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Hi all, We have a country property near Bendigo and the mobile phone reception is very poor. Does anybody have any ideas on what the best mobile phone would be for rural coverage? I'm with telstra.

My friend in FNQ has just got the bug! She's done camping of all sorts before but the difference this time is that she's now seperated, and has no caravan. She's just done a trip to Winton with her two grandsons, and a tent. It was successful enough to give her the confidence to do more road trips. But...sh...

Hello all we are new to the forum. My husband, dog and myself are starting our lap end of January 2027. Firstly I need anyone's suggestion as to where to stay close the night prior to boarding Spirit of Australia from Melbourne which is dog friendly? If you can help that would be great as I keep going aroun...

A pilot has been injured in a crash involving a crop-dusting plane in Western Australia's south-east. The crash occurred around 10:00am on a property 105 kilometres north of Esperance. The pilot, a 29-year-old man from Victoria, was able to exit the plane after suffering non-life threatening inj...

When you're over sixty...Who cares?*****************************I was talking to a young woman in the bar last night. She said, "If you lost a few pounds, had a shave and got your hair cut, you'd look all right.?I said, "If I did that, I'd be talking to your friends over there instead of you."Cost me a...

G'day All. I have the old type cf50 the one with LED temp lights. If I run it in emergency it will get down to around -15 deg so the gas and compressor should be ok. The problem is as soon as I run it off of emergency it will run for a minute or so until it reaches some sort of temp, it is cooling though, and then...

On Sunday night we stayed in the free camp at GinGin QLD along with about 25 other campers, mostly grey nomads. By Monday morning the bins were overflowing with the birds (crows) then scattering the rubbish around. And still people were taking their rubbish to the bin and just leaving it on the ground...

Hi all - just thought I would put this app on that is available for Apple and Android - called EMERGENCY+ - - when you open this up, it has your co-ordinates and the address of where you are at, showing not only to you - but to the number you dial - which is also on the screen, ie. 000, SES, Fire - should be mandat...

----------------------------------------Subject: Olympic BallsHere are the top nine comments made by sports commentators during theOlympics that they would like to take back:1. Weightlifting commentator: "This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria . I saw hersnatch this morning during her warm up...

This is alarming! Beer contains female hormones! Yes, that's right, FEMALE hormones! Last month, Monash University and scientists released the results of a recent analysis that revealed the presence of female hormones in beer. Men should take a concerned look at their beer consumption. The th...

As I was getting in bed, she said, "youre drunk"I said, "How do you know?" She said, "You live next door."

*Nude Runner*A woman was having a daytime affair while her husband was at work. One rainyday she was in bed with her boyfriend when, to her horror, she heard herhusband's car pull into the driveway.'Oh my God - Hurry! Grab your clothes and jump out the window. My husband'shome early!''I can't jump out...

This is a story of self-control and marksmanship by a brave, cool-headed woman with a walking stick against a fierce predator. Here is her story in her own words: "While out walking along the edge of a creek just outside of our house in Darwin, with my soon to be ex-husband discussing our property set...

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Can someone please tell me what you have to have beside the dish to view Free to Air TV anywhere in Australia. Am looking at buying one as many places outback TV is unavailable. I am not interested in Pay TV Thanks Margjohnb

Hello to all the GN's travelling back south. Well we are about to leave our home in FNQ, travelling to Coffs Harbour and then over to the Bathurst area. Has anyone stayed at Wyangala or Burrendong Dams, if so do you recommend them. We would also be staying around Blayney/Carcoar areas. Your response an...

I have been compiling short Youtube videos of attractions we visited in our tripping around Australia. If anyone is interested visit 'bamboj channel' on youtube. Don't know how many people post videos of their travel attractions? Would be interested to hear from others who do this sort if thing.

Maybe a dumb question but can anyone tell me if you replace your fuel tank with a longer range one would all the functions such as fuel consumption, range etc. still be accurate on your trip computer ? I know that there are people doing supply and fit packages but does that include this type of calibratio...

I posted earlier about the Phoenix Nomad. There were some very positive replies, but all related to older Phoenix Nomad models that Barry Davidson built. Does anyone on this forum own a Phoenix Nomad built around 2012, which is after Barry sold Phoenix Caravans? I am interested to know if the new ow...