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Latest News and Volunteer Opportunities

Do you identify as a grey nomad?

A student from the University of SA is currently looking for people to participate in a study on the life experiences of grey nomads and would love to hear from anyone interested in participating in her research. Click here for more information and contact details.

If the entertainment system in your motorhome becomes unserviceable – it is annoying – and must be fixed in the near future.  However, if the fridge quits – it is an emergency as food must be moved to an alternate fridge. Speaking of alternate - Alternate Gas Refrigeration of Doonside in NSW has renewed its Logo Link in the Accessories category of our Marketplace. They are specialist repairers with 35 years experience. Authorised Service Centre for major brands. Visit this website – you won’t get the cold shoulder!

We have fully self contained motorhomes – but we get excited when someone offers an overnight stay on their property! Security, good nights sleep without fear of disturbance, perhaps get the laundry done, chat with the locals, fill the water tanks, empty the cassette ……The Top Tourist Parks of Australia Ltd, which has renewed its Logo Link in the Holiday Parks – Chains category of our Marketplace, offers you this deal every night at over 200 locations. Visit this website, check out the Trip Planner – and stay with one of your 200 new friends tonight!

Every home must have proper foundations – and for a motorhome, those foundations are the chassis.  Fiat Ducato, which has renewed its Logo Link in the Chassis, 4WDs and Fifth Wheeler Tow Vehicles category of our Marketplace, has a purpose-built cab and chassis bringing factory quality to any conversion.  Peace of mind comes from the fact that Fiat has countless service points, 24-hour road side assist and a 3 year/200,000km warranty.  Visit this website – and perhaps see the foundation for your next motorhome!

Board Member Resigns
We regret to announce the resignation of Frans Hamer Q43948 from the Board of Directors which took effect on 29 June 2009. During the eight months Frans was on the Board his knowledge of corporate governance and related matters was of great assistance. We wish Frans and his wife Bev all the best and safe travels around Australia.
Board of Directors

Green Brothers Wholesale Pty Ltd (Dream-Pot) has renewed its Logo Link in the Cooking Accessories, Health, Food and Wine category of our Marketplace.  How would you like someone to cook dinner for you while you motorhome to your campsite?   Our good friends at Green Brothers Wholesale Pty Ltd don’t promise to do this but their Dream-Pot will finish the cooking process for you.  Visit their website while you maybe have your last night slaving over a hot stove!

The Rockhampton Rally staging areas are now available online.

Keeping You Posted has renewed its Logo Link in the Mail Forwarding category of our Marketplace. Remember the old saying, “take everything except the kitchen sink” – well, motorhomers take the kitchen sink. But even motorhomers can’t take the mail box – well, they couldn’t until now!  The mail box you take is the one on your computer - Keeping You Posted receive, open and scan your mail onto their website to be viewed only by you with your secure member login. Visit this website – could be the start of a good habit – save to Favourites!

R & J Batteries, with their Fullriver Batteries, are the latest advertiser in the Batteries, Battery Charges and Battery Accessories category of our Marketplace. These superior quality AGM batteries have been developed for the needs of deep-cycle applications, making them ideal for the 'home' batteries in motorhomes. Available nationally through distributors – check the website for your nearest stockist.

The July edition of The Wanderer is now available online.

The August edition of Members Market is now available online.

Australian Caravan Co. of South Australia, which has renewed its Logo Link in the Motorhome & Campervan Sales category of our Marketplace, offers the full range of new Jayco Motorhomes and Frontline Campervans - as well as a good selection of pre-loved motorhomes and campervans. Visit this website – for your first pleasant experience with Australian Caravan Co.

Cut Loose RV has renewed its Logo Link in the Fifth Wheel Motorhome Sales category of our Marketplace. Cut Loose RV has greatly enhanced their 23ft fifth wheeler design – including huge panoramic windows and lightweight aluminium frame which has a special gooseneck design and pinbox - ideal for dual cab vehicles. Visit this website – checkout all the new features and options!

One of the joys, and challenges, of motorhoming is getting away from crowds. The challenges come when something goes wrong. For example, changing a wheel – the challenge is lifting the spare wheel onto the wheel studs, especially as we get older.   Enter the Hahn Eezy Wheel Lift, the latest advertiser in the Mechanical Parts & Products category of our Marketplace. Simply place the Eezy Wheel Lift under the spare wheel, inflate the Eezy Wheel Lift from the tyre – the spare wheel is lifted to stud height. Visit this website – it should give you a real lift!

Planning the trip is part of the fun. Researching maps on the computer is a great option – zooming in on areas of interest, accurate measurement of distances and GPS positions, printing up-to-date maps of your chosen route are but some of the benefits.  Geoscience Australia with the NATMAP Raster digital maps, which has renewed its Logo Link in the Books, Guides, Maps, Tours and Travelling category of our Marketplace, offers digital copies of Australia’s 1:250 000 scale topographic paper maps that can be loaed onto a lap top or PC.

