Thanks for the kind words! Not so sure about being naturals, though... It was all quite an experience. We've just settled into a nice, cosy, all-on-one-level rental after taking almost a year to sell our far-too-big house. We're not sure what we want to do re. buying again, so we're renting while we think about it. We're planning to start travelling regularly again next year (independently this time) - at the moment our Northstar is on a friend's property at Sussex Inlet. We just pop down for weekends and Rob's RDOs. (He's working full time at the moment - bit of extra cash in the coffers.)
It's suprising how useful the iPad is. At first Rob just kinda did his eye-roll thing when I bought it as soon as it came out ("...another one of Marg's tech toys...") but we both use it a lot on the road, for checking maps, email, forums, weather etc etc... we throw it on the back seat and check it regularly. (I started off with a micro-sim in it, but now that we have our Telstra Ultimate wireless modem that carries a charge for several hours, I just pop that into my bag and we can get coverage while driving.)
Actually - speaking of Endomondo - we were coming down the mountains near Katoomba earlier this year, and I fired up Endo on the iPad, chose 'mountain biking', hit 'start' and let it run for about 20 kms as we drove... then posted it to the web as 'the fastest Endomondo mountain biking granny'. My sons didn't believe me for one second.
Cheers Marg
Sheba said
08:20 PM Aug 12, 2012
Romy5152 wrote:
We intend to sell our home, move our goods and chattel to the coast, put our cats into the cattery there for a couple of weeks, and live in our caravan in a caravan park until we find and buy our new home. Ideally, we would like something with a small bit of acreage (maybe 1 or 2 acres) but whether we'll find something we can afford to buy is a different matter.
Where-abouts did you have in mind Romy ? I want to sell my place. Just under 2 1/2 acres, half-way between Rockhampton and Emu Park. It's a Geodesic Dome. 3 bedrooms, 2 bath-rooms. Huge shed, workshop, boatshed, and double car-port. Solar hot water. Will e-mail more Pics. if you're interested.
-- Edited by Sheba on Sunday 12th of August 2012 08:21:29 PM
Rip and Rosie said
09:44 PM Aug 12, 2012
foud this one if anyone is interested Coleman Camping Cookbook Free The fact that you can create a recipe on a Coleman stove doesnt make it camping friendly, a niggling issue the Coleman licensing people forgot when they built this app. This collection of recipes would be more at home at home, especially if your home uses lots of sugar and fat. There are more artery-clogging recipes in here than healthy, thats for sure. Of course, thats just me: It has a 3-star rating in the app store, so download it yourself and tell me if Im wrong.
Rosie
Romy5152 said
02:58 AM Aug 13, 2012
Hi Marg,
I don't know how TV programs work, but you both came across as being very natural, and we really enjoyed watching the show each week, and catching up in the magazine as well.
Your experience will most likely be ours when we retire. We intend to sell our home, move our goods and chattel to the coast, put our cats into the cattery there for a couple of weeks, and live in our caravan in a caravan park until we find and buy our new home. Ideally, we would like something with a small bit of acreage (maybe 1 or 2 acres) but whether we'll find something we can afford to buy is a different matter. Still, we remain positive. Hubby won't be retiring for a couple of years yet, but I think I will be at the end of this year. We've just had our first little grand daughter, so I don't want to be tied down by a job when it comes to travelling to visit her.
I'm sure my hubby didn't approve of my iPad purchase at first either, Marg! Admittedly, we did already have a home laptop and a notebook laptop as he pointed out, so we didn't really need anything else, but I'm like you and like to keep abreast of technology. I think if you don't keep up, you'll get left behind, and I don't want to be left behind. I love the iPad. I did wait a while until iPad2 came out though, because I thought it might have had a USB port in it, but it didn't (and neither does iPad3 ). However, it goes everywhere with me, even overseas, and its portability is invaluable with keeping in contact with family and friends. When travelling outback with our caravan, we can quickly and easily access caravan park accommodation, weather reports, road and river conditions as well - all very useful when it's raining!
