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Lithgow caravan park for storage
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Lithgow cp will store your rig for $55pw. Left mine there for 2 weeks and took the train to Sydney airport. Train was $13.50 concession and a very pleasant 2 & half hour trip. Not too hot here either so the van didn't get baked being shut for so long.
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RIP Ontos45.
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Sad news today folks. Ontos45 [Pete], passed on early this morning. His lady Sue, is holding up well, all things considered. At least now he is no longer in pain. Sheba.
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Bullbars
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I am looking at getting a different tow vehicle and need all the carrying capacity that I can get as I have to carry a gopher and loading ramps (125 kg) dinghy and loading roof rack (125kg) plus a small outboard motor and ute canopy As can be seen, by the time I have loaded 2 people, fuel, tools, recovery eq...
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Caravan fly screens
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Geday gang, can anyone help me out there . I am trying to find a web site to order a set of new fly screens for my Windsor, 1996, sunchaser. I have measured it all up but all the sites that I hit the measurements do not match, perhaps the van is a bit like me with a bit of age and its hard to get replacement parts...
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Gregory Development Road
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Hello fellow nomads I have just joined up. Mrs Mouse and I will be heading off from Tas during 2016 to go up and down and around the big island. But in the meantime I am heading off for a practise run bringing a camper back from the Isa to tassie for a friend. I am considering going across to Townsville (I hav...
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Merry Xmas all
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To all the great Blokes and Blokettes on this forum.. Merry Xmas, have a safe and restful season. From the 2 Crocks. xxx
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Perth's 'blue collar' nomads living in their cars
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This is a very telling article! No wonder local govt is legislating to address the problem, I've always felt there was a strong contingent of so called grey nomads who are in fact little more than fringe dwellers, camping by stealth in and around city/urban area's. They have nothing in common with gre...
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What is Grey Nomad Forum's demographic?
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Gday... I bet you have all been waiting impatiently for the results of my search for wisdom ... go on admit it - ya have  Here are the results ... not sure what they say - but, it must have highlighted something ... I wonder what it could have been Total GN Members - 12,169Total Views - 998 = 8% of mem...
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need a new roof
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well my luck with this van aint getting any better !! had our first really heavy rain storm since i bought it and guess what , the roof dont leak i fixed that ( as i was told ) , isnt the truth went in today to carry on working inside and was looking at the floor thinking why are all the wood pieces i had cu...
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Heard these today ... made me sad ... got me thinkin'
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Gday... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1WyYq5I0RU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntLsElbW9Xo Lyrics to each are attached. nothing has changed Cheers - John
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Revamping the interior of my van - tips please?
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Hi everyone Not sure if this is the right forum if not please tell me where I should post. We have a 1983 Windsor Windcheater small 13ft van - The van interior is original and looking tired and dated - lots of brown timber stained plywood (walls, cupboards). I want to freshen it up and like the idea of gr...
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Rats eating wiring My next
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We have a 200 series and while free camping last week,a rat decided she was hungry and wanted somewhere to have her young .Unfortunately she picked our starter motor to snack on and some hoses and have her young next to the starter motor,where it was nice and warm,we have since found out that the starter...
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Hopefully a one off instance...
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http://www.couriermail.com.au/business/companies/new-ford-everest-suv-catches-fire-during-a-test-drive-destroyed-by-the-blaze/news-story/86b4c77b9a90026c85be3b7b875a04cd
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Unknown Pop Top Make/Model
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Hi, I am restoring this pop top camper but have no idea about what make or model it is. Can anyone help me identify what it is?
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Optus anywhere any time car
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Hi all, I pulled up next to a 200 series Landcruiser today North Ryde in Sydney. Plasted all over it (Any where any time Optus Voice and Data anywhere any time Satellite). Does anyone know if it means they now have a Sat Dish like our camper Sat Dish???????????????????? We would be Very Keen to have. It tu...
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If you don't ask, You don't Receive
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Hi all, Got my car insurance renewal in the post yesterday. OMG Preium up $98.00 Agreed value down from $81500,00 by $14600.00 to $66900.00...........Get off. So I tootied off to their offices. I said just fix it or we change insurances and take every other policy with us. Five minutes it took to...
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Hurlston WW1 Memorial - Please lobby against this sacrilege
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ONE of the Macarthur regions sacred war memorial sites could be facing the bulldozer. The Hurlstone Agricultural High School memorial forest, believed to be Australias first living war memorial, is facing the chop after the State Government announced plans to sell-off the 140ha Glenfield scho...
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Getting rid of loyalty cards!!!
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Today I complained to the checkout chick at Dan Murphys that I had so many loyalty cards I could never find the right one - she flashed her phone at me and on it was an app called "Stocard" which copied all your loyalty card to one page, so if in say Woolies, you press the Stocard app on your phone a...
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Wine whine!
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I bought a bottle of chardonnay yesterday only to find Id been robbed when I read the label. Aromas / A generous array of fragrant ripe fruits, including spicy melon and grapefruit. Palate / A soft structured palate of white peach, cashews and toasty oak combined with a lemony full body. Bloody hell!...
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NOVEMBER 2015 UPDATE
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November. Yep won't be seeing November 2015 ever again, done and dusted, gone. Where does the time go? Blowed if I know. Here it is already, time for another instalment of my monthly updates but first and as usual a quick U Turn is needed back to the start of the month. To start of with and very quick...
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