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Newbie
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Hi everyone, I have just joined this forum. I will be semi retiring at the end of the year and can'twait todosome real travelling. We are on our second van now (the first purchase proved to large for us) and have made about 10 trips in all of verying lengths. We are off from Adelaide to Darwin in two week...
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Li'l Aussie Vegemites
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Just tried that new "Vegemite". Thankgoodness I only bought a small jar. Now the company that makes Vege is a USA owned company and the fact that the Yanks can't stand "OUR" Vegemite, they've sabotaged it and done some thing awful to it. I'll stick with the "rosy cheec...
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Hello All, I am a Knewbee.
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I am a 57, And a widow.Very bubbly and down to earth. I have never travel in a caravan or motor home, But now its my turn to shine. I love the Australian outback and want to see it all. Where do I start? I wanting to travel alone,Eventually, 1) Should I travel with someone to start with, So they can show me the...
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TURBO/CONVECTION OVEN
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Does anyone use one of those bench top round turbo ovens? Are there any recipe books that you can recommend. They tell me you can cook cakes and scones and soup and just about anything in them. Comments please Ma
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Hello
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G'day everyone, just joined this forum and look forward to joining in. We are off on Wednesday heading eventually to Alice Springs via Berri, Port Augusta, Coober Pedy, Yulara and Kings Canyon. Our first big trip in a year. Will hopefully put up some photos after we get back. Terry.
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The Coorong Wetlands
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It isn't often that I get deep......... but it is with great interest, that I'm reading the editorial regarding the Coorong wetlands and the Goolwa lakes becoming lost to the salt water influx due to lack of freshwater flow in the Murray. Everyday we read about or hear about "Scientists"...
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re:::rest area
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well, we have our first bit of publicity,about the rest area. "caravanning news" has done a very good article ( thank you denis amor,the editor of caravanning news,and a member of this forum )for this. there is a committee,going to inspect the site,from the dept of main roa...
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Caravan Magazines
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I have for disposal the Caravan World and Caravan and Motorhome magazines for the years 2006 and 2007. They are in mint condition but must be collected from north Brisbane. Sorry no posting. Please leave a message if you are interested Keith
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kesue
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Finally on the road
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Hello fellow Nomads, The Freddos are finally on the road. In Mildura at the moment and heading north. Our Grey Nomad sticker is proudly placed above our number plate on the van. Been looking out for other vans with our sticker , but have not yet seen any...where are u all? Drop in for a chat anytime. Cheer...
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Freddos future
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Supreme Caravans
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Hi all Thanks for the advice regarding the Jayco caravans. Must admit we are still umming and ahhing about them and have decided to have a look at a new Supreme caravan at the weekend. We wondered if anyone had any comments on the Supreme's....did try doing a search (thank you for the instructions) but...
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Bradbury
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Caravan length
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Hi all, looking into this greynomad lifestyle.NZ/ Australia not decided where just yet but was wondering what size caravan could I tow behind a falcon.Is a 20ft cravan big enough to live in long term for a couple.Do not know much about campers of any description.Thanks for any replies. Peter
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MM
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grey water at caravan parks?
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G'day, just wondering, with our grey water ,what do we do with it when were at a caravan park? do they have drains at each site for caravans and rv's ?
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milo
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Hackers Block Tagalong
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It's not as gruesome as it sounds, but it is a shock to the administrators. Hackers have in fact hacked into ozcaravantagalong.com and blocked it with a nasty looking red screen with black writing announcing who they were and where they are from. The most disappointing part was they hacked through th...
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Cruising Granny
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Hi Guys
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Just wanted to say hi to everyone, and raise my glass.... see pic. Celebrated my 50th on the weekend... and yes, we went camping. Was fantastic. Can't wait till we are doing it full time
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Dragonfly
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Centrelink lunacy
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Went to Centrelink yesterday to drop off some paperwork they had requested. Waited in queue for about 10 minutes, got to counter, told woman what I wanted to do and was told I had to wait for an interview. I said, no, thanks, just want to drop off these papers. Ah, in that case, she said, producing a pre-pa...
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Centrelink revisited
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A long haired Bogan walked into the Centrelink office to pick up his dole cheque. He marched straight up to the counter and said, 'Hi. You know, I just HATE drawing the dole. I'd really rather have a job.' The Centrelink girl behind the counter said, ' Your timing is excellent, Sir..' 'We hav...
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Tisha
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Wow, what a dog, all house trained, got her own bed, puts herself to bed around 6 each evening ,and wakes us every morning from her own cave,(pic) Walks me every mornig and tries to catch any thing that runs, and can she go, standing 1/4 at the moment is about 3 seconds, , to see her stretch out and run like th...
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mike and Judy
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Patience on the Road
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I have read some comment about impatient drivers and their lack of common courtesy on the road and I agree our roads have more than their fair share of impatient and aggressive drivers. However my patience is sorely tested when I'm forced to travel for tens of kilometers in a queue up to half a klm long be...
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Interesting Statistics about Members My Version
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Hi All, I'm new to the forum, thank you Cindy for my email allowing me to participate here. On looking through this site I naturally was inquisitive with how many used it? To my amazement there are approx. 1180 Members- All GNs? Wow we are many a happy bunch aren't we. I did notice though that there are app...
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The adventure is about to begin
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Great excitement in the Gnome cave today.Notification that the B&B Unit will be delivered on Thursday. Should begin the adventure in about two weeks,after collecting the van from Hexam (near Newcastle) then back home to sort out the rego.& installation of the monitor in the truck,fo...
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