Kiama Coast is situated 1.5 hours south of Sydney and 2.5 hours north east of Canberra on the South Coast of NSW. It has five great holiday parks from which you can choose to relax and enjoy one of the most beautiful areas of Australia. Kiama Coast Holiday Parks has renewed its Logo Link in the Holiday Parks/Motorhome and Caravan Parks category of our Marketplace. Visit this website – but before you do make sure your motorhome is ready for the trip to Kiama.

The CMCA Fellowship List and Chapter Contacts have been updated.

Winton, the birthplace of our National song, ‘Waltzing Matilda’ and our National airline, Qantas, has renewed its Logo Link in the Attractions, Activities, Adventures and Tours category of our Marketplace. Visit Lark Quarry Dinosaur Trackways, the Waltzing Matilda Centre, Corfield and Fitzmaurice, the Open Air Theatre and other attractions.  Visit this website – and visit where dinosaurs once roamed!

Who does the navigating in your motorhome? Whose fault when you get lost? GPSOZ, which has renewed its Logo Link in the Communications, Internet, Computers & GPS category of our Marketplace, eliminates the navigation chore and lets you enjoy getting there. GPSOZ concentrate solely on GPS products – and promise great service before and after you purchase.  Visit this website – you’ll find it easy to navigate!

Where can you 'store' a motorhome – while you go overseas for a few months, move house or any other of those interesting reasons?  Not many city motorhomers seem to have a large farm shed behind their town house!  Hi-way RV Storage, which has renewed its Logo Link in the Motorhome Storage category of our Marketplace, is located on the Bruce Highway between Gympie and Maryborough.  It offers undercover and open security parking. Bus to Brisbane Airport from the front gate! Visit this website – and find out what’s in storage for you!

Very few motorhomers have been booked for speeding up hills! While we are not out to set land speed records, most motorhomers with diesel engines would like more power to tackle hills, safely pass very slow traffic and move off the mark a little more quickly. Turbo-Glide, which has renewed its Logo Link in the Mechanical Parts and Products category of our Marketplace, is an Australian diesel turbocharger kit manufacturer and diesel tuning specialist in motorhomes. Visit this website – and you may experience 30% increased pulling power.

2009 CMCA Election
Congratulations to DIANA WORNER who has just been elected unopposed as Director of Campervan and Motorhome Club of Australia Limited. Further information can be viewed by Members only here.

Caboolture Caravan Repairs Pty Ltd has renewed its Logo Link in the Repairs and Service to Motorhomes category of our Marketplace. Many businesses talk of being a 'one-stop-shop' - motorhome repair, service, warranty and insurance repairs, spare parts, accessories, as well as bus and motorhome conversions and just good advice.  Caboolture Caravan Repairs tells us you won’t have to go elsewhere! Visit this website – it’s a 'one-stop-website' for a 'one-stop-shop!'

AL-KO International Pty Ltd has renewed its Logo Link in the Accessories category of our Marketplace. AL-KO supplies chassis to selected Australian and European motorhome manufacturers. Also supplies Remis® Skylights and Blinds, Technoform® furniture, Landing-Legs for fifth-wheelers and Room Dividers. If you have only five minutes to spare – don’t visit this website – you’ll find your attention is held for a lot longer than that!

Portable Boats Australia has renewed its Logo Link in the Boats (portable) category of our Marketplace. Famous for selling over 50,000 of the 2.82m, 3.27m and 3.7m versions of their folding boats, they have also have a 4.3 metre version with a ten year warranty. They tell us they have already had to increase production to keep up with demand. Visit their website today - and prepare to hand over your folding stuff for one of their folding ones!

Fancy a luxury, bus conversion motorhome?  First Choice Motorhomes of Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast has renewed its Logo Link in the Conversions to Motorhomes category of our Marketplace. Take along your own plans, use one of their tried and tested layouts or come up with the best of both worlds.  Choose a new or pre-loved bus.  Recent conversions include a Hino Rainbow RB145, good buses to convert to motorhomes due to the spacious interior.  Visit this website – and don’t miss your bus!

Rocktamers Australia has renewed its Logo Link in the Mechanical Parts and Products category of our Marketplace. Rocktamers offer a removable and adjustable mud flap system which protects your tow vehicles from damage caused by rocks and road debris. Visit this website – and picture these Rocktamers on your rig!

Rowmont USA Imports has renewed its Logo Link in the Fifth Wheel Motorhome Sales category of our Marketplace. As the name suggests, they supply 5th wheelers and trucks from the USA - all sizes, makes and models including Chevrolet and Dodge pick ups. Full Australian compliance and Dept of transport licenced for air brake and suspension system over 4.5tonne. Suspensions in all units replaced. Visit this website – and imagine sitting beside one of these units in the outback beside a quiet river!

