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Being that there are lots of folk on here that camp out in the bush away from city lights , anyone seen any noteworthy sitings skyward , I keep looking while travelling but no success , when we were younger back in the 70's , travelling towards cactus beach late one night about an hour out of port augusta ...

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Hi Grey Nomads, We are NEW Grey Nomads in the process of buying our first new caravan and this van (Retreat/Fraser) comes with a compressor fridge/freezer which they insist is much better on 12v all the time. But, we feel a 3 way fridge will give us more options in different situations. Does anyone have...

Have had trouble with the lock on our 2012 Retreat caravan door - I have locked the door from the inside and have been unable to unlock it. The door lock works OK from the outside. Has anyone had similar problems and have worked out any solutions?

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We are 1st time caravan owners and I dont know how to stop my dinner set and other items from tipping over when we are travelling. Any advice Would be appreciated.

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Two old ladies were discussing their husbands. One said, I do wish George would stop biting his nails. Its such a horrible habit. Her friend said, My Arnold used to do the same. But I eventually cured him of it. How did you do that? I hid his teeth.

A young couple moved into a new neighbourhood. The next morning while they were eating breakfast, the young woman saw her neighbour hanging her washing outside. That laundry is not very clean, she said sourly. She doesnt know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap. Her husband...

A ship's captain walks into a bar. He has a ship's wheel stuffed into the front of his trousers. "Hey, you've got a ship's wheel in your trousers!" the bartender exclaimed. "Aye mate, and it's driving me nuts!" the captain replied.

G'day, This is my first post so I hope I haven't placed it in the wrong area. We are about to buy a second hand van and the mattress in it is a 'pillow-top'. The gas struts for the bed frame, they drop a little if you lift the frame say 60% of the way but seem to hold when the bed frame is pushed as high as it can go....

Darren Beer thinks he is lucky to be alive.He was driving along a pitch-black Eyre Highway at 110kph with 12 hours of travel to go before reaching Perth, when his high beams lit up the underbelly of an overturned truck.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-21/driver-survives-high-speed-null...

Hi all, just wanted to mention the Iron Ridge park about 14k from Childers, on tne road to Woodgate Beach and Bundaberg. Its a great little park in a bush setting with power, water and very clean amenities. Price is $27.50 per night, 2A with power and water, stsy seven nights pay for six. Its about 20k gro...

Anyone go to the warbirds airshow at Temora? Gotta love the sound of 5_ V12 merlins doing their stuff overhead. Hudson light bomber only one still flying, Meteor jet zooming around, RAAF put on a good show as well. Camp ground was a bit tight, had to love thy neighbor or else! Was told 25,000 attende...

Hi, how good is the Adria Twin 600 ? Is it smooth and quiet to drive ? Much road noise or like a car? cheers

I thought I'd share an incident that happened to us a few years ago. We wanted to sell a car. A buyer came along and liked the car enough to place a $200 deposit (+ written receipt) on it on a Saturday and would return on the Wednesday to collect and pay the balance. The car needed two things- a rear differen...

Okay, have got two panels up and running, with the new regulator ticking away just fine. In at Altronics yesterday, and when I asked the sales person what I wanted, he did a few calculations, and advised that the diodes (2x) for the two 160w panels (4 diodes all up) should be put into a metal enclosure, th...

Anyone have any experience with fold-up, portable mobility scooters? I bought myself a Velectrix fold-up electric bike (love it). Wife is losing mobility but cannot ride a bike and missed a few good walks last big trip that a mobility scooter would have worked. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/...

My neighbour was working in his yard when he was startled by a late model car that came crashing through his hedge and ended up in his front lawn. He rushed to help an elderly lady driver out of the car and sat her down on a lawn chair. He said with excitement, "you appear quite elderly to be driving." "Well,...

1- Never be the first to start a generator in a free camp location. 2- Don't start a generator if anyone else can hear it without gaining their consent. 3- See rules 1 & 2