What has been your funniest moment when travelling?
dolphinrider said
09:21 PM Jan 29, 2011
What has been your funniest moment when travelling?
jules47 said
10:34 PM Jan 29, 2011
Well, one of the funniest was when we were in WA - heading into Eighty Mile Beach, there had been quite a lot of rain at the time. Anyway, as we slowed down to make the turn off the highway - there, right beside the entry gatepost squatted a young woman, skirt right up around her waist, in full view of anybody passing on the highway or turning into the driveway - which by the way is about 9k long. She was in a magna with some other young people and they turned up in the campground later that night, they were the talk of the camp I must say.
dolphinrider said
01:15 AM Jan 30, 2011
I bet they were. Lol
Zoomtopz said
07:16 AM Jan 30, 2011
When I first started driving semi's .
Pulled up at the meccarno set at Villawood - a s/west suburb in Sysney .
I am driving an old 62 Leyland Super Comet - with 4000 chooks onboard .
A Royal blue Mercedes pulled up beside me . Good looking blond driving .
One of the chickens lets fly - All ove the bonnet . Blondy gets out .
comes up to me & says - One of your chickens has s*#t on my car .
I get out , walks back a bit toward the car , looks up at the chooks .
2,000 chooks this side , listen lady , you show me which chook it was
and I will chastise it . All this time everybody around us ear laughing their
heads off & even the cars in front aren't moving , as this bird-parden th pun
wants th chook that did th darstadly deed . Well she settles down a bit , got
back in th car to go - bluuurt on th roof - she did not see that one as she drove off.
Richo
_wombat_ said
12:00 PM Jan 30, 2011
A couple of years ago we were up in NT in a NP and the ranger advised us to go to avery secluded spot, bit of a long walk but there was a water hole at the end of it, nobody around so I strips off and in I go while Mrs W keeps watch, had a nice swim around and then Mrs W shouts out there is somebody coming, well I was out of the water real quick, managed to get my underpants on but I was still wet, the couple had a chat and were on there way, so we returned to the camp site, just getting ready for nibbles and a drink when a couple walked around the van with thieir drinks & chairs and said we just came to see what you look like with your clothes on. (gues who had the red face) wait till I see that ranger again he told everbody about that secluded spot.
PS I do have a picture of me swimming in that water hole but I am NOT going to post it here.
freehazzas said
12:57 PM Jan 30, 2011
Realizing that if you didnt take the (full) toilet roll off the holder, by the time you got to your next stop it would unroll and neatly fold on the floor.
Was really funny when it happened.
blaze said
07:50 PM Jan 30, 2011
Well we pulled into our first free camp today, in camps 5 about 30km west of Horsham. Went to turn around and vehicle and van bogged to the axle, had to unhook the van and winch the vehicle out and then turn around one winch out the van. This is all on the first day on the road and our first free camp. But sitting here in my short, posting online, sipping on a coffee after steak and saland for tea. So there you go, a laugh at my expense
cheers
blaze
_wombat_ said
08:13 PM Jan 30, 2011
sorry to hear about your 1st experience at free camping, the only way to look at this is, it can't get any worse, it can only get better
blaze, you will go to places where they have had a bit of rain.
blaze said
08:24 PM Jan 30, 2011
Hi wombat
All it did was raise a bit of sweat and a smile. It was one of those places you would sugest to someone not to turn there but do it yourseelf because it didnt really look soft. Certainly see where the flood waters have been around horsham
cheers
blaze
still close to 40 degrees my wife reckons but I think it cooled right down, could go and have a look in the van but then I would have to move
jules47 said
08:28 PM Jan 30, 2011
Had another time - camping in the Warrmbungles (NSW) - nice camp - concrete toilet block with showers etc - and a short walk away two lovely wooden loos, with a fantastic view - it was about 5am just light - so thought I would wander over and admire the view while "doing my business" - trouble was some one else had the same idea - sitting there, trousers down around his ankles - we both just burst out laughing - but I did walk back and use the other toilet block.
