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Speeding into Roma
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The "Leader of the Opposition" and myself were heading towards Roma on Good Friday when a Nissan 360Z screamed past us at a great rate of knots. About 10 K's down the road we passed the same Nissan, the driver was having a "chat" with the Highway Patrol. A few minutes later the s...
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CYCLONE PAUL;;;;;;WHAT A WEEK!
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What a week , the cyclone did come over land & we had 48hrs of wind & rain,350ml. The river continued to rise for another 40hrs. There is no height measuring system down stream of Roper Bar & this one reached 10.5mtr. Then you have the Wilton Rv out of Arnem land & the Hodgson fro...
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fridge/freezer help
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Hi everyone would like some help we are about to sign on the dotted line next week have everything sorted (we hope) but are unable to decide on brand of fridge/freezer must be about 190 + litres in size and 2 way not 3 way they are selling in their vans at the moment the vitrifrigo dp2600 any comments , help,...
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Sans souci caravan park sydney
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has anybody stayed in this park lately , we stayed 5 nights during jan and was not impressed with amenities block . broken toilets broken hand basins and general cleanliness very poor will not be back
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on the road for nearly 3 months
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we have been on the road for nearly 3 months now on our long journey started in geelong vic have been to shepherton,temora ,dubbo,gulargambone,tamworth,gunnedah,armidale we are now about to leave coffs harbour on our way to taree and then on to mudgee to meet up with all those fortunate enough to mak...
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Gone again
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Ma has gone again must have been here on Mudgee business
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Newbie
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G'day, This Forum was recommended to me by the member of another Forum that I frequent. My name is John and SWMBO is Jane. I'm a retired engineer and ex caravan park owner. Jane and I founded the Oz Parks Chain back in 2005 and since then I've filled the position of CEO. We are retiring at the end of June and...
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Hot Water
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Thinking about putting in hot water for use at the sink instead of boiling the jug every time, any ideas which way to go?
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STILL HERE.
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Yep ,still in the land of the living & just waiting for things to return to normal, what ever that may be. The river is droping rapidly now & we should be back on the water next week, a couple of bigger boats have been out but still very quite. Till we check in again, be kind to each other. Cheers.
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Finally commenced construction
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Construction of our van has finally started after a very long nine month wait. Hopefully it will be finished next week and we can take ownership the following week. Can't wait untill we can get out there and start touring, hope to get away for the Anzac weekend for a practice run. That's if we get it packe...
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Home from 1770
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Hi All, Well we are now home from our trip nth. to 1770.It rained after we left Yamba until we arrived back at Ballina.Had 30 days of rain in QLD. but still got to see alaot except 1770 as we had to do a day trip from Bundy as the roads had been closed from flooding.Not have any luck travelling at this time of th...
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the tree jumped out..........
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Good Friday, left home nice and early to spend a few days at Macksville. We left our cul de sac and turned onto the main road, pulling over to re-adjust the mirrors on the straight. Unfortunately, Hubby got a little too close to an overhanging tree branch, and by the time I look in the mirror and yell sto...
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Thanks for dropping in.
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Hello Gnome, Thanks for dropping in the Lake Bolac Caravan Park. I sincerely hope that you enjoyed the park. Sorry, I missed your departure this morning, I got a bit busy cleaning up after some work from yesterday. A caravan park managers work is NEVER done, (sigh). In any case, please do put in a repor...
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Darwin here we come
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first timers on the road to Darwin, have been as far as Alice before. any tips or advice on places to see would be much appreciated.
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Spam - do not respond
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Copy of PM sent to Cindy.... Sorry to spoil your day Cindy but I draw your attention to another spam attempt under the topic "cheap bags" on the general forum kind regards, Jim (end quote) Strongly suggest that members and visitors not click on the link or otherwise respond, including addi...
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Leichhardt Highway
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Hi All, We are leaving at the end of May making our way along the Leichhardt Highway into Rockhampton and then onto Mackay and then Townsville, we have the bible, camps 5 but was wondering if anyone knows of any other free camps or low cost showgrounds on this route. We have to be careful where we park...
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Update from Bridgee
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Hello GNs It's been so long since we've been on this site some senior members might have forgotten us. We arrived home from our around Oz caravan trip last August and thought to ourselves "We've stayed in a lot of C'van parks ... how hard could it be to work in one??!!" ............. We appli...
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Interesting Web site
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Has daily camping and caravanning news and hundreds informational and business links relating to camping and caravanning. Has a link to the Grey Nomads Forum and many others. Regards Mintrax
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Soggy Van
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I spite of spending many hours squirting a lot of Sikaflex into the outer parts of my caravan, it's leaking.
It's been raining for about 12 days now, and nothing has a chance to dry out.
So the moisture is now seeping into soaking wet timber and panelling.
MDF behaves like blotting paper and the water...
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The Saga of the Freezer Door!
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Hi Everyone - Happy Easter! Not sure if you can contribute some quirky prose here or not, but this one that I wrote just has to be shared. To the best of my knowledge, every van has a fridge No kidding!!! that's ridgy didge You bung on the power, let it chill down The temp takes a dive - you beauty, no need for a...
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