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G'day! Many years as a truckie, then twenty years as a coach captain. Finally gave it away to just go "On the Wallaby". It was about 2003, and I find meself in a small town in Victoria. I go to the local employment mob, lookin' for work, and they give me an address just out of town at "Whereverville". I front...

Donald Trump was visiting a primary school in Orlando and visited a grade four class. They were in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings. The teacher asked Mr.Trump if he would like to lead the discussion on the word 'tragedy.' So our illustrious Republican candidate ask...

My partner and I are looking to do a trip sooner rather than later around Aus for at least a year or so and it could become permanent. We are in late 40s and early 50s and so need to work whilst we are doing that and obviously would be happy to stay places for a few months at a time to achieve this. My query is how d...

Late in the night, he finally regained consciousness. He was in the hospital, in terrible pain. He found himself in the ICU with tubes in his nose, needles and IV drips in both arms, a breathing mask, wires monitoring every function, and a nurse hovering over him. He realized that he was obvious...

A truck driver was doing his usual delivery to Mental Hospital. He discovered a flat tyre when he was about to return home. He jacked up his truck and took the flat tyre down. When he was about to place the spare tyre on he disturbed his locking nuts which rolled into the adjacent drain. As there was a fixe...

The Marines found they had too> many officers and decided to offer an early retirement bonus.>>> They promised any officer who volunteered> for Retirement a bonus of $1,000 for every inch measured in> a straight line between any two points in his body.>>> The of...

Until a child tells you what they are thinking, we can't even begin to imagine how their mind is working.... Little Zachary was doing very badly in maths. His parents had tried everything...tutors, mentors, flash cards, special learning centres. In short, everything they could thi...

You'll be pleased to know the NBN Satellite 25 MBPS service is not usable by us - they will only hook up to fixed premises on their EXISTING PREMISES list. Funny how the satellite provider (ViaSat) has a retail outfit in the USA (Exede) that give unlimited fast internet for 39$ a month to US customers. F...

The awning on our van is 6 meters long, I would be nervous about leaving it up in any sort of weather. Recently we were camping and the weather was rather rude. Getting in and out of the van in the wet conditions proved trying. At work we have a stock of banners, made from the same material as awnings, and wit...

Hello everyone these are my latest Memory Boxes completed for the local hospital Still looking for pictures and ideas for our group that paint memory Boxes for the parents who lose their Babies to Stillbirth or neonatal loss. We paint pictures with babies in mind so if you have any that you can email...

Hi all, my other half and l are are still fixing our 1984 coaster bus. It was an old "bus for hire" so it needed a lot of work when we got it. I have heard that we can change the 22R 4 cylinder petrol motor for a V6 holden motor,, my question is, where can l have it, has anyone had it done, feedback please, and what...

Hello our names are Wendy and Jeff and we have just joined the group, we have just purchased a 1996 Toyota Coaster bus that is 80% finished so just a few more little items to go, I am hoping that some of you may be able to give me some advice or info on where to go to buy some of the items i need. I am looking for a co...

When setting up the UHF radio, do you have channel 11 set as priority, i.e. press the mic button and it defaults to the priority channel, or do you have it set on 40 or 18. What stations do you have set for the channel scanning?

Any one know who may be able to look at problem with a diesel heater. I am moving North inland towards Injune from Roma. The self diagnosic is telling me either no ignition or no diesel getting through, but I have no idea what to do about this anyway, and I am freezing!! Has not worked now for two weeks. Hav...

Hoping to soon purchase a new van, and are seriously considering a New Age Caravan. While we have done heaps of homework about this purchase, we would appreciate any expert knowledge anyone has to offer. Rosie -- Edited by Rip and Rosie on Thursday 23rd of June 2016 07:31:37 PM

Hi all, Has anyone being to Carnarvon Jetty of late. Has any work been done on the Burnt out section as yet. We were there last in 2014 and still Zero then. It was a top spot to drop a line in, from readings of the past. Regards Jim

Hi...I'm a female solo traveller, just new to this site. I'm currently near Wangaratta and looking at driving to the coast to Merimbula then heading north.. My map shows three possible routes ...just wondering if someone could advise me on steepness and condition of the roads. Also, with the cold sn...

Hi all, We are off in a few more weeks. Lambie and I need a Telstra plan, to cover both Mobile phones I have an S5 and Lambies S4 and two I pads + one lap top. We went to the Telstra shop on Tuesday to make an enquiry as to what is best for us. We need data. The young bloke we were speaking to, spoke at speed = Double D...

Not sure exactly where this was found in WA, but a great find for someone....This is a large Nugget recently found in WA, it will most likely be sold to the USA -- weight is 3 KG and comes with a huge price tag of course. Gold lifted $60 an Ounce today, work that out.

Lawn Hill, I will be around the Lawn Hill area Mid August and was wondering if there are any recent Travelers that could give me some idea of the road conditions lately.Also where do you book for Caravan sites? Regards Keith