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Lesson for today!
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Headed to Lake Tinaroo today from Ingham - Bruce HWY. Followed the navman and turned at Gordonvale as instructed. WOW- what a road. 2nd gear most of the way up to the top, heaps of stops for road works which meant hand brake starts on slopes.... Unless you love stress in your life do not take a caravan ove...
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Sometimes there's not much ya can do......
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http://www.news.com.au/national/driver-escapes-serious-injury-after-ute-plouhs-into-back-of-caravan-on-warrego-highway/story-fndo4ckr-1226425614561?from=public_js
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Great day in Townsville
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I had a lovely day sightseeing today. Although we had never met before Gypsy Rover (Chris) picked me and my little dog up this morning and took us for a lovely tour of Townsville. Drove up to Castle Hill which overlooks the city. A bit cloudy but lovely views over the bay. Visited the botanic gardens...
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More Trials & Tribulations
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We went to dump point in Charters Towers on Wed. The rain was coming down so hard that us plus 5 caravans & 4 other M/Hs dcided to just stay there. Yesterday dawned fine so off we went heading north towards Emerald (our trip to Fletchers Creek has to be postponed as daughter at Westwood west of Rocky...
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WE GOT OUR VAN!!!
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Hi everyone, Well finally as the title said we got our van and it will be delivered personally to us next week by a beautiful pensioner couple who had never been to Inverell in their travels and wanted to take their girl out for one more ride. . . .isn't that gorgeous!!! I found it on ebay and it had not been u...
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Yet another lesson
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Yep it's just like being at school again (we are in a big play ground I spose) when around other Grey Nomads or maybe not so grey as well. Sort of anyway but only much much better. I was talking to my neighbour while in Mildura at the CV Park and he noticed a grill on my Avan at the back of my fridge. He asked...
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lost dog
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Hi i live between Bellenden Ker and Deeral in NQ my dog disappeared yesterday 11-2pm bruce highway looks like a jack russell with longer legs he is a tenntifield terrier and its possible he may have jumped into someones car black head distinctive circular spot about two inches diameter in front of ta...
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Expect a delay in WA
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Nomads heading into the north of WA have been warned to expect delays on the roads as the resources boom keeps going.
This report from The West Australian newspaper today:
Highway delays as big trucks carry boom
A senior policeman has warned that the number of big trucks carrying mining equipm...
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Quarantine Check Points
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We are travelling from Vic to NSW wanting to know if there are any Quarantine check points around Albury.
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prado 3 door
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hi everyone, We are still sorting out a tow vehicle we like the look of the prado 3 door - does anyone have one if so how does it tow we have a 20 ft van and like the 3 door as its a smaller car when not towing and 3 ton capacity. We would appreciate your thoughts thanks Ed and Fran
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Fix it man (or woman) needed
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Does anyone know of a general fix it type person for motorhomes either around Canberra or western Sydney? I've got an issue with my (brand new) water heater that won't work on gas and a couple of other minor issues. I did have numbers for a couple of guys operating out of the Windsor area - one called Dan...
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motorhome vs caravan
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I have been toying with the dillema of what is better- a motorhome with a trailer boat, or a 4wd with a tinny on the rack, and a caravan.I have a 4wd and a small caravan(14ft 6inch), and its nice to be able to leave the van and have a look about the area, but loading and unloading the tinny is a pain at times.But...
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We have arrived at Mereeba
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Have finally got set up and settled in. The weather, bit overcast with the sun trying to make appearance but finally the clouds won. Numbers of caravaners building but plenty of non powered sites left at of today but the check in lady said they will fill fast. It's our first visit here so looking forward...
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Grapes
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So so simple we were washing some grapes in our van sink and forgot to put the plug in and yes one went down the drain, how to clear the blocked drain ??? Caravan park operator had the Idea, Air nose into drain and blew the grape out but cannot find the offending grape so will have to buy some more but wash in a...
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How Hard Has It All Become........
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We are presently in Mackay and hubby is working here on the sugar cane, he has been driving trucks for 40 years and all of a sudden has to do all these things like inductions and stuff, he even got put on report today because when he got out of his truck he had his sleeves rolled up a bit, is it just me or what the...
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It rained last night
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Don't know what it was at your place last night but at the Mareeba Rodeo grounds it poured, 15 mm in one hour. it's a bit of a lake in some areas but at least the forecast is possible drizzled for today.
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Another Scam?
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Darrell -Lea
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well it seems Darryl -Lea chocolate shops have gone into receivership ,goodness me what is happening to this country of ours everybody is closing down or going broke its awful and so very sad .
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Interesting design for a small moterhome
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http://www.interestingengineering.com/2012/02/doubleback-vws-sliding-extension-van.html-- Edited by Hylda&Jon on Thursday 12th of July 2012 09:40:02 AM
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I didn't let the bad weather beat me
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so took Me, Myself and I off on a river cruise on board the P.S.Melbourne at Mildura and what a great way to spend a couple of hours. Very good non scripted commentary and at one stage went down in the world but on the return trip went up in the world via Loch 11, fascinating how those lochs work. The Murray...
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