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| 15 Jul 2010 | | GoSee is evaluating the new Hyundai Santa Fe CRDi 2.2 Diesel auto as a tow tug for the popular Jayco Discovery 16.52 pop-top we use as a regular travelling companion.
GoSee is at Orbost Caravan Park at day two of an extended towing trip which will take us up the Victorian and NSW coast to Bateman's Bay.
The route is then via Canberra and the ACT to the Olympic Way via Junee and on to Albury, Seymour, and Yarra Glen to return to our start point in the Melbourne Port Phillip bayside suburb of Bonbeach Victoria. |
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| 10 Jul 2010 | | Free membership of GoSee TravelSmart Club extends the key benefits which clicked the idea of free touring websites to assist travellers in Australia and New Zealand and the caravanning industry into action seven years ago.
As a registered member of the GoSee TravelSmart Club members have access to additional features they include Hayman Reese based Towing Compatibility information and monthly prizes.
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| 30 Jun 2010 | | Barry, Merran and the Dream-Pot Team feature a delicious soup with a spicy lift in their Winter recipes.
The flavor intensifies when used a day after cooking and keeps well in the 'fridge. Dream-Pots homemade Spicy lentil and vegetable soup is a satisfying pick me up instead of reaching for a cup of coffee.
Lentils are not expensive and are high in soluble fibre, which helps control blood sugar levels. The Dream-Pot recipe is ideal to be included in a diabetic and gluten free meal plan. |
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| 28 Jun 2010 | | Campervan hirers are to be told it is not acceptable to camp anywhere but designated camping areas, the New Zealand Freedom Camping Forum has agreed, PR.co.nz online press release service for New Zealand reports.
People hiring non-self-contained vehicles will be instructed not to freedom camp. They will be directed to designated camping areas, like Holiday Parks, Department of Conservation (DOC) camp sites and other designated camping spaces. |
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| 25 Jun 2010 | | GoSee is road testing a towing product which takes towing mirrors to a new level. Clearview Towing Mirrors has produced something really different.
At this stage of development the Australian designed and tested Clearview mirrors bolt onto the Toyota Landcruiser 100 Series and the Nissan GU Patrol.
Modifications are being designed to suit other popular towing tugs. These include the 200 and 80 Series Landcruiser, Ford 250 and 350 F Series trucks and the Navara, Hi Lux and Prado. |
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| 25 Jun 2010 | | The Holiday Parks Association of New Zealand (HAPNZ) conference and Trade Exhibition at the Distinction Hotel in Rotorua, attracted a record 103 Holiday parks and 340 delegates.
Russel Norman, co-leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand told delegates that Holiday Parks are a integral part of keeping the New Zealand dream holiday alive and providing a tangible taste of the authentic kiwi experience. |
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| 23 Jun 2010 | | Go See TravelSmart Members Club draw for May winners include three from Western Australia and two GoSeeNewZealand winners.
Free membership of GoSee TravelSmart Club extends the key benefits which clicked the idea of free touring websites to assist travellers in Australia and New Zealand and the caravanning industry into action seven years ago.
As a registered member of the GoSee TravelSmart Club members have access to additional features they include Hayman Reese based Towing Capatibility information and monthly prizes. |
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| 22 Jun 2010 | | Leading Australian caravan builder Jayco's fleet flagship the Sterling was launched early in 2006 to replace the Heritage luxury range of Jayco caravans now the well priced Sterling has won a big following.
The Sterling range stretches from 5.45 (17ft 10in) to 7.79 metres (25ft 7in) models.
Jayco has built its market leader position by offering the booming recreational vehicle (RV) market a luxury production-line manufactured caravan at attractive prices. |
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| 17 Jun 2010 | | The GoSee Jayco Discovery pop-top 16.52 caravan has earned our respect as a well priced at about $A35,000 useful, easy-towing, comfortable travel companion.
After 9,414km travelling in ACT, Victoria, NSW and Tasmania the practical Discovery meets GoSee expectations in all but a few annoying areas which involve the quality of some of the products fitted to it. |
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| 10 Jun 2010 | | There is only one public Dump Point for thousands of road touring caravans and Recreational Vehicles (RV's) which travel between Melbourne and Sydney on the arterial Hume Highway route.
The Dump-Ezy unit is in a caravan park which subscribes to the view that Australian road travellers should Leave no Trace and allows it to be used free.
GoSee found it at Holbrook Motor Village run by Trevor and Sharon Liddell. The easy access caravan park is a member of the Top Tourist Parks of Australia chain. |
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| 10 Jun 2010 | | The GoSee pictures from the Queensland Caravan Camping Show tell a diverse growth story for the caravan and camping industry.
