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Hello grey nomads, we're longing to learn about you
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Hello to you all. We're not as brave as some of you, who are happy to pull up stakes and hit the road for a nomadic existence until whoever knows when, but Mrs. Catters and I have organised about 3 months to ourselves for later this year, and are planning to adventure our way around the coast for a while. We...
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please contribute and build the database
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I know Cindy frowns on us mentioning other sites but I will just ask this, if any of you fellows (or gals) come across a campsite that is of note please place it in the camping section of here and also go to this site and add it in there....http://ozcamps.net/... I have just placed a heap in there and it can o...
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Catch Me If You Can - Movies with Leonardo DiCaprio & Also the Secret Life of Walter Mitty
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Watched this 2002 movie on conman Frank Abigale? played by Leonardo, very interesting movie and how he ended up working for the FBI. Another great ficional conman who lived in a fantasy world (most of us have met one or know of one) was Walter Mitty, the old movie of that is being re-made using Mike Myers...
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ENGLISH IDIOT;;;;;
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Just happened to see a english couple here last night at the camp kitchen, they were in the motel rooms & travelling in a hire car. He was just amazed at the hwy up here ,long & staight , very little traffic.That was all good ,then he proceded to brag about travelling at 180kls ph all the way up from...
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Freedom at last - no fixed place of abode
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We are finally on the road full time. Our motel settled on Monday, spent tuesday sorting out the last minute things, van had first service and we head out of town today. Heading to say good bye to family in the Western District of Vic and we are off. I was jealous as hell of these posts when I was still work...
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Just curious
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Just curious as to how many " nomads" actually live and roam in their vans etc 24/7
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14 DAYS ON THE OAD
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HI EVERY ONE ME AND MAGGIE HAVE BEEN ON THE ROAD FOR 14 DAYS NOW ON OUR BIG ADVENTURE AND HAVE HAD OUR SHARE OF TROUBLE WE HAD TO GET RID OF OUR TUG AS WE WERE ONLY GETTING 300K PER TANK OF PETROL AROUND $80 HAVE SOLVED THAT PROBLEM AND NOW HAVE A TOYOTA LAND CRUISER ON GAS THE LAST PART OF OUR JOURNEY WE GOT 390K O...
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Inland Flood Water
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For those interested in the inland flood water this is a great site with Pictures. Worth the Look. http://www.wrightsair.com.au/floodwaternews.htm C.U.
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Mod's??? what Mod's
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after reading Denise's mattress improvements I got to thinking, what modifications have you folks made to your sharabangs, I will post some shots as soon as the cut and shut crew finish with me
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Why is it so hard to buy a new car...
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Why does it have to be so ruddy hard to buy a new car? We don't want much, 4x4 diesel Auto big enough to tow the van (17.5ft). Looked at a few, been for a few test drives and liked a few. The problem is we have a budget and I refuse to go over it, but all these new cars have so many "optional extras" that...
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moving on;
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Moving on saturday to the Roper. Will catch up again in a few days. Be kind to each other.
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The time is close.
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We have finally sorted out the car. Late08 ford territory. Van 04 Jayco Freedom.All wiring for the brakes fitted, garmin nuvi loaded with the camps 5 downloaded, fridge finally working and soon we will be off. Easter is to be a small run to test what we can (including how the four legged kids will travel...
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Nearly there
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Greetings all. House settled 9/2 and things are as good as. I'm now the very proud owner of a Coromal Capri..20 footer,shower, toilet,solar,wheels lol!.I'm still in Rocky sorting out a few things but will head for Melbourne next weekend, with a few stops along the way, to pick up the van and spend so...
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Canopies and roofracks
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I think I know the answer to this, but confirmation would be nice: I'm leaning towards buying a Nissan Navara which has a fibreglass canopy. I want to fit a roofrack so I can have an awning. Can you have a roofrack on a fibreglass canopy, or should I go for a metal canopy? And can you have a roofrack with a met...
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Hot Water Service
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I was wanting advice on what brand of Hot Weater Service I should have fitted to my 13' van...could it be fitted under the bed ... I would have the shower rose outside the van...some caravan parks have hard / bore water ..would this be ok. thanks again for your advice..Thought might as well have this don...
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On the road again...
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Just a quick note to say we are on the road again after a couple of months back home in Sth Grafton to see family. We were lucky the house was between tenants so we were able to stay at home though it was sparsely furnished. We're now in Sth West Rocks for a few days then we will stay locally to be back in Nambucc...
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electric brakes
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G,day all Looking for thoughts about the Tekonsha Voyager electric brake unit. I was given a unit with a grey front (believe different models have different colour tag). Any thoughts on this unit (fitting to a Holden sedan VY)
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drongo & wendy
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rain
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to all those travellers either holidaying in qld sunshine coast area or on there way here it has not stopped raining for days now, last week we had 8 inches here in glasshouse mountains and it hasnt stopped since ,we are trying to establish a garden of some sort here with three trucks on our property, had...
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Taking A Trip
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Well we are leaving Sunday morning for Albany about 400 klm's South of Perth. Will be away for 2 weeks only this trip, back on 28th Feb. Don't have Internet access when travelling so will catch up when we return in 2 weeks time.
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Cairns Ukulele Festival 3 & 4 July 2010
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Hello everyone, Just a quick post to let you know about the Cairns Ukulele Festival. The Cairns Ukulele Festival core dates are the 3rd of July and the 4th of July. I am sure you are all aware of what a good time of the year it is to be in North Queensland, and with other events on this time of year (Mareeba Rod...
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