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Visiting South Aus.
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Although my wife and I have been reading Grey Nomads for quite a while, we have just retired and want to plan some caravan trips for the next few months. We would like to travel from home in Brisbane to Broken Hill then down to South Aus. A guy told me that it is a waste of time to go to the Yorke and Eyre Pennins...
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PETROL BELOW $1.00 per litre in SYDNEY
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-06/petrol-drops-below-1-dollar-a-litre-in-sydney/6002982
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Camballin WA
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Hi, Has anyone stayed at Camballin near Derby WA. We managed to contact the shop there and they where very helpful but have been unable to contact the caravan park either by phone or email. want to know cost of staying at park or what the free camping there is like. and the big question did you catch a BARRA...
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Dougwe's fridge
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Dougwe, re your problem fridge: do you have enough power capacity (solar; generator) to change your fridge to a 12v or 12/240v one? Might be the only way the problem is going to be solved.
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Swamp milkshake
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How many remember the swamp milkshake. The poor girl in the coffee shop at Tamworth looked at Rod but ended up making a lovely one.She was so pleased with herself.
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A heads up if you're near Meekatharra..
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3 months ago, we took a caretaking position on a station 120 klms out of Meeka, and travel fortnightly into town to shop, medical, etc. The town supermarket, Farmer Jacks, have some practices in place which really need to be brought to your attention. Items appear on your docket which aren't in your ba...
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PIRELLI TYRES;;
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The truck came fitted with 195/75/R16 LT Pirelli tyres. These are PURE CRAP;; 20,000kl one front came apart from the steel belt & blew; its mate was distorted as well. 22,000kl & a rear has gone the same with its mate not looking to good as well, all 4 rears almost worn out & irregular wear f...
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want some good music
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just goggle Pandora radio -- Edited by snap1946 on Tuesday 6th of January 2015 09:41:43 PM
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My first W.A. Gold Prospecting Trip.....20.59 gram 2/3rd Oz Troy nugget in first 20 minutes of Prospecting..
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G'day, I mentioned some time back I was heading to W.A. for my first W.A. gold detecting trip. I generally do all my gold/relic detecting in, and adjacent to, the Golden Triangle Victoria. For anyone interested here is a link showing photos including the first W.A. nugget, 20.59 grams, 2/3rdOz Tr...
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ANOTHER LARGE FIRE NEAR TOODYAY W.A.
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http://www.dfes.wa.gov.au/alerts/Pages/Alert.aspx?ItemId=12002
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All those out there with Fifth Wheelers
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How many of you out there have fifth wheelers and how are you enjoying the experience?
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Travelling with other people
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We have never travelled with other people , Do you have to have some rule and how long is to long to travel together.
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Gold/Metal detecting.
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Anyone here do this?? I am fairly interested in trying it out ...but know diddly-squat about it. Thinking of getting a second hand or cheapie to start off with to see if it will catch on or not....but have not a cue how to go about it. So I was wondering if any cluey folk on here could help out with some advice...
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Kids Stung by Killer Jellyfish In the Pilbara...
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-06/two-children-stung-by-deadly-irukandji-jellyfish/6002034-- Edited by Weevil on Tuesday 6th of January 2015 10:15:50 PM
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Rear Boat Loader
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I have just purchased a 2nd hand rear rhino rack boat loader. Can anyone help me with a method to change it to electric winch not a hand winch Regards Chuck
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LEISURE CARAVANS ------------------- A MUST READ FOR NEW COMERS TO CARAVANING,
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please may I first say that Joe and co employees at Leisure Caravan in Fawlkner Victoria did a wonderful job on restoring errors of mechanics, sales persons, whilst restoring my faith re confidence in towing a van for first time. Since left Newcastle mid November, these are the list of work re mechani...
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stabiliser bars
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Hi everyone, how's the heat treating you? We want to say thanks to everyone who helped with suggestions for our sail tracking........ All set up now . Our next 'beginners' question is this: We've been told that we definitely need to invest in some stabiliser bars if we are towing a van. Our van is a 16.5...
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Generations of Nomads
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Interesting article on the GN website today, says the younger family travellers outnumber the oldies! This is probably the reason for caravan parks providing stuff we don't use such as playgrounds.
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Sydney Petrol Prices
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How much are you paying for petrol in your area of Sydney where I am in the Lower Blue Mountains we have for the past three weeks had a United servo on Old Bathurst Rd at East Blaxland selling E10 for $1.059 cents per Litre and unleaded for $1.099 whilst in Emu Plains and Penrith Woolworths and Coles are ch...
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Caravan & RV Insurance
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Hi to all fellow Nomads. Yes I know that there is most likely a stream for this subject elsewhere, but I found this, the following, very interesting. 3 years when I bought my van from a man in Victoria, I arranged my Insurance thru GIO in NSW, me being from Sydney. (please don't hold that against me).... I...
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