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Hi all, My daughter and son in law have just brought the first van and are wanting to know what the switch is in the inside of the roof of a Coromal Silhouette PS421 campervan is ?? Cheers Ken

One of the gas burners in the caravan will light but not stay on. I push the knob in and turn it to the left and it ignites as it is supposed to but it will not stay on. I do leave the knob pushed in for the appropriate amount of time to ensure it stays engaged. When I release the knob the gas goes off. I have tried l...

Hey Guys, Been a while since we posted anything here. We've been holed up in Darwin putting some coin back into the coffers!! Our adventures have been limited to weekends when we go fishing and camping so my posts have been more on fishing sites. Since we've been here, we've had to contend with Sand Flie...

Planning on touring Tasmania late December and January. What would you suggest about needing to book power van sites ? owing to summer holiday period or can you just roll up and get a site.

just read the Grey Nomads newsletter and found that Dougwe had injured himself while exiting the van one evening . Wishing you well Dougwe and hope that you can mend and return to having less pain and more joy! While I have never met you I always appreciate your caring and positive attitude. as you say st...

Mickey Mouse is speaking with his lawyer and his lawyer says,"I'm sorry Mickey but you can't divorce Minnie just because you think she's incredibly silly." To which Mickey replies, "I didn't say she's 'incredibly silly', I said... "She's fu#@ing Goofy!"

A blonde woman went to the doctor for her yearly check-up. The doctor said there seemed to be a slight heart problem and advised her to take some pills for two weeks and then come back. Most importantly of all, dont climb any stairs, advised the doctor. But we have a two-storey house, protested the patie...

I just replaced the anode in our Suburban HWS. Just as a matter of interest I then consulted Oracle Google about the effects of magnesium on humans. Interestingly, magnesium turns out to be an essential element for human health, but only in SMALL doses. In LARGE doses it has a detrimental effect on hea...

Hi wondering if anyone has driven north from the Pacific Hwy on Back rd to Wauchope.

Should we buy both to guarantee power for our Iveco freewind

Taking the Pi55...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdVXn8a5k0Q

Makes me feel like having a smoke........... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FweG226aiw

Yesterday I received a call from a robot purporting to be Mark Latham. It sounded just like him! Isn't Artificial Intelligence amazing?

hello im a new member intending to go on a long trip next year. I am buying a small caravan and the jaco swift is the right size for my wife and myself. i was wondering if anyone has experiences with swift and how it performs in bad weather. Raymond

Just for a laugh....

We can only carry 84 litres. We will have a joolca hot water unit and we'll purchase that with the matching pump. As weight us an issue I'm hoping I can utilise that pump to suck water out of a water source through a filter system into our tanks. Anyone done this and what filter system is recommended? I thi...

Hi, we recently purchased a slide on camper that has solar power and a deep cycle battery. We are wanting to purchase a 1500w pure sine inverter so we can run some appliances. Hoping to run a bar fridge, electric kettle, 800w microwave, laptop etc (not at the same time though!!). Just wondering if the...

We intend to travel to Queensland from Victoria In July or August of this year , we will certainly visit Brisbane , my question is how much further north do we need to go in order to visit the reef for a day visit ?

Hi all, We are looking for anybody who does a bit of singing, entertaining to come to our park in Karumba Queensland and entertain guests. We are open to different talents, maybe bush poetry or anything that would appeal to the Grey Nomad clientelle. We provide a free powered site in return for 1 perfor...

Climate Change , bullsh.. , reports of bugs and birds nearly gone, https://rense.com//general96/birdsbugs.htm