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Holbrook vic worth a stopover
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Camping sites, great little pub in town, bakery and rest area. Would be better if public respected the toilet cleaners. Yuk
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What is political discussing
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No argument with the admin but what is political discussion. Just seen the fracking thread has closed down for that very reason but cant see any political discussion there cheers blaze
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Fracking
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Iv'e just been told that Mataranka is in the firing line for Fracking, could this be true ? or just a rumor spread around, if true would that not destroy the Artesian basin / thermal streams ? must say i don't know to much about the process. Regards Dave
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Vacationer Caravan Owners Group
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Hi all.. we are having our new van built by Vacationer Caravans in Victoria, which we collect in July. I was wondering if there are any other Vacationer owners out there that would like to start a Vacationer Forum, for tips, tricks and general information etc.. Ours is a Semi-Off road Rough Rider 22' 6"...
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Stopovers on the Barrier Hwy
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After some advice ! We are travelling to Lake Eyre in June via Broken Hill. Planning to overnight along the Barrier Hwy somewhere between Broken Hill and Peterborough as we have already spent a lot of time in Broken Hill . We travel slow . Can anyone who has done this trip recommend a decent, safe stopove...
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Bush firelighters
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Just a simple and cheap fire lighter if you are in need of them. Home brand cotton balls about $2 for 200, home brand petroleum jelly for a couple of dollars also, which will last forever. Smear some petroleum jelly on the cotton ball, the more you put on the longer it will burn and just use as a fire starter...
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Torbanlea Racecourse
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Sad to be told that Torbanlea Racecourse has been shutdown as a powered sites and unpowered sites use by caravaners by an adjacent Caravan Park complaining to Hervey Bay Council. They were only charging $18.00 per night for powered sites and $10.00 per night for unpowered sites. All the monies rai...
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kakadu
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we are heading up to kakadu in June. which caravan parks are good to stay at? and do we have to pre - book or can we just rock up and there be a vacancy? thanks Judy
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where to in NSW in winter
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Hello again. I have an opportunity to hook-up the van very soon, but SWMBO wants to to stay within NSW and only away from home 2-3 weeks. I am domicile in Sydney, and would welcome any / all suggestions for P O I and places to stay with such constraints. Cheers, KB
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M7 Sydney travelling south thru Sydney
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A breeze if u r on road before 5am from stop just north of Sydney . By 5 am traffic increasing and red lights are in play.
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batteries (help)
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Hi. I have a Prado with an auxiliary deep cell battery. I have a cool Jayco Penguin with no battery. I want to: 1) run my (3 way) fridge while I travel (not on gas!) then switch to gas when I'm stopped 2) use a battery for little things like lights, a fan, toaster etc 3) employ a solar panel system to charge my b...
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Whyalla to port augusta old coast road S..A
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HI GUYS we are currently on the coast road near shingle bay and want to get though to port augusta along the coast. great free camps along here so far but i cant find much imfo on the tracks and if we can get our off rd van though one site on wiki camps says the road cut due to amy training area any one done this tr...
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Kalbarri in June/July
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Hi all, Apologies if this is posted in the wrong section. My partner and I are travelling in our Toyota Coaster bus and are planning on being in Kalbarri in around June/July. We are looking for options to make our stay here a little more affordable. We would be willing to house sit for a short period o...
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Bourketown
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Trying to organise a fishing trip toSweers Is and for a week in June .Does anyone out there know where I can safely leave a car. Thanks Hutcho
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Caravan rollover
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Drove past a completely destroyed caravan this morning about 10 k north of Rolleston QLD. (Between Roma and Emerald) Don't know any details except it happened yesterday. It was right in the middle of a section of bitumen road speed marked 80 k due to rough road which was quite rough with sunken parts ne...
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Suspension
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To all those that have travelled around Australia. Is is necessary to upgrade from roller rocker suspension to inderpendant suspension, if you were in the market for a new van, to travel Australia and corogated roads ? Not looking at major off-road .
Thoughts ?
Regards Wayne
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Driving from Kununurra to Broome
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hi we are new to Grey Nomads and after some advise. We are travelling from Darwin back home to Perth and going to stay in Kununurra overnight and would like to know if there are any safe places to stay between Kununurra and Broome, we have heard there are problems in Fitzroy crossing. We normally do abou...
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backpackers
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Bloody backpackers. Have had a lot in our travels and only a few were annoying But the lot who are staying at this rest stop with tonight take the gold medal. Lost count of how many there are. some turned up during the day, then night time tents come out then lets have a good time and do not consider others i...
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Looking for others thoughts on this rule? I was travelling over Easter in a110k zone dual lanes when we came across a police car with flashing lights on side of highway booking a fellow motorist. Given it was a double demerit point period and a decent fine for exceeding the speed limit, I slowed to arou...
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Great Central Road / Outback Way
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Anyone travelled on the Great Central Road / Outback Way road in the last week or planning to do it sometime this month? Thinking of doing it from WA to NT but have read that the road is not suitable for full height vans!
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