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Curse Swear & Blaspheme.
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Jumped into that saddle last Monday morning after a weary many months of medical ailments etc. Headed north from the south east, went past Adelaide. But the second night out my old ailment hit me hard and GP's told me to go home. Back home Thursday evening and feeling somewhat disenchanted with life an...
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Curiosity has landed!
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Curiousity, NASA Mars landed sucessfully touched down at aprox 3.30pm est after 7 minute decent. Saw it on ABC. I hope the martians don,t mind.........Bill
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Camerons Corner News.
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This info came from ABC Western Qld. State Government Announcement: Cameron Corner has just been nominated for heritage listing (along with Haddon and Poeppel Corners). Do you think heritage listing there would be a good thing?
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Help Save Lake Batyo Catyo.
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Another attempt to close free/low cost camping is taking place in Victoria. Lake Batyo Catyo between St.Arnaud and Donald is under threat and fighting to keep it going the local caretaker is offering free powered camping for a limited time in an effort to prove its' viability by way of showing as m...
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Birthday greetings - GN Times
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Congratulations on one year of the GN Times - a great read every time. Keep up the good work!!!
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Toshiba keyboard
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Just replaced my laptop keyboard. Took all of about 3 minutes. Checked out a vidio of how and thought I would flip the top panel off to have a look in veiw of doing the job tomorrow. Found the 2 screws, turned the lappy off, remove screws, flip out keyboard, remove ribbon cable and the reverse previous. Mo...
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Kiwis have moved on.
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Left Mareeba Rodeo Grounds this morning, heading for Darwin . Air Lockers all fixed. Took two return trips to garage to fix a bad leak in air line to air bags, should not have happened. All it takes is a little soapy water to test.: :
Really enjoyed the two weeks at Rifle Creek an...
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Kings Park (Mount Eliza) Perth - Wildflowers & Photo Views
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Anyone wanting to see the wildflowers of WA in September without travelling hundreds of kms, a visit to Kings Park in September is well worth it. Also for other things, the War Memorial (try the whispering wall near the remembrance flame) and terrific photo views of Perth city, the Swan River, South...
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Australian Plant Identification
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Hi All Does anybody know of a good guide to Australian plant identification? We have the Cronin's key guides for Australian mammals, and for reptiles and frogs already, as well as the Slater field guide for birds in our van, and my MD is interested in finding out about the plants too. The most likely c...
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Travel blog update
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I thought I would pop it in here, there are a lot more photos added to our travel blog for those interested in having a look..... there are many critter shots tho as I can't seem to help myself when it comes to them hehehehehe... some free camping spots too :)
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Following up on hiring a Britz Campervan for travelling around Kakadu/Katherine/Litchfield
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Earlier this month I posted on this site regarding whether or not to hire a Campervan. Well we did. One of your members was very generous in ringing me and giving a few pointers that were very helpful. First of all we went for a Four Berth rather than a Three or Two. I think for this reason the marriage i...
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Free Audio Books
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New to me, maybe not to many of you BUT if you are looking for audio books to help wile away the km, go to www.booksshouldbefree.com and see if anything excites you. There is plenty of choice but mainly of older books I.e. a noticeable absence of current best sellers. They can be downloaded in MP3 form...
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Magnetic Island
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This a place not to be missed, Put the Prado on the Barge in Townsville $160.20 Return to Nelly Bay , Have seen the Island Warts and all , Drove the 8 KLM from Picnic Bay to West Point , Horseshoe Bay to Radical Bay , Florence Bay and Arthur Bay. All the rest can be done by local bus service , but was worth having...
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Grey Nomads on ACA tonight
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Hi all Not sure if this has been mentioned anywhere, apparently A Current Affair has a story on Grey Nomads, tonight Friday 6.30 Melbourne time.
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Missing Chidlow WA Man - Rod Base
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http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/have-you-seen-my-husband-2...
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What to do
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As you all know hubby and i have everything up for sale so we are in a sticky situation if the
Business sells first then we have to delve into the money as self funded retirees and pay off
750 a week repayments ,we are worried this will of course deplete our money till the home is sold
I am told if we had no mo...
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Mareeba get together.
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Cheryl and I have had the pleasure of being part of the gathering at the rodeo grounds in Mareeba. It gave us so much pleasure to be part of this event that actually had its start at Rifle creek where we shared together before we headed off to Cooktown. On our return we booked into the Rodeo grounds only to f...
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Review of Council Recreational Vehicle Overnight Camping Services - Tasmania
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Please find attached a copy of the final Statewide Directions Paper Review of Council Recreational Vehicle Overnight Camping Serviceshttp://www.dpac.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/163105/Statewide_Directions_Paper_-_Revi...
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Swift caravan appliances
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I am having problems with my BBQ and my stove. I have sent Swift two emails from their website. No answer. I have rung and left a message on their answering machine. No reply. -- Edited by Webmaster on Monday 30th of July 2012 10:05:35 PM
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news update
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Thought I would just drop a line, we are into our second night in the van, we moved out of our home yesterday but returned today and we cleaned the carpets and washed down inside and outside (the wife not being able to, supervised) ready for the new owners tomorrow at 11am. It's exciting times but stil...
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