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Just a small quiz idea for consideration
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I was just perusing the 'Where are you now' sticky on the top of the page. I notice a few of the members occasionally over the years have had a quiz going on it where they have to try & pick where a photo was taken & the winner then posted a photo of their own to be the next pic to be figured out & so on...
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PORTA LOO
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Just seen a porta loo at Aldi, 20 litre holding tank, 10 litre other tank for 79.00 looks the same as the others I have seen, was just wondering if any of the people on this forum have any first hand experience of them , any feedback would be much appreciated.
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WOOHOOO
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House has been rented out, the child bride leaves work on the 11th Nov. and we will be nomads from then on, using ma in laws house at Bribie Island as a home base. First trip is leaving Brisvegas on Christmas day and travelling to Elmore in Vic. for nthe national caravan rally and then a slow 3 or 4 month trip...
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top gear
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watchin top gear australia tonight they are doin ga grey nomads caravan tow its hilarious not so sure if any others of you are watching it but im finding it very amusing gotta love that kenny dude hey, hes always been a good laugh. i also enjoy the top gear english one as well with jeremy and the boys ,i rath...
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SPOT LIGHTS BE WARNED
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Well here is one for those of you out there that have your spot lights fitted to the top of your vehicle... A couple of weeks ago I was pulled over by a motorcycle cop on the freeway into Adelaide, the sole purpose was to give me a ticket for the spotlights I had fitted to the roof baskets on my truck. This tick...
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12 months on the road
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Today me and Di have been on the road for 12 months travelling this great land called OZ and have made lots of new friends along the way where else in the world would this possible. -- Edited by barrie on Monday 1st of November 2010 09:18:33 PM
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Campervans Stolen By 10yr Olds in Darwin
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/02/3054703.htm
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back to the grind
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well after a few days in hospital last week wired to a macine that goes "ping" and then a week at home it's back to the grind again this week, and to top it off a 05.30am start to boot, makes one wonder why the hell one does it sometimes,, would dearly love to give away full time work in place of cas...
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Bottle gas Refill v Swap
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I'm only new on the forum, so be gentle with me. We have been on the road now since Dec 09. One of my main gripes is the cost of gas bottles. Here we are in Margaret River(or as the locals call it Markup River, sorry) and needed to refill one of our 9kg bottles. I am not a fan of the swap system, as I know the con...
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Housesitting
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Anyone want a couple of Grey Nomads to mind their house/pets over the Christmas period in Brisbane?? We've got family there but they'll have a full house - we are flexible over dates, but a couple of weeks would be good. Cheers The happy wanderers
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where do you call home survey
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Time for a lttle survey. Just wondering where we all live north west east or south? -- Edited by Pam on Friday 22nd of October 2010 09:38:27 PM -- Edited by Pam on Friday 22nd of October 2010 09:40:57 PM
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Survey - What State is your vehicle registered?
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Gday... I liked this idea when I read it but none has appeared yet ... so I thought I would put this up for interest. Not created a poll before ... hope it works. Cheers Julie & John
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Grey Nomads on Today Tonight
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Tomorrow night ( Friday) there is going to be a story about Grey Nomads tripping around the country in their motorhomes. Just saw it advertised. This is in Vic. Not sure if all states get the same stories.
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i cant see it happening....
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i dunno, maybe im just kidding myself, being on a pension and wanting my own campervan and to travel, every thing ilooked at so far has been too expensive or too many ks or too old i feel like giving up, life isnt what it was for me... just no good. i feel like crap latley... i feel like im waisting every ones...
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Update re that Vehicle Registration survey ....
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Gday... Seems very few like surveys ..... praps 580 views of the survey ... but only 71 voted .... and NSW and QLD pretty close winners ... Vic behind ... rest too few... Not sure it was all worth it probably ... Cheers - back to happy travelling Cheers Julie & John
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my thought for this week
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maybe something on a bit of a lighter note this week...........once upon a time there was a little bird that waited to long to fly north for the winter,, when he did finally start to fly he flew through a snow storm and soon became frozen and dropped to the ground in a cattle yard,, where upon a cow passing...
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what makes a grey nomad
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ok so i may have asked this question once before but just what makes a grey nomad ?? this is something that i've been pondering on a lot of late ? to qualify for the title of grey nomad do you have to be "homeless" and by that i mean do you have to sell up everything and hit the road or can you have a &qu...
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Gasfuse - Emergency shut off/low gas indicator
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I got one of these from Aldi yesterday for, (i think) $22, I now have three of them, as we travel with 2, 9kg and one 4.5kg gas bottles the 4.5 being a standby. Personally, I think they are worth the money especially as when the guage gets into the red I know that I have one more days worth of gas on the van frid...
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in the clear
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well guys i had my stitches removed today ,still got to keep wound covered for another six months yet,but alas i am in the clear they seem to have taken all the melanoma away so it seems. and im so glad a big sigh of relief was what i did, as truly i did not think i was going to go back if it had of been bad news, i ke...
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fishing
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i was just thinking i'd say like me many that travel around this land of ours like to "wet a line" i know i do i've tred some of the fishing forums on the net but none of them really take my fancy much,, to much comparing rod sizes LOL and so on,, so how about some reports of good places to wet a line fr...
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