I had to laugh of your practical joke using Endomondo! Your sons know you too well. Still, it was a fun thing to do. I have downloaded it to both my iPad and iPhone, but haven't had the chance to use it yet. Do you know if it works overseas? It would have been very useful for the 17 days I spent in Italy in June. Turn me around twcie and I'm lost.
Cheers!
Romy.
Romy5152 said
03:00 AM Aug 13, 2012
Hi Rosie, hey I'll take your word for it! The last thing I need is a lot of fat and sugar. I'm on the weight loss trail.
Romy5152 said
03:28 AM Aug 13, 2012
Wow! Your place looks beautiful, Sheba, and it sounds like a nice area, but we're heading to Mackay. We have family and friends there, but thank you for thinking of us. Hope you sell soon.
Rip and Rosie said
06:28 PM Aug 18, 2012
Has anyone got any recommended reading for use with the ipad? Heading off soon for a couple of weeks in the spring sunshine, and looking for a good read.
Rosie
Romy5152 said
02:09 AM Aug 19, 2012
Depends on what you're into Rosie. I've just downloaded "You Don't Want to Know" by Lisa Jacksom. It's a recent release thriller type one. I also have a couple of light reads by Maeve Binchy called "Light a Penny Candle" and "Evening Class", and then there's "Divergent" by Veronica Roth which is a futuristic read. If you're into raunchy, there's the much talked about Grey triolgy, "Fifty of Shades of Grey", "Ffty Shades Darker" and "Fifty Shades Freed". I have read the first book in the trilogy, but be pre-warned, it is VERY VERY out there. I don't have that one on my iPad though. It's on my Kindle.
Happy reading with whatever you end up buying though!
Romy5152 said
02:15 AM Aug 19, 2012
By the way, remember if your eyes start getting sore reading a book on the ipad, it's because it's backlit. To avoid this, go into any of your book's story pages and you will see a small letter a and a capital letter a (aA) in the top right corner of any page. Tap on it, and a sliding bar will drop down and you will then be able to adjust the brightness of the back lighting to your comfort.
Romy5152 said
06:32 PM Aug 21, 2012
Milo, the ipad 1, 2 and 3 car chargers can be bought from Bagworld apparently (www.bagworld.com.au) for around $70.
The one I found online is a Targus brand.
-- Edited by Romy5152 on Tuesday 21st of August 2012 06:37:02 PM
Delta18 said
09:32 PM Aug 21, 2012
I bought one of these for my ipad 3 and will be trying it out on our upcoming trip to Adelaide -
-- Edited by Delta18 on Tuesday 21st of August 2012 09:41:00 PM
milo said
12:55 AM Aug 22, 2012
how do you find the battery on the ipad , I have the new one (ipad3) and find it does use the power quickly
Can we get a car charger for them ?
and a portable battery pack of some sort while away from power??
Happywanderer said
12:58 AM Aug 22, 2012
You can buy little solar panels for the phones now. I got mine of Ebay. Leave it in the sun all day till your phone needs charging. I leave mine on the dash. They are the same size as a mobile phone and only cost around 20.00.
Romy5152 said
01:19 AM Aug 22, 2012
Hi Milo,
I have an ipad2, and how long the battery lasts depends on how much you use it, I guess. I personally don't know of a battery pack, but you can get a car charger that slots into the cigarette lighter. I don't have one myself though, but would like to get one when we eventually retire and start travelling more often. When we are travelling on holidays, I find if I charge the ipad overnight, it lasts me well and truly all day and that night at least. However, I don't use it much during the day, but at night I upload photos taken during the day and write up my journal of our day's events. I generally get at least two days (perhaps I should say nights) out of it before I have to recharge it again. Hope that helps. I'll find a link for you for the car charger.
milo said
02:52 AM Aug 22, 2012
thanks for that
Travel Bug said
05:10 AM Aug 22, 2012
Happywanderer wrote: You can buy little solar panels for the phones now. I got mine of Ebay. Leave it in the sun all day till your phone needs charging. I leave mine on the dash. They are the same size as a mobile phone and only cost around 20.00. ____________________________________________________________________________________
I have ordered one of those too Marj. Looking forward to receiving it.
