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I had the displeasure of staying at the above rest area last night. All was good until about 6.30 pm when the in flux of back packers arrived I counted 50 of them with 10 completely surrounding our van parking less than a metre front and back from us if there had been a fire no way would we had got out. I had to...

Hi All, We [my darling and I] are doing our first trip to the Red Centre. Any advice [I mean ANY] about the trip would be appreciated. We plan to leave Wollongong mid July to Bourke and onto Darwin say 2 wks. Two weeks in and around Darwin. Two weeks down to Adelaide and 1week back to the Gong. I have a Pajero a...

Hi All I am on my way back up home and was going to stop off at The Virgin Rock near Springsure. I was told that the free camp may be closed and would love to hear from anybody that has been there lately. Moorey POSTED IN THE WRONG STATE SORRY -- Edited by Moorey on Saturday 21st of April 2018 10:49:49 AM

Our latest Motorhome is a 2014 LWB Ducato, just converted to a Motorhome in Feb 2018. 3 litre engine with auto transmission. Lucky to find a base vehicle that has now done only 29,000 kms No, we never do anything the same, and this time we have included a Wallas diesel stove, with an in-built heater - some...

Hi i am wanting to but a lightweight portable put fire. I had the name of a good one but have list the book i wrote it in. Any suggestions on a brand to buy please

Gday... Cheers - John

Hi All Left Roma gun club and heading north on the way home. Does anybody have any information as to whether the virgin rock camp site is still open. Thank you Moorey

Queensland LOGIC.. >> Two Mundubbera Graziers, James and Doug, are sitting at their favourite bar, >> drinking beer. >> >> James turns to Doug and says, "You know, I'm tired of going >> through life without an education. Tomorrow I think I'll go to the >>...

Gday... Read about it here Cheers - John

Hi, Has anyone stayed at Indee Station. We have a 2wd Motorhome, and are thing of stopping there for a night after visiting Karijini ...

A Priest dies and goes to heaven. As he's approaching the gates, he hears a band of singing and dancing angels approach, and begins to get excited. The lead angel approaches the Priest and asks if he would mind stepping aside for a moment. Surprised, the Priest does as he's asked. The angels march out of...

A wife and her husband were having a dinner party for some important guests. The wife was very excited about this and wanted everything to be perfect. At the very last minute, she realised that she didn't have any snails for the dinner party, so she asked her husband to run down to the beach with the bucke...

I have a number of magazines that would be of interest to travellers - actual or armchair! Australian Geographic; Outback magazines. Plus newsletters "Wildlife Matters" from the Australian Wildlife Conservancy. Too many to mail, so would need collecting - from outer eastern Melbourne suburb. S...

Gday... TOW POWER: It's not just milk that comes in 2 litres. Don't turn off after the first couple of pages - read this all the way through. Cheers - John -- Edited by rockylizard on Wednesday 18th of April 2018 11:05:19 AM

Yesterday saw the start of 4 day carnival for the opening ceremony of the new Waltzing Matilda Centre in Winton Qld. Would have been a bonus to be there, but the Temp. for today Friday 20th is 22 to 34 degrees. At 34 degrees, it would be to hot for us. My view is.... I think it would have been a better idea to ha...

I remember spending family holidays on the Gold Coast when I was a kid back in the 60s and again with our own children in the 80s. Later in the 90s we went there with friends who had young children and finally in the early 2000s just the 2 of us. The last time that we visited was maybe 10 years ago when we starte...

We are buying a new van that has the fridge and battery both fed through the Anderson plug. With our current set up the Fridge is through the seven pin and the battery is through the Anderson plug, both circuits are fused and running through individual 70 amp relays. Can any one tell me what size fuse and r...

Three 15 x 6.5 mags with 235 x 15 tires one brand new other two 99% $500.

I have just finished a challenging, enlightening & captivating read. I will be referring my GP & all the Specialists on the Family Payroll to it along with my immediate family & friends. I reckon that all GNs should read it too. "A Good Life To The End" by Ken Hillman (Professor of I...