Australian Caravan Club

THINK! ROAD SAFETY RV WEIGH DAY Adelaide

We’re thrilled to share that Caravan and Camping SA is teaming up with Onsite Weighbridge to host the Think! Road Safety RV Weigh Day on Wednesday, 13 November, 2024, at the Adelaide Showground.

We aim to weigh a total of 30 vehicles and caravans throughout the day. Each weigh-in will take approximately 30 minutes, and every vehicle/caravan combination will receive a concise report.

We invite you to reserve a spot for a weigh analysis.

The Details:

A fee of $50.00 secures your 30-minute weigh analysis and a condensed report.
Sessions will take place at the Adelaide Showground (Wayville Pavilion) from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
You’ll receive two complimentary tickets for the 2025 Let's Go Caravan Camping & Outdoor Show, happening from February 26 to March 2.
Gain insights from towing experts.
You’ll also have the chance to book a more in-depth session with Onsite Weighbridge at a discounted rate in the future.

To register your interest for the 13th November, please click the button below and fill out the required details.

Please note that spots are limit, so if you are unable to attend this session, you will be notified via email and your details will be kept on file for future Weigh Days!

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST

This event is proudly supported by the South Australian Government’s Think! Road Safety campaign.

Our 2024 National Muster

The Australian Caravan Club has held the 17^th National Muster in Mildura. The Club utilized the Apex RiverBeach Caravan Park, a Kui Parks member for the Muster.

The Australian Caravan Club had a 114 caravans/Motorhomes on site for 10 days of “Friendship and Adventures”. Members renewing friendships that were cemented 12 months ago at the happy hours each afternoon.

The Club supported the C.H.A.I.L.I.S, a local charity organization, with the proceeds from raffles given to the charity. The amount raised was just under $4K.

Activities over the time included Tag-a-Longs to Wentworth and Red Cliffs, visits to Orange World, the Inland Botanical Gardens, Wirraway Motor Home factory. Presentations from the Chaffey Trail, Tony Noble (Mobile Caravan Repairs), Simon Woulfe from Stealthtech Mildura and Jayco Mildura.

The National Muster provided $190,000 in economic benefit to the Mildura community.

The 18^th National Muster of the Australian Caravan Club, will be held in Charleville, Qld from the 10^th – 20^th October 2025, with enormous help from the Shire of Murweh.

Australia's 3G Networks Closing

Act now, don’t delay

Australia’s 3G networks are closing very soon. It is important that members know if you will be impacted, and have time to upgrade your phones and other devices before they are closed. If you receive notice from your service provider to upgrade your device, don’t put off taking action, do it NOW!

The closure has already commenced.

TPG Telecom/Vodafone has already switched off its 3G mobile network services as of January 2024.

Telstra will close their network on 31 August 2024 followed by the Optus 3G network on 1 September 2024.

All 3G devices will be affected, not just phones!

If you have an older device that relies on a 3G network, you must upgrade your device now. This includes mobile phones, tablets, smart watches, personal emergency response solutions, and medical alarms.

Some 4G devices will be affected

Some early 4G handsets don’t support 4G voice calling, which means they use the 3G network, and after the closure these devices will not be able to make a call. There are also a number of devices that support normal 4G voice calls, but force emergency calls (000) to 3G.

If you have devices that don’t support 4G and 4G emergency calling, you should upgrade your device, otherwise you will not be able to make an emergency call to 000 after the 3G networks close.

Important: Emergency calls to Triple Zero (000)

After 31 August 2024:

If your device doesn’t support VoLTE emergency calling, you will not be able to make an emergency call to 000 on the Telstra Mobile Network.
You won’t be able to make voice calls or connect on the Telstra Network if your device doesn’t have Voice over LTE (VoLTE) technology, even with 4G data.

The same applies to the Optus Network after their 3G closure on 1 September 2024.

Source – Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA)

John Porter
Supervising Editor
The Nomad

Recall - Cascade Design Inc — MSR camping cooking pot

PRA number

2024/20101

Published date

16 May 2024

Product description

Anodized aluminium pot available in various capacities: 1 litre, 1.3 litres, 1.7 litres, 2 litres with the MSR logo, visible on the side of the pots.
Sold individually or as part of the below sets:

• Trail Lite cook sets.
• Pocket Rocket® cook kit.
• with some Reactor stove systems.

Reasons the product is recalled

The pot handle can detach or become loose, which may cause the content of the pots to spill or fall out when used.

The hazards to consumers

There is a risk of burns or scalds from hot food and liquids.

See Product Safety Bulletin for full details

Caravan Park 45º Sites

Have you ever driven through one of those country towns (Inverell, NSW comes to mind) where the main street has 45º parking? It's so much easier to reverse into, and rear to curb is so much easier to re-join the traffic.

The ACC is encouraging developers of new caravan parks and those renovating existing parks to put in 45º sites. In our members' experience these sites have many benefits:

Less physical stress on the rig's wheel bearings and suspensions, as turns into and out of the site don't have to be as sharp
Easier manoeuvring (which means less stress on the driver and their spotter - this results in the only drawback of these sites - less entertainments for the onlookers!)
Less room surrounding the sites is required, and there's less chance of damage to the surrounds (like hedges and poles).
Less requirement for asking others to move their vehicles so you can get into your space, and less chance of having to encroach on other's spaces.
Drive through sites overall become much more efficient to use and install making your park more favoured and popular amongst travellers - they're a gossipy lot!