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Grey Nomading Land And Sea
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I saw an old post about Blue Nomading being retiring to travel by boat. There is another way to combine the best of both worlds, Trailer Sailing. Using a trailable yacht to act as a caravan on land and a launch it at your favourite riverside, lakeside or seaside location for the ultimate waterfront free...
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Trailer Sailer
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Storage hatch on the Isuzu MUX
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Hi all, I am a newby to this site, and to date ( its only been 2 months) the proud owner of a new 2018 MU X. I want to make a comment to all of the MU X owners out there, in regard to the storage hatch which is located on top of the middle of the dash board. No matter what year of the vehicle none of the hatches I have...
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Opinions wanted
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Hello everyone, I am looking to purchase a small caravan to be towed by my Citroen Berlingo van. I have had a towbar, 7 pin plug and an Anderson plug fitted to the car. My original plan was to buy an AVAN Sportliner and the towbar was put on to facilitate this, after advice from an AVAN dealer that the vehi...
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Wheeling Along
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Caravan rental damage excess
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Hi, I'm renting a caravan in Brisbane shortly and wonder if you know of an insurance company which would cover the rental damage excess ($1,000). I have rung a number of companies and they all cover rental vehicles, camper vans and motorhomes but not caravans. Thanks Tony
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Hello
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Hi Everyone , I have been a silent observer for quiet a long time . Has been very interesting reading comments and different opinions by many . Kind Regards to you all .
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A BIG WELCOME TO ALL NEW GREY NOMADS...
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A big welcome to all new Nomads who have recently subscribed to this very informative Forum. There is a (sticky) post called WHO IS THIS on the top of the page in the I DIGRESS Forum, which is a competition that has been running continuously now for a long period of time, where people post photos of famous...
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Big Gorilla
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Hello from Bon Doobie
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Hi everyone. Been on here for sometime soaking up all the info, thought it time to say hello. Live (retired) on the fantastic mid North Coast NSW, taking care of some loose ends this year with plenty travelling next year. Van has been christened Bon Doobie (good ****e), wifey loves The Doobie Bros, he...
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The Travelling Dillberries
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Geting started
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Any advice on size of inverter? Is 1000 watt sufficient for general applications? Frige/freezer, how does evvacool compare to engel or waeco? Is a frige better than frige freezer? Is 60 litre sufficient for general use? Also how doe BE or westinghouse generators compare with honda and yamhar in dec...
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intro
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G' day nomads, hope you are all well and enjoying this great place we call Oz. I'm new to this site, but have been on others and found them helpful and have sometimes put in my two bobs worth. The co-pilot Di and I have covered a lot of Oz as well as OS. We are Vics (don't hold that against us) have spent 20 gre...
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New to the forum
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G'Day all, New to caravaning but an oldie to camping
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Howdy
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Hi All! Brad and Ashlee here! We just bought our van a 1990 Evernew. Has been a great van for others, now our turn to make our kids memories in it. We have 3 girls 6,3 & 4 months. Looking to make new experiences and those childhood memories for our kids, that we got when we were little. The caravan has see...
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I'm not very Grey or Nomadic yet
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Greetings Fellow Nomads, I have just joined this community because I am planning to become more mobile. My current domicile is in Perth. In the last week of May next year 2019 my sister our nephew and I are going on our Karijini Capers trip. I have a 2001 Landcruiser Prado 95 series Turbo-diesel autom...
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Service for Fiat Ducato/Jayco Conquest
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Hi I have recently purchased a used Fiat Ducato/Jayco Conquest Motorhome and whilst it only has 7,300kms on it, it is 18 months old. The vehicle was purchased new in WA in November 2016 and basically driven across the Nullarbor and down to Tassie, where the original owners decided they wanted to live a...
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Hi there folks
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Just getting set up for another trip, got me a hilux that wants to go bush, live in Mandurah in WA, the base, heading to Wubin in early October for the wildflowers and out to Ningham station, wanna come along ..4 wheel drive not essential, explore this great place.
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E-08 error code
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have installed a 5kw PPAP diesel heater worked fine for a couple of days then wouldn't ignite.can hear and see fuel pumping to heater exhaust gets warm then starts to blow heaps of white smoke, fan is running then E-08 code and unit shuts down. The book says the E-08 code is "Combustion termination over...
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introduction
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Hi everyone, I've recently joined the group and would like to introduce myself. We've been caravanning for some years now with an Isuzu Mux and a modified 15ft Jayco Freedom Outback. I did notice many topics are covered in the forum and hopefully I'll be able to submit some. Regards, Ron
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N.T from Burktown
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Hi all, has anyone done the Burketown to Darwin Via Borroloola with caravan ? some say Yep ! no problems, others say No Way ! rather than the boring old normal highway thought it might be a change, leaving 1st Weekend in August so should be dry at least. Regards Dave M
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Hi: Cub Camper rear Flap tie Springs.
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Hi any ideas on any other tie ideas, the springs are very hard to work? Regards Peter
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Newbie to forum and newbie to caravaning
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Hi everyone, I have been reading this forum for quite some time and from there my interest to join. A wealth of experience and knowledge on this forum. Thank you for sharing! Hope, I can also provide similar value in a few years time. Our first trip is into the Outback within a few weeks. While I haven't do...
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Setting up for dogs travelling comfort
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Hi Everyone, Well the next step has been taken, I have bought a 19.5 ft Coromal van and am now looking for a tow vehicle. I'm leaning towards an Isuzu Dmax space cab with a ute back and canopy fitted to floor of tray. My question is.. I am wondering if some of you out there may have a setup in the space behind t...
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