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Jim Jim Falls Road
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Today the cook and I ventured to Jim Jim Falls expecting to drive on a fairly decent road following its opening a week or two ago. The road has corrugations deeper that some of the creeks we crossed getting there. It is advertised that the road is for 4x4 vehicles only. Given this, many traveller...
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new van
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Hi all, we are looking to purchase a new van have narrowed it down to either the traveller sensation ( lincoln ) from northland caravans in adelaide or a regent brentwood from cameron caravans in adelade, has anyone had any experance with either of these vans or dealers any feed back would great as we do...
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getting smaller
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anyone notice the size of a can af coke is now only 330ml. sign of the times i suppose. less for same price. rocan
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SECURITY
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Does anyone have a security system on their motorhome if so where did you get it from, Thanks for any help, Norma
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36 HOURS AND DEFINATELY COUNTING
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Hi to all, we are leaving here (Gold Coast) on Monday for 4 weeks heading west sort of, Goondiwind then St George Cunamulla Quilpie Longreach Emerald then make our way home, can't wait as we have owned the van for 12 months almost and have not as yet spent 1 night in her, have had to do some updates with her a...
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UHF Radio Changes
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Hey Guys n Gals, For those who are looking at buying and those with 40 channel UHF units are you aware that there are changes afoot. The standard for these radios is soon to change from the 25Khz band spacing (40 channel) to a new 12.5Khz band spacing with 80 channels of which 77 channels will be open acces...
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Happy Wanderer
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Hi - anyone heard from HW lately? Haven't heard from her in a while - pm'd but no answer as yet. Wonder what's happening with Myrtle.
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tassie in september
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heading to tassie for the first 3 weeks in september and have just been told that is school holiday time, now never having been there before we hope to, once landed in devonport to head west down the bottom and then up the east coast with maybe a side trip down the middle of the state to hobart and back to dev...
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My mona/groan for today
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Just got back from an enjoyable cruise but by the time it had ended 50% of passengers had a virus (URTI) which has now turned to bronchitis for me. So here I am stuck in Perth (where it is cold & wet today) until I get the all clear from the Dr. Oh for the open road.
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Daly River Barra Resort - any feedback?
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We are thinking of going down to the Daly River Barra Resort from Darwin to try our hand at some fishing. I have searched the internet but have not found any information from other caravanners. We would like to know what the road is like into the caravan park and what the park is like generally. We would wa...
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The Time Has Come.....Finally
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ONE MORE SLEEP. Yes, the final touches and we are out of here in the morning, not verrrrry excited. The Other Half found a wiring problem he is dealing with now and then its all done. A quick floor mop, lock the door and count down the hours. 
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Timely reminder on campfires
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From The West Australian newspaper Saturday:
WA burns expert Fiona Wood is worried by a spate of horrific hot coal burns in children, some of them toddlers.
Dr Wood, who heads Princess Margaret Hospital's burns unit, said there were at least 15 cases this year and a wave since Easter.
Many wer...
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Happy birthday - Robell
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Happy birthday Robell - found the way to check on birthdays. So have a great day - it is my grandson's 18th birthday today too, I've just come back from family lunch. Cheers Es
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BACK TO BASE;
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Arrived home last night,safe & well, all went well with no major problems. Thanks to all for the welcome back,makes you feel like its all one big family here. So its on with the clean up, do a few jobs & plan the next set of wheel tracks in a few weeks time. Cheers; J & L.
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tow vehicles for the Newbies
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we are looking at towing a caravan with a gvm around 2500kgs, we need a 4wd ute for towing as i need to transport a motorcycle in the tray, have been looking at a Landcruiser ute at the moment as want to keep the cost down and spend more on the van, anybody have any advice on this sort of vehicle or any other sui...
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Jayco 25' Heritage caravan
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We are just embarking on our round Australia trip, we have been caravaners for many years but always with smaller vans,(pop tops 16' vans) we have purchased a Jayco Heritage 25' 2005 and pulling it with a petrol Jeep Grand Cherokee 2003, we have heard so many scary tales of the larger caravans being un...
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MALLACOOTA
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All nicely settled at the Foreshore Van Park in Mallacoota. Just a hop step and a jump from home really. Beautiful weather today just jeans and a t-shirt until late afternoon. Sure beats the wind a cold we have had for the past few weeks. Didn't take Blue long to drop a line in the water. From local talk t...
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Censored
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From time to time members PM me seeking information or I PM members giving them information (usually negative) that I don't wish to post on an Open Forum. Today I posted some information about how to, and how not to, contact me. The Forum Adminsitrator has seen fit to deleted the thread in its entriety...
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GN's Loyal Subjects...
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Subject #1 Whenever a thread goes on here the subject veers off course, (or swerves completely away from it), so I have a challenge for all you forumites out there... How Many Different Subjects Can We Deviate Too???? So over to all you good people, take it away.....
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Great Australian Doorstep
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Did anyone see the program Great Australian Doorstep on channel 7two this afternoon. It might not have been on in all areas. Was hosted by Spida Everett and his wife Sheree, and showed us around Toowoomba, Fernvale and Wivenhoe Dam. Seems to be a regular program. Was great to see Wivenhoe Dam and showe...
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