Happywanderer said
05:12 AM Aug 22, 2012
Hi Pam, they do work really well. No worry about what power to plug it into.
Travel Bug said
05:19 AM Aug 22, 2012
Thanks for that Marj. Good to know that they work well.
Rip and Rosie said
10:34 AM Sep 24, 2012
Have been using 4 apps which people recommended here, and 100% recommend them all
1, find a park- allows you to search by park name or town, and filter the search by desired features, Give contact details and some photos 2.wikihood - Wikihood instantaneously displays what is important and interesting at a given location. Great maps. 3. wikicamps australia- you can add good sites to it, searches for camp sites using your current location. Search includes free camps and dump points 4. oz road trip - lots of tourist advice and photos, easy way to plan a trip.
-- Edited by Rip and Rosie on Monday 24th of September 2012 10:50:17 AM
Delta18 said
09:12 PM Sep 24, 2012
Hi Rip & Rosie
What a brilliant little app Wikihood is! Found interesting info about the area we are staying in in Adelaide.
I can't find anything for "find a park" and "oz road trip" .. is that the name that you used for them?
Cheers
-- Edited by Delta18 on Monday 24th of September 2012 09:15:52 PM
A couple of good ones for android are the state fire watch apps. These tell you if there is fires in your area so you can be prepared to move if neccessary.
SA cfsfireapp VIC fireready NSW firesnearme
I also use the aldi app and also another that gives recipes after you add a few items. eg "CHICKEN" will give you a selection of chicken recipes.
I use xclinometer as a bubble and like it I also have a dish pointer but I dont use the satellite anymore but might come in handy to save someone elses marriage LOL.
If you type in a description of what you want you can often find many jsut have to sort the chaff from the wheat.
Regards Brian
_wombat_ said
09:20 PM Jan 30, 2013
Delta18 wrote:
I bought one of these for my ipad 3 and will be trying it out on our upcoming trip to Adelaide -
-- Edited by Delta18 on Tuesday 21st of August 2012 09:41:00 PM
Neil, I ordered one of those 2 months ago and still waiting for it to be delivered, told that company first and last time I use them.
Romy5152 said
02:44 AM Jan 31, 2013
Wombat, Dick Smith should have them, but I bought mine from JB Hi-Fi. You might pay a tiny bit more for it there, but at least you will get one.
_wombat_ said
05:53 PM Jan 31, 2013
Romy5152 wrote:
Wombat, Dick Smith should have them, but I bought mine from JB Hi-Fi. You might pay a tiny bit more for it there, but at least you will get one.
thanks Romy but I'm addicted to eBay, if my one does not arrive they have said they will post another one, so I think I will have to wait another 8 weeks this is unusual for eBay items to take so long, but if it gets to the urgent stage I will go and see dicky smith
Romy5152 said
04:16 AM Feb 1, 2013
Fair enough Womby, but I would never have the patience to wait 8 weeks for something I bought. Lol
_wombat_ said
04:37 AM Feb 1, 2013
Romy5152 wrote:
Fair enough Womby, but I would never have the patience to wait 8 weeks for something I bought. Lol
its only $4.20 so if I don't get it I will not cry.
Romy5152 said
05:06 AM Feb 1, 2013
Yeah but to wait 8 weeks? Eeek! I would have no hair left! '
_wombat_ said
04:17 AM Feb 23, 2013
Romy5152 wrote:
Yeah but to wait 8 weeks? Eeek! I would have no hair left! '
Thanks for the kind words! Not so sure about being naturals, though...
