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Was wondering if anyone has an Avan Sportliner. If so, how do you find it, and could you pass on any information / advice. It would be used by a solo nomad and 2 small dogs. Towed by a Toyota Rav 4. Thanks in advance.

Stayed at greenhill lake over the long weekend been there a few times $5 a night great place to visit and find a quiet spot were a few people there mostly parked next to the toilets ! and hope that one day it will have water ........ but can imagine the place would have been packed if that was the case ... one o...

Greetings all Requesting help from all those computer gurus out there On your major trips etc. do any one keep a dairy and if so how does one do this Are there any programs out there that one can use to make it easier Facebook as against Blogging which do members prefer or put an other way which is the better...

Brian came home from the pub late one Friday evening stinking drunk, as he often did, and crept into bed beside his wife who was already asleep. He gave her a peck on the cheek and fell fast asleep. When Brian awoke a few hours later he found a strange man was standing at the end of his bed wearing a long flowi...

A man and woman had been married for more than 60 years. They had shared everything. They had talked about everything. They had kept no secrets from each other except that the little old woman had a locked chest on top of her closet that she had cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about. For al...

Can anyone tell if red claw are currently being caught in Bjelke Petersen Dam, Boondooma Dam or Wuruma Dam. Thanks in advance.

I ask you, "What the heck" are Woolworths Caltex playing at, ?????? On different days, this mob are jacking up the price of Diesel Fuel, at different Fuel Stations for one day only, I have noticed they seem to be rotating the price jump around different outlets in the Metro area, and increa...

Gday... Cheers - John

At any given moment: FACT: 79,000,000 people are having sex - right now. FACT: 58,000,000 are kissing. FACT: 37,000,000 are relaxing after having sex. FACT: 1 old person is reading emails. You hang in there, sunshine

A member of GN mounted solar panels on his ute, I am wondering how the idea worked? Why didn't I post this in the solar section, because not may GN's would read it.

We have been looking for a suitable motor for our inflatable, this is the one we chose. It is a 4 stroke 1.5 HP air cooled and weighs only 8 KG, had a few problems with the mounting of the motor, when plan A turned out a disaster we moved on to plan B which is spot on. We have been for a test run, could not believe t...

At last,officially a nomad as of April 19, leaving here (shark bay) turning left at overlander roadhouse and heading north, taking my time,some places I will be going to include Dampier Peninsular (north of Broome),kalumburu,Home Valley,Keep River, a couple of weeks or so at a mates place at Humpt...

Since I purchased the van I have noticed on a hot day it often struggles to keep the fridge temp below 7 degrees c or better.After adding a shade awning over the vent no significant improvement was observed so I decided to add a cooling fan. The general consensus from this forum and others is to extract...

Gday... Cheers - John

<A 'current' variation on a version I had heard before> An Airplane was about to tragically crash, there were 5 passengers on board....but only 4 parachutes..... The first passenger , Holly Madison, said "I have my own Reality Show and I am the prettiest woman at Playboy, so Ameri...

Got off the Ghan on Friday morning 38 in Darwin three days later 16 in Adelaide . Staying at the Sage on South Tce, Very nice hotel and within easy walk of the CBD. The Dumpling King on King William nice tucker for Asian feed . Stay out of the Underground food court in Rundle Street blood...

See the Windbooster throttle controllers advertised at a pretty good price, while they are supposed to improve various throttle functions nothing is cheap if its not needed or of dubious use towing a caravan. Are these a worthwhile addition to your tug for caravan towing?

I got this via email from another GN today about backpackers parked last night at South Beach (South Fremantle WA);"Last night we pulled into South Beach car park to have a bite to eat( take away in the car) We COUNTED 22 backpackers parked there. Vans & cars parked up right under the NO CAMPIN...

Hi all, this will be our 4th Open Mic, if anyone would like come along and join in you are more than welcome, we had a mix of acts at our last one, from shadows instrumentals, country, easy listening, a bit of reggae. Bring just yourself or even better your guitars, harmonicas, bush poetry, what ever you w...

I have been missing from participating in the forum, dropping in and have a read and out. Well we started out life as grey nomads/aussie gypsies in July last Year, we left Melbourne for Adelaide where we had some family responsibilities to take care of. We stayed at the Windsor Gardens Caravan Park for...