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yes I know I pinched it
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it did no good hiding back there where it could be seen by limited folks so I took it by the hand and brought it in here Ma's perfect day................... "Not my idea of a perfect breakfast, but this is.................. The fact that I was fortunate enough to wake up TO HAVE BREAKFAST And so did...
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Selling up dilemma
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We are about to retire and intend travelling for a couple of years. We are looking at the possibillity of selling our home and investing the funds to allow us to increase our travelling funds and have the capital aside so we can enter a lifestyle village at a later date. Any advise or suggestions would be...
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Whats the average dollars spent per day
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Hi all Whats the average dollars spent per day when on the road and free camping as much as possible. To date when I have gone solo for short periods I have worked my budget on $1 per Km, average trip would be about 10 to 15 000 km in 6 to eight weeks. That seems to cover unforseen items, last trip had to replace...
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How do I find the Archives please
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I'm new to using a forum as of yesterday , can someone tell me how to find archives ? ... thanks, Denise :)
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Some Advice please
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Having recently purchased a Caprice Eclipse (2000 model), we took it for test run to the Rollingstone caravan park just north of Townsville. Wonderful park and enjoyed our stay although we had to cut short a day because of the weather. Two problems became apparent with the van and I was wondering if an...
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Sharing Useful and Fabulous Websites....
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One I love is Reverse Garbage in Sydney..easy to get to off Parramatta Rd.I'm making a shade cover to go over the roofrack out of street flags...4 for $20! Never know what will turn up next thats useful! www.Sciencedaily.com/ This is latest research published in all fields..great health stuff what a...
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LATEST WEATHER FROM CAIRNS
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Olga may have fizzled AS a cyclone, but she sure has a messy tail.
There are huge thunderstorms over Gulf of Carpentaria, in the SE corner in particular.
It looks like she's heading inland following a monsoonal low, and will end up somewhere in the middle of WA where no one but miners and dingos live....
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Is Martin losing the plot?????
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Maybe this is what celebrity has-beens do to get back in the news Ray Martin leads push for flag change
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Been to Vietnam
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Hi all, been so busy; arrived back in Mt Gambier late Nov. from Winter on Sunshine Coast; finally got back into our house early Nov. Hubby says cheap air fares lets go to Vietnam for December!! So hurriedly moved back into house; then packed bag for OS. Flew Air Asia (excellent) to Kuala Lumpur next mo...
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I did it
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Handed in my notice today so come 25th Feb I will be unemployed. The next phase of our life starts 1st March when we hit the road permanetly. Bring it on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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First trip in the van
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We headed off Friday afternoon for rapid bay with the new van and car. Anybody who knows the road to cape jervis will appreciate it is a challenging trip with lots of windy steep hills. I was a little bit disappointed in the way the new tug handled the conditions but thought maybes i was driving a little ca...
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up date on 3 way fridge and fans
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Hi all Thanks for all the information that was forth coming on this subject. I have fitted 2 * 120mm fans at the top vent and and 1 *120mm at the bottom vent all are controlled via a thermostat which is fitted on the fins at the back of fridge or can be manually controlled. Have filled in every space between...
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Travelling bathtub
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Hi , I've just joined up ...am readying an ex tradie van for a trip maybe to Tassie first in early Autumn. I wanted to share with you something I've found...I live in a shed so am already living a camping life but not on the road yet. Bunnings have a super big black heavy duty plastic storage bin which makes a...
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THE CARAVANERS CREED ;
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THE CARAVANERS CREED.As we travel down the highways with our caravan in tow,We prayer to the almighty that the forecast rains wont show,We ask that roads are solid, roos and wombats nowhere near,And with some luck by afternoon we're settled with a beer... Our camping site is not five star, not four o...
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BLOWN OVER
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Well, Olga turned out to be a polite little lass. We had a little wind and rain but not much worse than a normal wet season day. Just blew over a couple of pot plants. Big Monsoon trough in place now right down to Mackay. Should get a sheitload of rain out of that. Ian
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choosing our towing vehical
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my wife elly and i are going to be joining all u lucky folk in about 2 years , sounds a long way off i think it will come around all to fast. our delemar is that we want t buy a duel cab the only ones that are available are the mits triton and the nissan navara both 2.6 litre. i have spaoken to both company's and th...
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she's got gutsss (Jessica watson)
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all I can say is she has got guts, and I hope she makes it been following her since day one ,I'd love to go solo around Aus , but I dunno about the sea? I'd be painting the deck all day http://jessicawatson.com.au
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THE LUCKY COUNTRY ;
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Australia DayAustralians are a funny lot, you'll often hear one curse,How things have started badly, and they'll probably get worse,The weathers dry, the sun's so hot it's stolen all the water,The Government has never done the things we think they oughta'.But if we hear a tourist say his home is muc...
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Ah the preparation....
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Be gentle, I'm new here! Hi All, we have sold our motel and are picking up our Jayco Outback Discovery pop top in the first week of February, gettting excitited for our holiday (or gap year as hubby describes it) ( I like to call it managing our mid life crisis). No home base (so bad luck if we get sick of ea...
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NULLABOR TRIP
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Hi All leaving 15th March for Perth and return and wanting any suggestions of places that are a must to see or avoid. Any extra spares to take for vehicle or van? Probably going via Dubbo-Broken Hill-Port Augusta-Ceduna-Norseman-Esperance-Albany-Margaret River. have 6 to 8 weeks. We wiil be trav...
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