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Taken a few years ago, these pictures show a little of the great atmosphere at the races. You can free camp down by the river beyond the race course, or pay a small fee to stay at the course with showers, toilets and firewood! Worth the visit!

A Grey Nomad explains how he is different to his fellow travellers in that, somewhat embarrassingly, he was born with five 'appendages'. He knows he is different to everyone else but has managed to get through life without many problems at all. In fact, the best thing is he explains is that his pants fi...

Any one out there know where I can purchase a good set of bushes to replace my Tandem Rocker leaf Spring worn out ones I have heard about new ones that last 40,000 ks Thanks

Been following this site for 3 years, fantastic information. Finally will be on road end of june, excited and bit scared at the same time. Hope to meet up on the road

Hi all Just query for the people that enjoy fossicking. If you find a nuggett how do you confirm value and quality??? 1. Where would you take it for valuation? 2 Sell it where ? 3 And anything else i should be considering. I havn't found a reef yet but im out here looking cheers.

G'day all, Just realized I had forgotten to introduce myself when I recently joined up. My wife Anne and I live on the NSW south coast and spend about 6 months of each year traveling in our Phoenix Nomad off road c'van. We are both keen (but not overly successful) gold prospectors using Minelab metal det...

going to sell my set up and get me leg back in shape. Hope to be back on the road for summer . Details on this forum. see ya in few months

Incredible...no-one was injured....however many soiled undergarments I believe.....Hoo Roo

A fellow grey nomad park next to me in a caravan park told me of his experience in buying a caravan at the brisbane show . He sign a contract to buy a new build caravan which would be finish in March and he would head to to Perth for a wedding in April , He contracted them in December to check how thing were goin...

Hope Dave is ok after his fall hasn't posted for a while

Firstly, apologies if this has been done before! I am thinking of getting a new diesel Territory AWD as the long term tow vehicle for our yet to be selected replacement van. We would appreciate thoughts, comments and suggestions on the Territory. -- Edited by Bigred on Sunday 10th of March 2013 11:26:...

Hi, just finished long job of painting our rig. It is a Mercedes coach and it is fitted out professionally. It has a 6 cyl turbo push engine and it is ultra reliable. We love the lifestyle (who needs a house) been there!! It cruises at 100km/h and returns about 5klm / 1 L. That is quite good seeing we also pu...

Hi Marj, Alice & Bass, We are thinking of you all (and anyone else going through a rough time). Get well soon, Vic & Carol

Hello - all GN members currently on site - as well as some "guests" (that we may call "lurkers") - hope all is going well with you all - planning this years trip, or maybe next years. Or already on the road. Enjoy every minute of it!! Does anyone else look at these statistics for this site - this is toda...

Jim was listening to the radio this morning when thehost invited callers to reveal the nicknames they had for their wives. The best call was from a brave chap who called his wife, "Harvey Norman". The host asked him why that name? He replied, "Absolutely no interest for 36 months."

Hi All,Was wondering if anyone is using a Foxtel Satellite set top box (Std, IQ 2or 3) while travelling.We have brought our home satellite IQ2 box away with us this time and have it working well except for an annoyingly long start up time.In our van we have a portable Sat system picking up the satellite w...

does anyone know if the recent rains have affected the Gibb River Road?

Please Grey nomads can you go easy on the fish at Karumba and only take what you can eat and not fill up freezers full and be greedy, there will be no fish left soon in a great place and then we know who too blame..........................

Not mine, but spotted this one near Taupo NZ, complete with lead-light windows, and the chimney being installed

After a relaxing bath, Monica Lewinsky was looking at herself naked in a mirror - remembering her time with Bill Clinton.Her frustration over her inability to lose weight was depressing her.In an act of desperation, she decided to call on God for help: "God, if you take away my love handles, I'll devo...