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It's snowing
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Stopped off at a rest area last night just west of Glen Innes and it was a little cold overnight. Woke up to find the outside temp 4 degrees. Headed off for b/fast at Macca's only to find it snowing as we went over the range and into town. Looks like its snowed most of the night and as we sit here sipping our cof...
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lake tabourie
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going to the cp for a week south coast nsw just got air con fixed read on another forum split gas pipe (same) late supreme cv 4 season hatches leak after a while should have a gasket between hatch and van i have all th info about them we dont have the best of things we just make the best of things we have suenray...
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most likely heading to broome
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Flying up to Broome early next week to finalise a new job commitment, looking at a minimin of 12 months stay. Any comments on good long term parks would be good. cheers bla\e
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HOME AGAIN & THE PARTIES CONTINUE;
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Well after seven mths on the road this time we are back home , all safe & sound. This trip took us south at first to Newcastle to visit friends, we then travelled up the hunter valley in a n/w direction to a ten day country music festival. Then north to Boondooma, Qld for another ten day camp with more co...
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Photo editing software
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I have just finished putting together a DVD of our north Queensland trip using a programe called Memories on TV which I have found very easy to use and a good result, I previously tried Pinnacle Studio 12 but found it too hard to use I am interested to see what other Forum members use for this purpose. It is...
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what is camps 6
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I presume it is book of camp sites and c/parks.can any other nomads tell me where I can obtain this from....Alan
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caboolture to gladstone QLD
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Hi, Does anyone know how long it takes to drive just a car from Caboolture to Gladstone going up the back way through kingaroy, Gayndah, Monto, Biloila, Calliope? Also, is there any hills not suitable for a 6 cyl. falcon towing our van? We are looking into this way because others on the forum have said th...
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Introducing myself
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Hi all. I am a "newbie" but have been on the forum as Mrs Kiwi-as. I decided it was time I was a member in my own right. We have now been in Australia since mid February, went back to N Z for a month for our daughter's graduation, and have only just managed to leave Queensland. Makes me wonder how we...
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Meetin up with happy grey nomads
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Hi everyone, Had some great company the other night when a couple of grey nomads called into my place for a visit. We had a triffic night of laughs and stories, had dinner and got lots of great tips and advice from them for travelling to Tasmania. Hope to catch up with lots of new friends at Greens Lake in Vi...
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Scam
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This was posted on the Alluvial Gold Prospecting side MOST OF US KNOW THERE ARE MANY SCAMS ABOUT BUT THIS IS GETTING VERY CLEVER.. There is a new and clever credit card scam - be wary of those who come bearing gifts. Please circulate this to everyone you know, especially your family and friends. It jus...
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Is HappyWanderer safe and dry?? !!
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Gday... Just heard on the ABC news how Gayndah has had a damaging storm - and just checked the radar for the area. WOOHOO !! Looks like a BIG storm has been right through there and including Biggenden through to the coast. Hope you are safe, dry and well Marj. Cheers - John
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Hay NSW
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We're now camped on the banks of the great Murrumbidgee River at Hay. CAW6 #524, Sandy Point Reserve. The first part of the drive from Lake Cargilligo was just lovely. The colours of the flowers...don't ask me what they were...purples, yellows and a little white ground cover, all against the back dro...
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Problem with wheel balance on Nissan Patrol Wagon 06
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Our 4 wheel drive has this wobble that starts around 80km. We have had this into Bridgestone replacing tyres with new Bridgestone Duelers, advise by BS. The wobble still continued so we tried Pedders but with no luck. We have genuine Nissan steel rims. The 4x hasnt been raised. Any one else had thi...
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Caught up with Frog53
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We finally caught up with David and Cheryl. What a lovely couple, we seem to have so much in common. Thanks guys for you friendship and input into out travels and trust we were also able to return the process. If we don't catch up in the next month or so then we will try and touch base with both when we get back...
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Crocs heading South -they will be in the Brisbane River soon!
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-10/rangers-attempt-to-catch-elusive-mary-river-croc/4304466
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bad accidents all over
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struth theres been alot of bad acciednts all over , stay safe on the roads..
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Day 3
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Yes it is day 3 already, I don't know were day 1 and 2 went though. After a drive down to the shops before I left home I felt the Prado had too much weight in the back and the Avan still wasn't connected yet so when I got home I had a rethink about things on board including the heavy bed base I made up in the back wit...
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Getting organised to be a full timer
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Hi all We are working towards getting on the road full time and would be very interested to hear how you went about getting ready. Did you sell up or Rent out your home and why did you make that choice? How did you go about clearing out a lifetimes worth of stuff? (Ebay, Markets, Kids, Tip, heaps still in st...
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FISHING - Is it worth getting a licence?
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Hi All, I'm currently in Narrabri, NSW and have some time to kill and thinking of fishing. In NSW us young (54yo) Grey Nomads have to pay $30 a year to fish. Do you guys and gals fish and do you actually catch eatable fish? Or should I just sit on the bank for a bit then go to Cole's for a fillet for dinner? Chee...
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Harvest Trail
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Anyone having problems logging on to the Harvest Trail Jobs website - hae been trying for the past week or so but it keeps coming up 'unable to connect to server' ?
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