just take a look at all the new faces around us,

I would just like to welcome all the newbies onboard and just say please give us a little time, you have entered at a time of turmoil

the nomads are not usually like this, we are a feindly outgoing jovial bunch who just love to chat

anything you may wish to ask or to comment on please feel free, this is your forum, make it a great, happy, freindly place to be!!

Welcome from us also.
As dave said, site is in a bit of turmoil but it is still the best forum on the net.
Lots of good information to be had from here.

Right with you Dave06.We have to keep the show on the road no matter what.Has the reaping ended?or theweather stuffing you up.I am selling my medical practice and going into a new venture.Taxidermy or as the common folk would say "Stuffing and Mounting".The medical skills that myself and my esteemed Partener in medicine,Dr D.Q Duck will come to the fore.If you have anything that you would like stuffed,just give me a shout.Cheers.Ibbo.

Welcome to all our newbies.  Good to have you aboard.
Barb and Darryl

Hey ibbo, you want something stuffed, just send it my way mate, I've had plenty of experience.

No strangers here, just friends you havent met yet!  Mind you it helps if you are a bit strange!!!

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Right with you Dave06.We have to keep the show on the road no matter what.Has the reaping ended?or theweather stuffing you up.I am selling my medical practice and going into a new venture.Taxidermy or as the common folk would say "Stuffing and Mounting".The medical skills that myself and my esteemed Partener in medicine,Dr D.Q Duck will come to the fore.If you have anything that you would like stuffed,just give me a shout.Cheers.Ibbo.

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           Ducky>>>>>>>>>>Beware ,,,,,Ibbo,s on the hunt ..LOL

 

Welcome to the new members as well , from the team .

While it's been a bit sad and disappointing to return to the Nomads and find some of the popular regulars have removed themselves, it has also been inspiring and encouraging to see new members. While I'm just a contributing nomad, it's great to see you all here. It's compulsory to have fun, and enjoy your stay.

Given yourself a Title have you?"Contributing Nomad". Let me remind you that I have spent many,many hours making sure that you are just capable of being a Contributing Nomad.With my holidaying Medical Partener,we studied,swotted,gave up our galavanting and gregarious free time,just to make sure that you would be able to compete in your favourite sport of Sky diving.Hey Granny good to see your smiling mush.Cheers.Ibbo.

Yes you have Ibbo, and I really and truly do appreciate yours and The Duck's efforts. Diving from the sky is a wonderful experience, but it's that sudden stop at the bottom that spoils a jump. (don't touch it! - The line, I mean) Now if you could just find a way for me to dive up into the sky I'd be there. I guess it's just a matter of practice, practice, practice, like my old Netball coach always insisted. He was a very wise adult of the time. What has contributing got to do with diving? (don't touch that line either).

C.G.There is a way to dive up wards,start underwater and and dive up towards the sky,simple.As you say don't touch that line.......only brings us to a different kind of diving.Stop Ibbo you may start to be(Chris,what was the word you used?)lol.Cheers.Ibbo.

Smutty! Ibbo, the word you're looking for is smutty. There's a bungy jumping set up here in Cairns. It's in a wonder setting in the rainforest, and a great spot to have a coffee or more. As for bungy jumping, I'm not into practicing suicide from a great height. What would happen if I go good at it? It doesn't bear thinking about. Now if I was to do that thing from underwater I'd be taking the risk of getting bent. (oh no you don't!) You wouldn't want me to get the bends now would you? I don't know where the nearest hyperbaric unit is in the area.

Cant have you being bent in the Hypebaric unit can we.............now that is smutty,but I like it.Cheers.Ibbo

Welcome all the Newbees.....just a friendly reminder to wear your alfoil beanies....Thankyou

As a (very) new member I thought I should say Hi and thank you for the welcome.

My husband (wombatsruleok) and I are both  now members but he is currently still working full time and gets little time online so it will be mostly me doing the talking for now.
We live in Brisbane's western suburbs.

Hubby has been camping all his life,caravanning for the last 20 or so years.I came on the scene almost 13 years ago and admit I was more than  a little unsure of it; but we have just upgraded to a better van and I am now quite looking forward to really seeing Australia; previously we just took a couple of weeks holiday here and there when he could work it in with his business.

