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Rubber Clothes pegs
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Found some really strong clothes pegs made of rubber, and replaced all my plastic and wooden pegs with them. I bought them from Terry White Chemist. The brand name is 'primahome rubber grip pegs'. They are also sold on line at www.lasoo.com.au $3.00 for 16. They hang on tight in a strong wind, don't sp...
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enzed
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Things to carry 'just in case'
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At the moment we are on a beachfront site, 10 metres from the water at the Burrum Heads Beachfont Tourist Park. ($40 p/n) It's blowing a gale and the van is rocking like 40 miles of bad road made worse by the poorly designed Avan annexe which cannot be removed without lowering the roof which would allow th...
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hako
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Keeping Salads Fresh
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I like to buy the mixed salad leaves in a bag. Generally they go slimy and smelly in a couple of days, however, if you put them in a plastic container with good lid it should last for a week or more. I also have a long narrow plastic container for my celery and spring onion, bits of capsicum and they all stay n...
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No grease
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This is an idea a nice elderly chap told me about at Kununurra on my last trip,he said get a garbage bag cut it into about 8 inches or 200 mill squares wipe off all the grease on the tow ball and place about six or eight pieces of the plastic bag squares over the ball then hook your van on, plastic can't come out...
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Olley46
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New awning tie down
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Try this tie down all materials bough at bunnings .velcro & hook .
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My Wifes Way Of Hitching !!!
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To avoid any damage to our vehicle if the wife has to hitch up she uses a cheap plastic chopping board she got from a cheap shop and got me to cut it into a T shape. She then slides it into the gap between the tow ball and bracket. Making sure the jockey wheel is wound up higher than the level of the tow ball then s...
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stabilising legs - making it easier.
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Here are 3 tips to help winding down the stabiliser legs. The idea is to make it easier, quicker and avoid having to get on your knees. The pictures will tell it all, but basically you insert your battery drill which has a socket attached into the plastic tube (so it locates the screw head), then hook the w...
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hako
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Access to third party 240v outlet
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I have lots of gadgets, phones, netbook, notebook and so on and was wondering if there was any chance of accessing power to charge these while on the road, besides the normal powered caravan park sites, car charger etc. For example has anyone asked an op shop owner for use of a power point for a small don...
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Faucet/tap switch
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G'day, g'day. My 12V cold water tap switch (over the sink) decided not to work the other day so I asked my auto elec mate to take a look. He got it working again but, to be sure, he put a second switch on the wires in an adjacent cupboard leading to the tap - a simple toggle switch. If the tap switch plays up agai...
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GaryKelly
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Tie downs
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An ideal solution for holding down shade walls etc...when you can,t quite reach the ground is to use large plastic ties ,very strong and adjustable .OK if u are staying for extended period. Ties are available that undo, no need to cut them.
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bloomoon
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How To Shell Garlic Cloves
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Makes it look easy.....good upper body exercise too, lol ! http://www.wimp.com/bestgarlic
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Duh
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Caravan Levelling
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This is just the most useful thing when it comes to getting the caravan level.
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Gerty Dancer
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CARRING SPARES;
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We see & read a lot about what different people carry in the line of spares. Some carry a lot & others none, maybe run on good luck. This does vary a lot depending on the locations of travell & the ability of people to use these items. One thing that we see is tyre repair kits of verious types. Ho...
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Doggies carry cart
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Was looking for a way I could carry Jessie around markets etc without having to carry her or drag her around on a lead in the heat and under everyone's feet. Brain snap: I got my granny shopping trolley out. You know the ones old ladies pull along behind them. I cut the top bit off with the pull string, leavi...
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To stop wet dog odour.
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If your dog gets wet and you hate the smell ,a good idea to take that wet smell away is to just wipe over his/her coat with one of those dryer sheets used inside cloths dryers.No more odour and dog smelling like roses.
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herbie
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Forum Names
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Bought some adhesive letters to put my forum name on my GN stickers
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Kaid
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A Hang Over Cure
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If you have had one to many at the happy hr, eat honey on dry biscuits. The fructose in the honey will help flush out the alcohol in your system.
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herbie
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Where to hide a ladder .
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Have any of you seen those ladders that collapse into themselves ? They go to about 3.5 mtrs. Well as a maintenance plumber I had one on the front of my works trailer it was handy for manholes and on industrial sites over machines etc.Sadly the bottom rung snapped off recently as I had a 50 litre hot water...
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moamajohn
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Awning tie down
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Get a 3inch (75mm ) door hinge and cut as shown in photo make sure hinge fits into awning slot
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MA247
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Wine glass rack
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Can't stand plastic glasses so came up with a way to carry the glass wine glasses! the hooks are those that are used to hold a door back against the wall. Just used the 'u' shaped bit and threw away the long end that attaches to the door! oh...I did this when I had a yacht many years ago... The glasses don't m...
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