It's suprising how useful the iPad is. At first Rob just kinda did his eye-roll thing when I bought it as soon as it came out ("...another one of Marg's tech toys...") but we both use it a lot on the road, for checking maps, email, forums, weather etc etc... we throw it on the back seat and check it regularly. (I started off with a micro-sim in it, but now that we have our Telstra Ultimate wireless modem that carries a charge for several hours, I just pop that into my bag and we can get coverage while driving.)
Actually - speaking of Endomondo - we were coming down the mountains near Katoomba earlier this year, and I fired up Endo on the iPad, chose 'mountain biking', hit 'start' and let it run for about 20 kms as we drove... then posted it to the web as 'the fastest Endomondo mountain biking granny'. My sons didn't believe me for one second.
Cheers
Marg
-- Edited by Sheba on Sunday 12th of August 2012 08:21:29 PM
foud this one if anyone is interested
Coleman Camping Cookbook
Free
The fact that you can create a recipe on a Coleman stove doesnt make it camping friendly, a niggling issue the Coleman licensing people forgot when they built this app. This collection of recipes would be more at home at home, especially if your home uses lots of sugar and fat. There are more artery-clogging recipes in here than healthy, thats for sure. Of course, thats just me: It has a 3-star rating in the app store, so download it yourself and tell me if Im wrong.
Rosie
Heading off soon for a couple of weeks in the spring sunshine, and looking for a good read.
Rosie
-- Edited by Romy5152 on Tuesday 21st of August 2012 06:37:02 PM
I bought one of these for my ipad 3 and will be trying it out on our upcoming trip to Adelaide -
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/genuine-griffin-car-cigarette-powered-dual-usb-adapter-charger-for-ipad-iphone-black-dc-12-24v-72687?item=2
It was recommended on this thread on the iPad forum on Whirlpool -
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1908855#r6
Cheers
-- Edited by Delta18 on Tuesday 21st of August 2012 09:41:00 PM
Can we get a car charger for them ?
and a portable battery pack of some sort while away from power??
Leave it in the sun all day till your phone needs charging. I leave mine on the dash. They are the same size as a mobile phone and only cost around 20.00.
Happywanderer wrote:
You can buy little solar panels for the phones now. I got mine of Ebay.
Leave it in the sun all day till your phone needs charging. I leave mine on the dash. They are the same size as a mobile phone and only cost around 20.00.
____________________________________________________________________________________
I have ordered one of those too Marj. Looking forward to receiving it.
Thanks for that Marj. Good to know that they work well.
Have been using 4 apps which people recommended here, and 100% recommend them all
1, find a park- allows you to search by park name or town, and filter the search by desired features, Give contact details and some photos
2.wikihood - Wikihood instantaneously displays what is important and interesting at a given location. Great maps.
3. wikicamps australia- you can add good sites to it, searches for camp sites using your current location. Search includes free camps and dump points
4. oz road trip - lots of tourist advice and photos, easy way to plan a trip.
-- Edited by Rip and Rosie on Monday 24th of September 2012 10:50:17 AM
-- Edited by Delta18 on Monday 24th of September 2012 09:15:52 PM
Yes, wikihood is great.
The other apps titles are correct
SA cfsfireapp
VIC fireready
NSW firesnearme
I also use the aldi app and also another that gives recipes after you add a few items. eg "CHICKEN" will give you a selection of chicken recipes.
I use xclinometer as a bubble and like it
I also have a dish pointer but I dont use the satellite anymore but might come in handy to save someone elses marriage LOL.
If you type in a description of what you want you can often find many jsut have to sort the chaff from the wheat.
Regards
Brian
Neil, I ordered one of those 2 months ago and still waiting for it to be delivered, told that company first and last time I use them.
thanks Romy but I'm addicted to eBay,
if my one does not arrive they have said they will post another one, so I think I will have to wait another 8 weeks this is unusual for eBay items to take so long, but if it gets to the urgent stage I will go and see dicky smith
its only $4.20 so if I don't get it I will not cry.
'
dont panic it arrived yesterday after 9 weeks