Beth54 said
10:14 PM Jan 30, 2011
I've had several funny moments..mostly at my own expense.
This one was many years ago, before Port Douglas was THE place to be. We'd stopped to have a bit of lunch near the beach, and I went to walk across a 'dry creek bed' only to find it was pumice floating on the top of very stagnant disgusting water! I went down down down while the rest of the crew stood there p***ing themselves laughing at me!
Hylda&Jon said
03:18 AM Jan 31, 2011
We have now been on the road for 16 months straight & we have only been bogged once so far.
And where do you think that was???
THE %@#&%$@^$&% NULLARBOR
No one told me about those clay truck stops after 2 days of rain.
Cheers
-- Edited by Hylda&Jon on Monday 31st of January 2011 08:37:06 PM
jimricho said
07:16 AM Jan 31, 2011
Over 10 years ago I was on a tag-along tour. Shortly before setting out I had had a fall and was still suffering from some minor injuries on the trip. We camped one night in gravel pit on the side of the road in Arnhem Land and I slipped and fell on loose pebbles much to the amusement of my fellow travellers. (I was accused of not being entirely sober at the time but that's another story!)
Several days later while travelling between Katherine and Kakadu we stopped to allow one of our party to adjust the load on his trailer and I was helping him. An occy strap I was holding broke and I fell again. When we reached the turn off to Jim Jim Falls the whole convoy pulled up and insisted on a photo of me in front of the Jim Jim Falls sign.
(edti ot corretc tpyso!)
-- Edited by jimricho on Monday 31st of January 2011 07:21:13 AM
Beth54 said
09:25 AM Jan 31, 2011
jimricho wrote:
Over 10 years ago I was on a tag-along tour. Shortly before setting out I had had a fall and was still suffering from some minor injuries on the trip. We camped one night in gravel pit on the side of the road in Arnhem Land and I slipped and fell on loose pebbles much to the amusement of my fellow travellers. (I was accused of not being entirely sober at the time but that's another story!)
Several days later while travelling between Katherine and Kakadu we stopped to allow one of our party to adjust the load on his trailer and I was helping him. An occy strap I was holding broke and I fell again. When we reached the turn off to Jim Jim Falls the whole convoy pulled up and insisted on a photo of me in front of the Jim Jim Falls sign.
(edti ot corretc tpyso!)
-- Edited by jimricho on Monday 31st of January 2011 07:21:13 AM
I can sympathize..I have a reputation for falling down and always get 'drunkard' comments!
_wombat_ said
09:35 AM Jan 31, 2011
should take more water with it
jimricho said
05:58 PM Jan 31, 2011
Beth54 wrote:
jimricho wrote:
Over 10 years ago I was on a tag-along tour. Shortly before setting out I had had a fall and was still suffering from some minor injuries on the trip. We camped one night in gravel pit on the side of the road in Arnhem Land and I slipped and fell on loose pebbles much to the amusement of my fellow travellers. (I was accused of not being entirely sober at the time but that's another story!)
Several days later while travelling between Katherine and Kakadu we stopped to allow one of our party to adjust the load on his trailer and I was helping him. An occy strap I was holding broke and I fell again. When we reached the turn off to Jim Jim Falls the whole convoy pulled up and insisted on a photo of me in front of the Jim Jim Falls sign.
(edti ot corretc tpyso!)
-- Edited by jimricho on Monday 31st of January 2011 07:21:13 AM
I can sympathize..I have a reputation for falling down and always get 'drunkard' comments!
I have to confess there was a small element of truth in the allegation!
Beth54 said
07:10 PM Jan 31, 2011
Not for me Jim! All my falling down has been done sober. Maybe that's what I'm doing wrong!
glassies said
07:35 PM Jan 31, 2011
i do remember travelling in the outback once near mt isa if my memory serves me right
here we were blasting along thehighway in our landrover at the time daughter heidi was only 3
all of a sudden out of nowhere comes streaming across the road an EMU, yep you guessed it
we hit that bird the car went thud the bird kept running amazingly to the side of the road and was hopping and skipping around .
