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Aldi Camping Specials Sat. 13th Feb. 2021
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Here are some great camping specials with ALDI for Saturday 13th February.Has anyone previously purchased the 20 - 22ft van covers and if so are they as good as they say they are???www.aldi.com.au/en/special-buys/special-buys-sat-13-february/Jay&Dee -- Edited by JayDee on Wednesday 3r...
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The (Unsatisfactory) Status of the Caravan Industry in Australia Part 3: Government Regulatory Issues
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This is the 3rd and final report by Automotive Engineer Colin Young at Caravan Council of Australia; The Status of the Caravan Industry in Australia - RV Books -- Edited by Possum3 on Tuesday 2nd of February 2021 07:25:28 AM
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Changes to ACL that affects Lemon's
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Treasury Laws Amendment (2020 Measures No. 6) Act 2020 (legislation.gov.au) If any goods (caravan per se) purchased on or after 17th day of December 2020 suffers a major failure it may be returned to seller for a full and total refund. The pertinent bit; Schedule 4 paragraph 36: 36 At the end of sect...
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Retreat Brampton
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Hi we are looking at buying a Retreat Brampton 2011. We have looked at online reviews, some are really good but there's a lot of bad reviews.
Does anyone own/ed one. Can you please tell us what you think about your van
Thanks in advance
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Do you believe this price
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Letter today in the SMH Traveller section"SITE FOR SORE EYES When restrictions eased for Victorians last year we decided to visit Emerald Beach in NSW... ... We decided to take our caravan and relax in the Big4 Emerald Beach park. I rang to book a site, finding one powered site left. We were so lucky? Th...
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Tax Deductions for Camping?
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https://www.perthnow.com.au/travel/caravan-industry-association-of-australia-make-pitch-to-make-camping-a-tax-deduction-ng-b881783358z
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Overseas travel. What next.
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Like many when the virus hit our overseas trip to Vietnam and Cambodia was cancelled. Its starting to look like you've done a fair bit of dough. However, looking forward I'm thinking will we ever travel overseas again? I think it'll be about 2 years before it's safe. Had planned 3 or 4. What are people t...
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Darwin April May Yes/No
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We are going to travel north via qld from central coast to darwin leaving mid april is this a good time and also what are good convenient parks to stay in ,close to city ,any ideas welcome .arrive darwin end of april Mike g
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selected options for viewing posts changing to last posted
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Has anybody else noted that their viewing options of posts have changed recently. My choice was always date posted, but is has changed to last updated. Yesterday I went through each sub forum and changed the option back to date posted and low and behold today it has reverted to last posted. Alan
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THINKING OF BUYING A JEEP
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Any comments on the vehicles pro's & con's would be very much appreciated. Gwynne @ "matildatraveller"
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NULLARBOR TRIP
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Hi all.... just trying to make a choice between crossing the NULLARBOR from Melbourne at the end of March or going to Tassie. Would love to do the Nullarbor but unsure if this is a good time. Have watched so many 'you tube' videos and have to say the flies are putting me off!!lol is there a time they are not q...
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Telescopic Ladders.
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Anyone with any experience with the telescopic ladders. Review's are not good, broken steps, very flexible. None of our retail outlets selling them?
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Tinnie on the roof
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Hi All anyone out there travel for months with a tinnie on the roof of their vehicle. Just wondering how the paintwork holds up on the vehicle with the aluminium running after rain etc
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Caravan Happy
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New 4x4 pickups coming.
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I see some media talk of GWM, KIA and Hyundai entering the 4x4 pickup market. There are images on the net. They say they will be direct competition the Toyota and the Ford Ranger. What I haven't seen is any hint of tow rates. Has anyone seen specs for these pickups?
HAVAL H9 has a tow rating of 2500kg. I'm g...
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Buying an Annex
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Hi, I have just purchased my first caravan and am interested in buying an Annex. The van is a Golf Savannahs 402 with a Thule awning. I live in Ipswich Qld and would appreciate any advise on which Annex to buy and where I could get the best deal. Thanks in anticipation.
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Caravan service
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I live in Panania Sydney. Are there any recommendations in my area to get a 26ft caravan serviced
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Upgrade for THE BRUCE highway ... should act now.
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The following is an extract from the latest Grey Nomad newsletter. The Bruce Highway claims another unfortunate victim. This road is in need of an urgent upgrade. And the Government will never get a greater opportunity to fund the same. Interest is so low, they should be borrowing to the Max. This in t...
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Stockman pod trailer
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Although I'm happy with sleeping in the back of my x-trail. I'll never have room to upgrade from an esky to a fridge, plus I can't store extra things on a roof rack because I can't physically get things down. So I'm limited to where I can travel too without a proper spare ext. So I'm toying with the idea of b...
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Thule Omnisport 5200 Awning - how good are they.
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Thanks everyone for you replies to my previous post about purchasing a annex. I contacted The Awningman to make an inquiry regarding a a quote for an annex. When I told him what type of awning I had he told me he wouldnt sell me an annex for a Thule awning because they arent strong enough to cope with the wei...
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Your Weights
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Hi .Today I took my van over to Moama and got it weighed .Proir to this I filled both water tanks to max .Thats 180 ltrs or 180 kg .As we both keep an entire wardrobe of clothes in the van this was covered too .On more than 1 occasion I have weighed our foodstuffs and 20 ,kg more than covers our only extra so to sp...
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