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Meeting up with fellow Grey Nomads
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Had an interesting time this morning catching up with Gypsy Rover Chris, Dougwe and GST Greg and his wife. We had coffee on the Strand on the Esplanade in Townsville with plenty to talk about, there always is when GNs catch up. Amazing how the time flies, some have other things to do later but it is hard to...
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Paronella Park
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Joseph Paronella had a dream to build a castle and he built Paronella Park on 13 acres beside Mena Creek Falls including the castle, tennis courts, ballroom, tunnels, bridges and a swimming lake. He also added an amazing range of 7000 tropical plants and trees. He used old sugar cane rail tracks as r...
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Wheel Bearings
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Please - anyone towing a van - get your wheel bearings checked and filled with grease. Had mine done today and they were dry. Now have Wheel bBddies installed so I can do it myself. So close to a disaster had one collapsed on me! Didnt know about these things! When I think of the rough roads (sealed!) that I...
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Mundoora. A nice place to take a break.
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Mundoora is 48 K's south of Port Pirie, and 16 K's east of Port Broughton. There's not much chance of getting lost there. They have a great footy oval. Tennis courts, a couple of dozen houses, and a memorial hall, that the locals are doing up. You will be welcome at the local club, which is run by Elizabeth...
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Fridges for solo's
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Just wondering about the types & sizes of fridges in a whizz banger. Any ideas??? Also the best way to run them. Thanks, Colls
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Barmah
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Has taken us five days to get this far. Weather has been cold and wet most days. No signal. Had a meal at the Barmah pub last night and we will be in Echuca tomorrow. Spend a day there and start back. Slower as we will be against the current. Dawa
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Wallaman Falls Campground
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After talking to travellers driving a similar van to mine who had just come from Wallaman Falls and told me that mine would get there no worries I decided to make that my next stop. I was concerned by the Camps6 #32 description of the access road, 20kms of dirt road, steep winding road not suitable for ca...
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boat launch
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pictures of the boat launching at trip begining on my blog http:/dawa-renea@blogspot.com will update as signal allows Dawa
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Liverpool Creek near Innisfail
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Had an easy drive today, left Ingham and stopped at Cardwell to have another look at the beautiful beach scenery, I had been told that although it is signed NO CAMPING the area at the end of the Esplanade has had campers there overnight recently. It was around 10am when I passed there and there were a few...
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Rollingstone Bushy Parker Reserve
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It is now Tuesday afternoon and have been for a walk round some of Rollingstone Camps6 #36 and settled in with the neighbours and have taken some pictures, the murals under the highway bridge are amazing. If you walk past the day area there is a wooden staircase down to the river, this I found after climb...
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on the river
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here I am on my friends house boat. WE are on the Vitorian side just west of Tocumwal were there is unlimited camping. People stay here for 6 months at a time. Is a lovely afternoon.......wish you were all here Dawa
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The Mazda with the "recond" motor.
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The latest update, re "Cost Effective Maintence" Well the additive certainly works. I was out of Albany, 8am, Sunday, 12 th. and into Ceduna, 5PM Tuesday ,14th. The diesel motor ran very well. Prior to leaving, I checked the oil level, and it has remained the at the full mark right across &q...
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Home Hill Comfort Stop
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The van started to lose power and drop from 90 to 80 suddenly and then to 60, no good when there are trucks behind me. I quickly pulled over and turned off the van and when restarted had no problems for 20 kms when it started off again so I aimed to get to Home Hill Comfort Stop Camps6 #47 then called RACQ. Jaso...
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Heading east next week, August 14.
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I will be heading east, ex Albany, come August 14. My "rig" is a white Mazda T 3500 bus. My beloved 1976 BMW R 750/7 motorcycle will hopefully be on the trailer, behind me ?! I usually have the two way on channel 40, so as to keep in touch with heavy transports that want to overtake. I don't expect...
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I goofed
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Meant to put my little piece in I digress but must have pushed the wrong button. Oh well I probably needed another senior moment to round off today. I'll now go & put it in the right place.
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heading south
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My daughter has come back from her cruise so we can now leave after looking after her dog. From her place you can see the railway line & it is strange for me to see one of those long coal trains go past & know 'that is my baby driving that'. She is the youngest of 3 daughters. Women can do anything t...
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Eungella National Park
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Wednesday was spent going over Eungella National Park and doing the walks but the highlight was actually seeing platypus in the wild and even getting photos of them. We drove to Eungella Dam Camps6 #76 in the afternoon where we camped for the night. This is a spacious camp site and could never be filled...
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Not quite a GN yet, but about to have a practice run.
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Yesterday, in Adelaide went in to check on the Motor Home that my cousin and I are hiring in Sept school holidays take the grandkids up north. It is getting exciting now and I have to admit that there was a little bit of disappointment as we walked away. I really thought and hoped that I would have my own MH t...
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Gympie Qld
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Have spent the day watching a local Aussie Rules Game at the oval at 6 Mile creek Caloundra V Noosa Div 4 $ 3.00 a can Gee it was a good game don't know who won i have been here before it's a great little spot for a day or two Another huge decision I have to make.....What's for Dinner
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Bluewater Park
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Left Saunders Beach and drove the 12kms up to Bluewater Park Camps6 #39 to meet Steven who had hitched down from Wallaman Falls, he had phoned me yesterday leting me know his movements. Those who have been reading this forum for some time may remember Steven the German backpacker hitch hiker whom I gav...
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