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Roostertales · Roostertales

Hi Dave I have uploaded a photo into the box in my avatar but for some reason cannot get it to save or attach ? what am I missing

PeterH · PeterH

Thinking about purchasing a Nissan X Trail to tow the pop top (1450kgs). The specs say it is capable with 2,000 capacity, but I'm unsure about the power with only 125Kw. Still a couple of years away from travelling across the wide brown land, but am occupied at the moment with short 2/3 weeks trips when...

Gary and Kerry · Gary and Kerry

Monday I am heading to Mount Gambier ( work) via Keith, Bordertown and Naracoorte returning Friday via the Coorong. Thought I might investigate a few free camps whilst down that way, seeing we are heading that way in feb, can anybody add to whats in the Camps 4 book? Some one recommended Black ****atoo...

Smokeydk · Smokeydk

Why is it so hard caterisering Camper Trailers for registration and insurance.?...Sorry Sir...is it a caravan.No...its not got hard sides.Hmmmm...is it a tent...No.its got wheels......Hmmmm..has it got an engine...No..not last time I looked.Hmmmmm...Ok...We will register it as a box trail...

drongo & wendy · drongo & wendy

G,day Im thinking of changing my normal plunge type brakes and installing electric. Being a retired plumber i know nutting about mechanics ,so question is are they easy to fit but more important what s a good unit to install, i have a small poptop van if that counts for anything. Emails or a...

Roostertales · Roostertales

Current prices in Melbourne seem to be around $1.04 for petrol and $1.40 for diesal -how does this compare elsewhere. I paid $1.25/LT in Loch Sport a few days ago

JRH · JRH

G'day, The B.O.S.S. and me have a 15 foot, 1984 Jayco Songbird Poptop and as she is a little long in the tooth I decided the time was right to retension the springs and undersling the axle to gain a little more ground clearance, well bugger me now I need mountain climbing gear to get in the damned thing,...

Bridgee · Bridgee

This is a special tribute to Dave on post number 1000 and his wonderful contributions to this forum. Remember that song by Harry Belafonte called The Banana Boat Song ???? Just to remind you it goes like this............. Day o day-ee-oh, daylight come and he wanna go homeSix foot seven foot eight...

Roostertales · Roostertales

Just thought I would mention three wines I have been trying lately -Three Brothers reunited Shiraz rated by Nicks wine merchants as best shiraz under $10 -can vouch for this - an excellent drop. Also Sauvignon Blanc -Murf's has two -NZ wines which are quite good in my view -Toi Toi $9.50 and Overstone $...

Roostertales · Roostertales

Lets see if I did this correctly

Dragonfly · Dragonfly

This might seem like a silly question, but to a newbie who is just starting to plan ahead for our nomad adventure, how do you cope with laundry duty when you are on long trips? Especially if you are trying to stay bush, or in National Parks as much as possible? Thanks for a great site, I will be making the mos...

Wombat 280 · Wombat 280

You can bet your bottom dollar on it , ready to go to South West Rocks in the morning and the bloody fridge has fagged out not getting cold on 240V, compressor running and all seems in go position . Could it require just simple regassing, it's about 8 Years old. Know bugger all about the working of van fr...

Pam · Pam

We have a tent style camper trailer and would like to know where other campers have their fridge. We have a 32 litre Engel. Is it best to place it in your vehicle or in the camper? If we put in a dual battery where does this battery go? For longer trips should we use the fridge as a freezer and use an esky as well...

Wombat 280 · Wombat 280

To all the ADF Vets out there you will be pleased to know that the government is reviewing a situation where our families were getting ripped off even after our death . It took a lot of work by a lot of people to get the government to even recognize that there are anomalies in the DVA system so getting it...

Wombat 280 · Wombat 280

To all those traveling over the holidays, Safe travels If in NSW beware, now that year 12 has finished up the young wankers are out there in force driving around all day with nothing to do but circuits and bumps around town in Mums / Dads car At least when school was in the roads were safer between 9 -2 . Th...

dave06 · dave06

mate it must be well over a week now since your last update, hell I hope you are not crook again, if not, wheres our update, we are in this together and if I cant get there to help you and interfere and generally get in your way then at least let me errr!!! I mean us!!! see what you've done Pleeeeeeaaaassse!!!...

