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Quiet times
Things are a little quiet around here. Might play around with the layout of the site again. Classifieds not really creating any interest, but will leave it in place for now. Looking for suggestions for article topics too.

Sell your housetruck!!
Have added a free classifieds tool so you can list your housetruck or housebus (or gidgetry) for sale. Check the Classifieds menu.

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Camping sites
Where are all the camp sites in NZ? Which ones are pet friendly? Visit motorcamps.com to find a camp-site that will meet all your requirements.

Hosting and Design
If you are looking for a good hosting and design company, check out www.hostingnz.co.nz.

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Caravan

A while back, I posted a pic of a gypsy caravan that Pete built. He sold it before I could get some photos and so had to track the buyer down and ask nicely if I could grab some pics. He was very obliging and here is the result. I had a mate take the [...]

Home Street Home

Hi there folks so i am trying to track down a particular housetruck my dad built in the mid to late 80′s probably around 86-87 i dont have much info about it right now but i do have some pictures- the reason im trying to find this truck is because it was my home for [...]

Nature Comes To The Rescue At Port Jackson…

Nature has had it’s wonderful way at the beautiful campsite at Port Jackson… check out http://theflyingtortoise.blogspot.com/ for the latest news…

The Flying Tortoise Hit By Hacker…

Hit by a hacker yesterday, TFT is in the process of getting back on the road… there may be some delay and the mechanics at google are trying to fix the problem…

Housebus question

What is it? Well, I know what it is, but can you figure it out? While in Wanganui to watch the Cemetery Circuit motorcycle racing, we were bumming around and espied this beauty up a side street. Its obviously been modified, but can you tell what the original vehicle was?

Big Flick’s Challenge to you all

Greetings all! Yay time to get on the road for a couple of weeks over the xmas period. Where ever we go I’m going to plant a vege plant somewhere random in hope any other house truckers stumble across them and get to enjoy. A small cost that will benefit many if they survive. I [...]

park over

hi all, David in Dannevirke has a large section that he has set up for housetruck parking. he has two dump sites and spaces for three trucks. give him a call, i’m sure he would love the company. 022 636 0911 or 021 109 3773.

More housebuses

An SB3 and an AEC. Photos courtesy of Mike…hosted on my picasa album – Deans ’69 SB3 – Deans ’69 SB3 – Eagle Rock ’57 AEC Reliance – Eagle Rock ’57 AEC Reliance

Another set of Housetruck pics

http://greghale.orconhosting.net.nz/housetrucks.asp I recently stumbled across this site. It is a personal site but has a page (linked) showing some nice trucks.

J6 Bedford project

Headed over to the Wairarapa to look at a possible future project, a 1963 Bedford J6 housetruck. Looking at the photos, you’d be thinking “can it be saved? or more likely “are you nuts?” I’m still deciding whether or not to tackle it considering all the other things going on in my world at the [...]