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and the thunder roars
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started raining up here around 9 ish last night with lightning strikes and thunder, had to put the green giant away as it was too wet still carrying on like a pork chop today, lightning strikes every minute or so with intermittent rain, we have a few "service lights" on the truck and header so...
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NOTICE ,,, GOOD NEWS ;
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Yes , its finally happened , telstra big pond has cut their prices & contract lengths , New contracts have much cheaper fees & reduced time frames . Existing contractes can be restructed to save money . Also no penalties for going over your allocated usage . We just rehashed ours today on a f...
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scared the bejabbers out of me
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a bolt of lightning just came down not twenty feet from our shed, took out the big old gum tree as if it was loaded with explosives, right down to the stump and this thing was 15 foot around the base, shards of timber came flying into the shed some as large as my arm I reckon I must have rolled on my grease g...
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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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THINKING/PLANNING ON STARTING OUT
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Hi all you GN's, I'm 52 this year and my wife is 53, I'm keen to sell up and become a GN myself, and my wife would love the excitement too but what if we sell and don't like it? what if we sell and become ill, we've camped extensively in the High country, travelled a little around Oz staying in motels etc' I gues...
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nothin in here
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see I done told you nuthin was in here but you had to look didnt you!!! -- Edited by dave06 on Wednesday 20th of January 2010 02:10:55 PM
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OK Who was it?
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Some lucky tourist picked up $15,000,000 last night on Oz Lotto. The ticket was sold in Tom Price WA to a traveler. It wasn't me...waaaaagh " title="Crying or Very Sad" />
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I Met A Man
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Recently while free camping, I met a man who, in 3 days taught me all about solar panels, batteries, battery charging and many other little tricks. I could not of learnt this in a week of sundays from books. i I have started the modifications he recommended and will stay all 12 volt in both the cruiser...
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Truck drivers on the Newell
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Just read the lead story on truck drivers on the Newell and we have just travelled down the highway from Brisbane to Melbourne. We found that the interstate drivers with the B doubles etc. were generally good and understood that we didn't want to hold them up and would be pulling over as soon as possible...
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further reports on dreamtime vans from bellarine in victoria.
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howdy fellow nomads, am wondering if anyone in this great wide world has had any dealings with Bellarine caravans in geelong victoria, especialaly with the "dreamtime" models. i am interested in the dreamtime lonsdale but would like to hear any feedback if possible from fellow travell...
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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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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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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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update update on 3 way fridge and fans
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Howdy again I have read all the replies and couldn't understand why there seemed to be some negative responses. After reading my post 20 times I realized I had wrote 3 hours instead of 13 hours. The fridge held steady at 10 degrees because the fridge thermostat was only set on three. When cranked up ful...
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new years specials
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another couple of specials that are on offer Hi Dave,
As a valued Travel Club member we would like to offer you an exclusive pre-sale!
Start the year on a high with Spirit of Tasmania's seriously low fares! For a limited
time you can purchase a Day Ticket for just $49* each way, that's a saving of 55%...
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what a miracle filled world in which we live
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Haiti earthquakes, how long has it been, 11 days, 12, hell I forget but another "live" one was pulled from the rubble this morning just imagine, covered in concrete blocks, crushed beneath tonnes of rubble, no light, no sound, no food, no sign of being saved, no drink, no speech with other f...
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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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Finally.... He's retiring.
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Yeaaaaah!!! Finally Roger has decided that as we go to Alice Springs in June, {looking for Zircons}, we will not be in any hurry to return home. That is the way we plan on easing into the mental side of retiring. I believe that, no matter how much you plan this, there is still a "settling in " si...
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Thank You to Lionel Mussell and Andrew Phillips
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I would like to thank Lionel Mussell and Andrew Phillips with tracking down the history of my recently acquired Caprice Eclipse caravan. A couple of very smart and informed gentlemen, I thank you both.For those who may be interested in Eclipse pedigree, below are the findings from Andrew. I suspect...
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