We are still trying to work out the retirement issues, he being almost 66 can apply for the pension but I am only 60, no longer working and can only apply for Newstart. The pension for someone who has a partner is not sufficient for 2 people to live on,and I am not sure how to best fit in what I believe is a compulsory 15 hours a week voluntary work if we are moving around and sometimes uncertain where we will be tomorrow, but we have an appointment with a retirement advice place  later this month.

D has 2 grandchildren whom we rarely see and I have 2 (boys) nearby and a little girl  about to make an appearance in a couple of weeks time.

I have been trying to catch up on all the previous posts and had my best laugh in a long time over one thread. Anyone hearing me would have thought I had gone nuts. 

This is probably my longest post ever,I tend to read everything and not often post but wanted to come in and introduce myself.





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Welcome Robyn......any post is a good post Thankyou

Oops I thought I proof read-those are grandchildren; I forgot to mention my own offspring LOL,my apologies for my own confuzzlement.

Ha ha, no probs Robyn, I always look for a smile in all posts.  It brightens my day and my comments are never meant in a condescending way

Cheers  Neil

I thought it was hilarious. I think that is what I like about this forum since I found it-the really fun way people post. I have recently moved from forums frequented by young mums(I had an internet business aimed at that group) and most of the chat is very catty and sometimes downright vicious,so this is a refreshing change. However David says I have a big key poking out of my back, and I'm afraid sometimes I do have trouble knowing what is tongue-in-cheek and what isn't.

Robyn the little I have been around these damn forums only shows me that most are filled with folks who just love to create trouble and or to bignote themselves I and many others try our damndest to keep the bull out of here, we are all on an equal footing in this one regardless of what some may say, one person one vote, that's it you are more than welcome to join our clan and ask or tell or speak of anything that may be on your mind from grandkids to chook sheds we dont care we are a travel forum first but the converstions seldom reflect that, we are folks having a yak!!

oh Ibbo, i've got maybe 4 days @ 20 hours to go, fingers crossed, then I can get some sleep!

If you don't keep on smiling Dav06 will you be "The Grim Reaper"?Cheers.Ibbo.

Hi Robyn.Pleasure to have you on board Ha Ha Forum.Just keep your eyes open for Web footed Fowl like birds that may appear suddenly.Cheers.Ibbo.

Thank you for the wonderful warm welcome ive been having a ball going through all your posts, and the alfoil beanie well that has realy got me stunned ?. Dont exactly know how that came about but im not game to ask either ,you are all such a fun loving bunch, yes you do get your crazies who like to ruin it for everyone but they come and go i was once a member of a site and my friend got me onto it i couldnt believe the amount of bitching that went on and was just like nup im outta here ive got enough worries in life without listening to crap. so its in here i am and enjoying it thoroughly ,thanks so much for accepting me and heres to loads of stories, ive travelled all through the middle of australia, and also from the bottom to the top of aussie, darwin, gulf, many places and thoroughly loved it too, looking forward to getting my hubbyout here shortly. take care everybody heres to some wonderful stories. 8 weeks to go and im to be a nanna again my daughter is expecting a little girl and going to call her chelsea, she has a son ryan and hes a blessing to us as he was born with a brain tumour as i mentioned in another post ,but hes a wonderful little man 3 yrs old now and still going strong you wouldnt know he had a tumour to look at him but yes he does but we always hope for the best thats all you can do cheers for now

ah!! a travelling grandparent, hell you'll fit right in here keep us up to date with the little feller with the tumor, my son has cerbral palsy so we sort of understand a wee bit

Della.Your Ryan will have a Forum of Guardian G/N's looking out for him.Keep on posting,travel is what the Forum is about,and you sure sound as though you've done some.Cheers.Ibbo.

Well PLW, you'll fit right in here. Welcome to you. Sometimes tongues are in cheeks and sometimes they're not, but I don't know where they are when they're not here. Yes it's a great chatty community here, and certainly a special time of my day. I spend a lot of time on this gadget, writing and communicating, and I really enjoy it. Safe and happy retirement and travel when the time is right.