MikeMin · MikeMin

We are from Melbourne and are about to realise a long held dream of hitting the road and joining the Grey Nomad tribe. Yesterday we put a deposit on a beautiful new Adria Adora caravan - one which we have been going back to have a look at over about 18 months! We don't move that quickly!! We intend taking...

tonyd · tonyd

Learned a good caravan lesson today, on my first trip with a new van (a Jayco Flamingo wind-up camper). Lesson is this: when you leave your driveway, check that the bloody van parking brake is NOT on. Becos if you don't, about five kms up the road, a horrible smell will come when you put the brakes on at a tr...

shazza · shazza

Have been reading this site for a few weeks now and took the plunge yesterday to log in. Love how everybody is keen to help and pass on lots of info. Not exactly a solo but we are 2 girls on the go. Travelled the circumference of Oz in 2005 and 2006 with our trusty "Tammy" the 80 series Cruiser an...

dave06 · dave06

found this while bludging Errr!!! hmmpphhh!! catching up with some statements with the putey When the white man discovered this country Indians were running it. No taxes no debt, women did all the work White man thought he could improve on a system like this. ~ Old Cherokee Saying smart people those i...

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	Dave -more help needed re avatar (Preview) Hi Dave I have uploaded a photo into the box in my avatar but for some reason cannot get it to save or attach ? what am I missing	Roostertales	6	794	09:23 PM Dec 13, 2008 by Cruising Granny
	Any one using Nissan X-Trail as tow unit for caravan? (Preview) Thinking about purchasing a Nissan X Trail to tow the pop top (1450kgs). The specs say it is capable with 2,000 capacity, but I'm unsure about the power with only 125Kw. Still a couple of years away from travelling across the wide brown land, but am occupied at the moment with short 2/3 weeks trips when...	PeterH	2	498	08:29 PM Dec 13, 2008 by PeterH
	Free Camps SE Sth Aust. (Preview) Monday I am heading to Mount Gambier ( work) via Keith, Bordertown and Naracoorte returning Friday via the Coorong. Thought I might investigate a few free camps whilst down that way, seeing we are heading that way in feb, can anybody add to whats in the Camps 4 book? Some one recommended Black ****atoo...	Gary and Kerry	3	755	07:27 PM Dec 13, 2008 by Smokeydk
	Registration and Insurance (Preview) Why is it so hard caterisering Camper Trailers for registration and insurance.?...Sorry Sir...is it a caravan.No...its not got hard sides.Hmmmm...is it a tent...No.its got wheels......Hmmmm..has it got an engine...No..not last time I looked.Hmmmmm...Ok...We will register it as a box trail...	Smokeydk	12	999	07:27 PM Dec 13, 2008 by Pam
	electric van brakes (Preview) G,day Im thinking of changing my normal plunge type brakes and installing electric. Being a retired plumber i know nutting about mechanics ,so question is are they easy to fit but more important what s a good unit to install, i have a small poptop van if that counts for anything. Emails or a...	drongo & wendy	5	1728	10:50 AM Dec 13, 2008 by dave06
	Current petrol and diesal prices (Preview) Current prices in Melbourne seem to be around $1.04 for petrol and $1.40 for diesal -how does this compare elsewhere. I paid $1.25/LT in Loch Sport a few days ago	Roostertales	5	746	06:58 PM Dec 12, 2008 by rocan
	Mountain Climbing (Preview) G'day, The B.O.S.S. and me have a 15 foot, 1984 Jayco Songbird Poptop and as she is a little long in the tooth I decided the time was right to retension the springs and undersling the axle to gain a little more ground clearance, well bugger me now I need mountain climbing gear to get in the damned thing,...	JRH	0	526	06:15 PM Dec 12, 2008 by JRH
	Tribute to Dave06 on 1000 posts!! (Preview) This is a special tribute to Dave on post number 1000 and his wonderful contributions to this forum. Remember that song by Harry Belafonte called The Banana Boat Song ???? Just to remind you it goes like this............. Day o day-ee-oh, daylight come and he wanna go homeSix foot seven foot eight...	Bridgee	18	1026	05:44 PM Dec 12, 2008 by dave06