The Queensland Caravan Camping Show provides complimentary train travel on the loop service from Fortitude Valley, Central station and Roma St Station to RNA Showgrounds 'Exhibition Station' and return. |
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| 28 May 2010 | | GoSee is road testing a towing product which takes towing mirrors to a new level.
Clearview Towing Mirrors is on stand 2802 at the Queensland Caravan, Camping and Touring Holiday Show and they have something really different.
Clearview has produced towing mirrors which are fully replacement and designed for towing caravans, boats and big trailers. |
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| 11 May 2010 | | On the West Coast the three most wanted trout in Tasmania are still at large with a posse of anglers in pursuit in the Great Tullah Trout Challenge.
The Most Wanted is a tagged Brown Trout with a $20,000 reward for the angler who lands it. Then there are two tagged Rainbow Trout worth $8,000 and $2,000 to the anglers who land them.
And in southern Tassie there is a catch fish or your money back guarantee until May 31...
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| 10 May 2010 | | Chris Martyn of Captain Cook Memorial Caravan Park, South Bruny Island blew GoSee away with the almost casual comment that he thought the logs of William Bligh of the Bounty could be seen just up Adventure Bay Road.
He was right the Bligh Museum at Adventure Bay not only has Bligh's logs but the small church like brick museum is a time capsule of early Pacific explorers.
It houses direct links to the landings at Adventure Bay, Tasmania of some of the greatest explorer seamen ever to tread a deck. |
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| 7 May 2010 | | New GoSee TravelSmart Member for April wins the a major prize this month a meals-anywhere thermo 5 litre Dream-Pot cooker valued at $260.
The winner is: Roy Wyss of Caboolture, Queensland.
Dream-Pot is also a rice cooker, warming oven, cooler, ice bucket and yoghurt maker. The Dream-Pot is energy efficient and easy to use and clean.
It is also supported by an excellent recipe book and regular e-news recipe updates. |
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| 29 Apr 2010 | | Truganini had two alternatives - adapt or die.
The arrival of the White man brought violence, brutality and disease to her world.
This intelligent survivor was one of the first Australians caught in Australia's Black War.
Those comfortable with the proposition that Australians have never suffered the horrors of war on their own soil should perhaps consider Tasmania by the 1830's. |
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| 23 Apr 2010 | | After a meeting in Brisbane with Toyota and Hayman Reese, followed by further phone conversations and emails GoSee understands that Toyota warrants its own brand which includes the Toyota towbar bar and standard or drop hitch.
GoSee believes there is room for discussion between Toyota and towing equipment makers like Hayman Reese on the direct benefits of a Weight Distribution Hitch to towing handling and related road safety. |
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| 23 Apr 2010 | | New Zealand TravelSmart Club membership goes with a major prize for March two nights in Rotorua with all the trimmings and New GoSee TravelSmart Club member Denise Bowler of Ngaruawahia is the winner.
Many visitors to the GoSeeNewZealand stand at the New Zealand National Motorhome & Caravan Expo in Hamilton took the opportunity to join the free GoSee TravelSmart Club which gave them a chance to win the unique New Zealand touring experience package. |
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| 6 Apr 2010 | | The GoSee Holden Captiva LX auto diesel used 282.5 litres at a cost of $373.65 to cover 1987km on the GoSee Tow Around Tasmania Tour completed in March.
Its excellent performance has earned the Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) the nickname 'Little Bulldog' towing in conditions similar to touring in New Zealand.
Most of the distance was covered towing the 1400kg loaded GoSee Jayco Discovery 16.52.1 pop-top caravan. GoSee recommends driving to suit the conditions. |
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| 29 Mar 2010 | | GoSee got the word at Seven Mile Beach Cabin Caravan Park just out of Hobart.
Stop at The Wall.
The next stage in our GoSee Tows Around Tasmania tour was via Wayatinah and on to Strahan on the Tasmanian West Coast.
The Wall by artist Greg Duncan impressed the hell out of us. GoSee thinks The Wall is an Australian experience in world class. |
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| 26 Mar 2010 | | The 5th New Zealand Motorhome & Caravan Expo in Hamilton in the North Island produced good sales of some of the big ticket items and generally most exhibitors seemed happy.
GoSee spotted a string of new products which included: Gecko Fibreglass. Bessemer Cookware. Cover Systems Ltd. Satlink NZ and OZ Tents has a new three seconds to set-up tent.
The Expo is the premier event for the Motorhome & Caravan industry. |
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| 24 Mar 2010 | | The TravelSmart Club New Member winner for February is from South Australia.
She gets a security device which will safeguard valueable towing equipment.
GoSee has also been evaluating a Hayman Reese Weight Distribution Hitch holder which uses the Hitch Lock Pin to secure it to the A frame of our Jayco Discovery pop-top caravan. |
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| 22 Mar 2010 | | GoSee continues part two of our Around Tasmania towing tour today.