Trakka, a multi-award winning Australian company which has been manufacturing a large range of campervans for over 30 years, has renewed its advertising on our website. Links to its website can be found on the Banner at the top of the News Flash page as well as in the Motorhome & Campervan Sales and Conversions categories of our Marketplace. The Trakka’s range includes compact campervans up to 'mobile grand residences'. Visit the Trakka website – and you could well be having your first look at your new motorhome!

Superior Turbo's of Toowoomba in Queensland is the latest advertiser in the Mechanical Parts and Products category of our Marketplace. A combined 40 years of experience overhauling, upgrading and installing turbochargers into all makes and models of vehicles means Superior Turbo’s can fit and service turbochargers for most diesel engines. Visit this website – then visit Superior Turbo's – the trip home will be a lot faster!

Bushfire Volunteers

Although three months has passed since the Victorian Fires,  re-fencing is still being done by a group in Kilmore called 'Blaze Aid'. They are replacing many farm fences burnt in the fire.  If you are on the road and could spend some time volunteering  for a week or two, even one day, it would be very much appreciated. We are of all ages between 18 & 80 years old - and teams go out every day of the week. You can park on the premises with power if necessary, portable showers & toilets. Some meals are supplied.  Ladies are also welcomed on the job as there are kitchen & office duties for those who do not want to do fencing.  Come and join us as we are also roadies having a good time. 
Come to 70 Kilmore East/Sunday Creek Rd just 3.2km out of town. For enquiries please give Kevin Butler a call on 0418 530 471, or email kevrhon@gmail.com or you can visit the Blaze Aid website at: www.blazeaid.com

When motorhoming, an annexe not only provides more space but lets you sit outside – with some privacy and security but without the flies. Some motorhomers feel that if you don’t have your awning and annexe assembled – you’re just passing through. Australiawide Annexes, located on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, is the latest advertiser in the Accessories – Products category of our Marketplace. They have annexes to suit all roll-out awnings.  Annexes freighted in kit form Australia wide. Visit this website – find out about the 'guaranteed cheapest price'.

Travelhome has renewed its Logo Link in the Fifth Wheel Motorhome Sales category of our Marketplace. Travelhome,100% designed and built in Australia by people who understand Australian conditions, is supported by a national dealer network. Compact, light and towed by utes or one tonner single, extra and dual cabs, Travelhome Fifth Wheelers helped make this type of motorhome popular when they burst onto the market in 2000. Visit this website – you may well see your new fifth wheeler.

Australian Motor Homes has renewed its advertising on our website.  Their Banner adorns our Marketplace and they have Logo Links in the Motorhome Sales, Fifth Wheel Motorhome Sales and Repairs and Service to Motorhome categories.  Australian Motor Homes was one of our original Marketplace advertisers – we have both enjoyed substantial growth since those early days!  Australian Motor Homes retails new Winnebagos, Sunliners, Travelhome (Fifth Wheelers), King of the Road (Fifth Wheelers) as well as a huge range pre-owned RVs.  Naturally, spare parts, accessories and motorhome servicing are all on-site.

Long time CMCA Website advertising supporter, Ballina Campervan & Leisure Centre, has renewed its Banner advertisement on the Site Map page and Logo Link in the Motorhome & Campervan Sales category of our Marketplace.  New and used motorhomes, motorhome and campervan conversions, spare parts, Frontline Camper Conversions, Horizon Motor Home Conversions are some aspects of this expanding business developed nearly twenty five years ago.  Dealer Principal, Clayton Kearney, does take holidays - touring throughout Australia, testing and enjoying his camper conversions with his young family.  Visit this website – and you may be able to give Clayton a second opinion on his exhaustive product testing!

The June edition of The Wanderer is now available online.

Auspit, the new cooking system, is the latest advertiser in the Outdoor Equipment category of our Marketplace. We could say it is a compact, lightweight, easy to clean, pack and transport electric (battery powered) spit – but a picture is worth a thousand words. Visit this website – and see the Auspit. Maybe you’ll feel the warmth of the fire, smell the wood fire and just maybe drool a little at the smell of the food cooking!

A map and travelling book box/folder is not only essential equipment in a motorhome but a source of great joy. Planning the trip is part of the enjoyment – and following the map as you travel helps make the on-the-spot decisions. Map Centre Parramatta is the latest advertiser in the Books, Guides, Maps and Travelling category of our Marketplace. They have a huge range of maps, books, GPS and software – and you can purchase online. Visit this website – your motorhome tour starts with a tour of this website – you’ll want to add it to your favourites!

Trail Mail Australia has renewed its Logo Link in the Mail Forwarding category of our Marketplace. Trail Mail is a small family run business that has been working in mail forwarding for more than 5 years. The family has travelled extensively in Australia and use this experience to make your trip more enjoyable. Visit this website – they’ll keep you posted.

Casey's RV's has renewed its Logo Link in the Repairs and Service to Motorhomes category and the Conversions category of our Marketplace. They can perform complete or partial fitouts, refurbishments and repairs to motorhomes from small campers up to nine metre vehicles. They are Dometic and Waeco agents. Visit this website – this family owned business is keen to be of service.