	Couple of good quaffers (Preview) Just thought I would mention three wines I have been trying lately -Three Brothers reunited Shiraz rated by Nicks wine merchants as best shiraz under $10 -can vouch for this - an excellent drop. Also Sauvignon Blanc -Murf's has two -NZ wines which are quite good in my view -Toi Toi $9.50 and Overstone $...	Roostertales	1	911	10:41 AM Dec 12, 2008 by dave06
	have photo will travel (Preview) Lets see if I did this correctly	Roostertales	0	524	06:34 AM Dec 12, 2008 by Roostertales
	Clean clothes on a long trip? (Preview) This might seem like a silly question, but to a newbie who is just starting to plan ahead for our nomad adventure, how do you cope with laundry duty when you are on long trips? Especially if you are trying to stay bush, or in National Parks as much as possible? Thanks for a great site, I will be making the mos...	Dragonfly	5	1233	02:18 AM Dec 12, 2008 by Mike47
	Fridge problems (Preview) You can bet your bottom dollar on it , ready to go to South West Rocks in the morning and the bloody fridge has fagged out not getting cold on 240V, compressor running and all seems in go position . Could it require just simple regassing, it's about 8 Years old. Know bugger all about the working of van fr...	Wombat 280	2	995	11:44 PM Dec 11, 2008 by Wombat 280
	Where Do You Put The Fridge? (Preview) We have a tent style camper trailer and would like to know where other campers have their fridge. We have a 32 litre Engel. Is it best to place it in your vehicle or in the camper? If we put in a dual battery where does this battery go? For longer trips should we use the fridge as a freezer and use an esky as well...	Pam	6	969	10:45 PM Dec 11, 2008 by dave06
	Bend over here it comes again (Preview) To all the ADF Vets out there you will be pleased to know that the government is reviewing a situation where our families were getting ripped off even after our death . It took a lot of work by a lot of people to get the government to even recognize that there are anomalies in the DVA system so getting it...	Wombat 280	5	962	10:16 PM Dec 11, 2008 by Wombat 280
	Merry Christmas To All (Preview) To all those traveling over the holidays, Safe travels If in NSW beware, now that year 12 has finished up the young wankers are out there in force driving around all day with nothing to do but circuits and bumps around town in Mums / Dads car At least when school was in the roads were safer between 9 -2 . Th...	Wombat 280	4	727	07:37 PM Dec 11, 2008 by Basil Faulty
	not happy frank!!!!! (Preview) mate it must be well over a week now since your last update, hell I hope you are not crook again, if not, wheres our update, we are in this together and if I cant get there to help you and interfere and generally get in your way then at least let me errr!!! I mean us!!! see what you've done Pleeeeeeaaaassse!!!...	dave06	1	509	05:43 PM Dec 11, 2008 by Valderi
	Newbies - lots of questions... (Preview) We are from Melbourne and are about to realise a long held dream of hitting the road and joining the Grey Nomad tribe. Yesterday we put a deposit on a beautiful new Adria Adora caravan - one which we have been going back to have a look at over about 18 months! We don't move that quickly!! We intend taking...	MikeMin	10	1468	05:37 PM Dec 11, 2008 by Basil Faulty
	Live and learn (Preview) Learned a good caravan lesson today, on my first trip with a new van (a Jayco Flamingo wind-up camper). Lesson is this: when you leave your driveway, check that the bloody van parking brake is NOT on. Becos if you don't, about five kms up the road, a horrible smell will come when you put the brakes on at a tr...	tonyd	9	1011	03:24 PM Dec 11, 2008 by Basil Faulty
	Hello from a newbie (Preview) Have been reading this site for a few weeks now and took the plunge yesterday to log in. Love how everybody is keen to help and pass on lots of info. Not exactly a solo but we are 2 girls on the go. Travelled the circumference of Oz in 2005 and 2006 with our trusty "Tammy" the 80 series Cruiser an...	shazza	9	963	02:23 PM Dec 11, 2008 by Basil Faulty
	why didnt we listen to the indians (Preview) found this while bludging Errr!!! hmmpphhh!! catching up with some statements with the putey When the white man discovered this country Indians were running it. No taxes no debt, women did all the work White man thought he could improve on a system like this. ~ Old Cherokee Saying smart people those i...	dave06	1	627	02:13 PM Dec 11, 2008 by Basil Faulty
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