We visited White Beach Tourist Park on Saturday and toured through Hobart and down the Huon Trail to Kettering and the ferry ride to Bruny island and Captain James Cook Memorial Caravan Park at Adventure Bay on Sunday.
GoSee visited West Coast Strahan via hospitable Wayatinah. Today we are back in Devonport via Wynyard after circling Tasmania. |
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| 17 Mar 2010 | | GoSee stayed at Seven Mile Beach near Hobart for three nights after a run from Launceston on B81 and the Tasman Highway A3 via St Helens and Triabunna.
The Tasmanian Tourist Parks we stayed at all have unique points of difference.
The drive from Launceston, St Helens and Triabunna is on good but narrow roads and requires full concentration.
But our Holden Captiva auto diesel makes light work of the job of moving our easy-going 1400kg loaded Jayco Discovery pop-top caravan. |
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| 15 Mar 2010 | | GoSee is at sea bound for Devonport Tasmania and a 12day tour of Australia's island state. GoSee will call on 13 Tasmanian Tourist Parks towing our Jayco Discovery pop-top caravan around Tasmania.
This is the kind of day that Geoff 'Coxy' Cox talks about when he chats at caravan and camping shows about taking a cruise. |
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| 15 Mar 2010 | | More than 20 of the German made Geist (Guy-st) caravans will meet at small town of Lindenow South Recreation Reserve in Victoria from today until March 22.
They will discuss future plans for the brands importation, education seminars on maintenance as well as tour the local Mitchell Valley by bus. |
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| 13 Mar 2010 | | Legend has it that when Smithy found himself losing oil from one of his three engines on his pioneering flight in the Southern Cross across the Tasman his co-pilot climbed out on the wing and decanted enough oil into the engine to keep it going.
Original thinking across an amazing range of products is on show at the Caulfield Caravan and Camping Supershow today. Wandering about with the GoSee camera we found fresh idea with quality as their first priority. |
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| 12 Mar 2010 | | Original thinking is on show at the Caulfield Caravan and Camping Supershow today.
One example is Karakampa Caravans.
Another original is for those who suffer from towing mirror blues Clearview has some real practical thought for towing caravans boats and big trailers.
Here are some impressions captured through the lens of a GoSee digital camera and posted to the website today: |
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| 4 Mar 2010 | | AAA Tourism is not a business leader and it is not succeeding because of itself, CEO Peter Blackwell told delegates at the Top Tourist Parks of Australia forum in Brisbane.
Blackwell formerly of AA New Zealand spoke to 91 Top Tourist Parks of Australia delegates at Brisbane's Sofitel.
Top Tourist Parks committed senior executives and State Representatives to a three year STAR rating accommodation evaluation group which suddenly found their commitment wasted when AAAT pulled the plug on the process. |
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| 25 Feb 2010 | | Thetford is running an adventure gear giveaway linked to toilet product purchases until April 30.
The giveaway works at three buyer levels with Thetford self-powering torch and Cooler Bag stool alone and in combination provided as gifts.
Thetford, has been awarded the stringent German Environmental Certificate Blue Angel for its Aqua Kem Green and Aqua Rinse products by the German Federal Environmental Agency. |
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| 24 Feb 2010 | | The 5th New Zealand Motorhome & Caravan Expo has more exhibitors showcasing new product innovations, more space and more to see, Expo CEO Norm Evans said today.
The New Zealand National Motorhome and Caravan Expo is in North Island, Hamilton from March 11 to 14 and GoSeeNewZealand.co.nz offers a unique touring prize package to showgoers... |
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| 19 Feb 2010 | | Toyota is confusing owners who tow with ambiguous towbar and Weight Distribution Hitch (WDH) requirements.
For warranty to apply Toyota requires a genuine Toyota towbar for its LandCruiser.
Toyota recommends a WDH when towing caravans and trailers.
Toyota does not make a WDH.
If a non-genuine WDH is used warranty cover can be denied. |
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| 17 Feb 2010 | | Innovative designs, along with new products and technologies for self-drive tourism shapes outdoor adventure at the 2010 Caravan and Camping Show at the Adelaide Showground, Wayville from Wednesday 24 February to Sunday 28 February.
While self-drive holidaying is traditionally viewed as the domain of retirees, latest data also shows younger families and couples are increasingly embracing the concept of taking time out on wheels. |
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| 12 Feb 2010 | | Colin Devaney of Sutherland New South Wales has won the major Radio 2GB GoSeeAustralia.com.au TravelSmart member prize from Aspen Holiday Parks.
Free membership of GoSee TravelSmart Club extends the key benefits which clicked the idea of free touring websites to assist travellers in Australia and New Zealand and the caravanning industry into action seven years ago next month. |
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