sit down. A very beautiful waitress comes to their table to serve them. The first man orders, then the woman looks to the second man. And what would you like? she asks. The man smiles at the server and answers: A quickie. The waitress screws up her face in total disgust. W...

We are on the Eyre Peninsula at the moment and have been shocked how they have shut down so many free camps and put a $10 per day fee on them. Does anyone still come down hear any more? I have a survey that I was given at Streaky Bay about how they can improve their tourism and they appear to be chasing the Grey N...

Plenty of rain about at the moment from Gold Coast / Brisbane. Looking west by north west we are experiencing rain in aa long wide band from west around Longreach on a line to Brisbane. Great for the farmers in that huge region. They have been waitinf for years for this type of weather. Jay&dee

OK, I realise this is a pretty informal forum, but in the interest of people actually trying to find answers for their particular conundrum, wouldn't it be better if someone wants to digress from the OP's topic, to start their own topic and maybe make a reference to it, if it is actually helpfull to the O...

Hi crew I am seeking to see if anyone out there, has come up with a good idea to purify water from the likes of Dams, Creeks, Rivers etc.. I can pump into the tanks using a 12V pump, but wanting to see if there is a good system to use to purify the water before it heads into the tanks.. Something that's works wel...

Looking for a Daihatsu Terios baseplate to suite a Blue Ox or Ready Brute A frame.