Dear little heidi yells out daddy hit BIG BIRD ,guess thats what ya get when ya watch sesame street aye .
heheheh :)
Beth54 said
07:46 PM Jan 31, 2011
glassies wrote:
i do remember travelling in the outback once near mt isa if my memory serves me right here we were blasting along thehighway in our landrover at the time daughter heidi was only 3
all of a sudden out of nowhere comes streaming across the road an EMU, yep you guessed it we hit that bird the car went thud the bird kept running amazingly to the side of the road and was hopping and skipping around .
Dear little heidi yells out daddy hit BIG BIRD ,guess thats what ya get when ya watch sesame street aye .
heheheh :)
hehehe That reminds me of a story my ex told me.
There was a fly pestering him as he was driving in the outback, as they do. He started swiping at it saying 'p***off fly!' After a little while it disappeared. Then a little voice pipes up from the back, 'here's the p*** off fly Daddy!'
dolphinrider said
07:58 PM Jan 31, 2011
Rofl. Lucky the old custom of standing when a lady walks into the room has gone Jules.
dolphinrider said
08:10 PM Jan 31, 2011
Thanks. We'll put a winch at the top of our "things we'll need when travelling list."
dolphinrider said
08:13 PM Jan 31, 2011
Hope blondy's car was white ,tops , at least the chicken do do wouldn't notice much if it was.
dolphinrider said
08:14 PM Jan 31, 2011
Guess the ranger was out to make a quick buck Wombat. Pity about the pic that we won't get to see. Seems you can't trust anyone........not even rangers!
dolphinrider said
08:16 PM Jan 31, 2011
Lol. What a great invention an automatic toilet paper folder.
dolphinrider said
08:21 PM Jan 31, 2011
Lol. That must have been embarassing! Gravel is hard enough to walk on at the best of times. An element of truth? Lol. What's a little nip or two between friends?
-- Edited by dolphinrider on Monday 31st of January 2011 08:30:39 PM
dolphinrider said
08:24 PM Jan 31, 2011
Oh noooo glassies. Not Big bird!!!! I loved Big Bird used to watch Sesame Street with my children when they were small.
dolphinrider said
08:28 PM Jan 31, 2011
In regard to the fly story...We certainly have to be careful what we say in front of the little ones.
dolphinrider said
08:33 PM Jan 31, 2011
Yuuukkk Beth. Lol. Bet you couldn't wait to get to the shower that day.
What has been your funniest moment when travelling?
PS I do have a picture of me swimming in that water hole but I am NOT going to post it here.
blaze, you will go to places where they have had a bit of rain.
This one was many years ago, before Port Douglas was THE place to be. We'd stopped to have a bit of lunch near the beach, and I went to walk across a 'dry creek bed' only to find it was pumice floating on the top of very stagnant disgusting water!
I went down down down while the rest of the crew stood there p***ing themselves laughing at me!
And where do you think that was???
THE %@#&%$@^$&% NULLARBOR
No one told me about those clay truck stops after 2 days of rain.
Cheers
-- Edited by Hylda&Jon on Monday 31st of January 2011 08:37:06 PM
Several days later while travelling between Katherine and Kakadu we stopped to allow one of our party to adjust the load on his trailer and I was helping him. An occy strap I was holding broke and I fell again. When we reached the turn off to Jim Jim Falls the whole convoy pulled up and insisted on a photo of me in front of the Jim Jim Falls sign.
(edti ot corretc tpyso!)
-- Edited by jimricho on Monday 31st of January 2011 07:21:13 AM
There was a fly pestering him as he was driving in the outback, as they do. He started swiping at it saying 'p***off fly!' After a little while it disappeared. Then a little voice pipes up from the back, 'here's the p*** off fly Daddy!'
-- Edited by dolphinrider on Monday 31st of January 2011 08:30:39 PM