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Hi Guys and Gals, After a trying 11 months back in NZ trying (and sometimes succeeding) to drum senior Physics into the heads of high school students in the Bay of Islands I am now back in The Land of the Truly Free. I am tonight in Kyogle in Northern Rivers NSW and will be around the Byron Bay area for a few da...

Gday... Cheers - John

We went to Wollies last night to do our Christmas shopping, the shelves were well under-stocked and a lot of the advertised Specials were either out of stock or hidden that well, they just couldn't be found. After half a hour of fruit-less searching, we gave it away then headed to the check-out, we pa...

Hi there, so rare for this struggling charity to receive much deserved publicity, today's story in the Herald Sun newspaper. This is my 7th year as a volunteer, I'm a "table runner", serving food. Every year on Xmas day, Suzanne morphs from customer service worker to Xmas angel. When mo...

Hello All Im currently in southern WA 'doing the circuit' and a long way from home. Has anyone got any good ideas about where to go during January where this grumpy old granny can escape the school holidays? Lovely as all the young families are they're a bit overwhelming en masse! Any advice grateful...

Read today from a friend who's parents had their car stolen out of their carport. Seems the thief/ves , broke into house while they were home , got the keys, stole their car . Got found burnt out next day. A particular "budget" insurance company , is refusing to pay claim. Went a bit further , t...

Hi Just purchased an Optitec caravan mover for new van, thought I would be able to pick up 12v from the caravans Anderson plug to drive it, however there is no power at this plug, probably through an isolater, does anyone know if you can short these temporally, or have any suggestions.

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Hi Travellers, Just wondering if anyone has any feedback on towing a baby caravan, such as a Little Guy, with a Suzuki Jimny ? According to specs, the Jimny will do it comfortably. I'm planning a trip round northern NSW, nothing too scary, first time out and going it alone. I don't want everything and th...

No need for words, I don't think!!!!

Christmas time is here again knocking on the doorAll the children's happy faces, tinsel on the floorOutside the house is decorated, a painting and lots of lightsA maze of styles and colours to brighten up the nightAt sunset you hear the children, all the oohs and aahsThen you make them smile by handin...

Woohooo, I'm now on the road full time (apart from a short break over Christmas/New Year with family in Brisbane). However, excitement is tinged with sadness at leaving friends Sue and her son Tom, and Gayle (Sheba) in Cawarral, and also the loss of my friend Peter (Ontos45) a couple of weeks ago to COP...

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We no longer need to be politically correct about how we approach our Christmas season. My daughter just send me this picture from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. These are her words: Lots of Christmas decorations, Merry Christmas signs and carols. They're definitely not trying to ban Christmas here! Do...

In the current RAC Horizons mag an article about this road suggest that it is " easier to drive than you may think" which differs from information I have been previously given from other sources which suggests among other things that its a great way to wreck your caravan. Could some of you m...

Gday... Hope the attached ramblings are interesting to some. OH ... and season's greetings. cheers - John

http://www.elfyourself.com/ I hope this works!! Sorry it keeps crashing on me. -- Edited by Lesley F on Saturday 19th of December 2015 09:52:06 PM -- Edited by Lesley F on Sunday 20th of December 2015 10:04:24 AM -- Edited by Lesley F on Sunday 20th of December 2015 01:10:25 PM

At a ****tail party, one woman said to another, 'Aren't you wearing your wedding ring on the wrong finger?' 'Yes, I am. I married the wrong man.' __________ A lady inserted an ad in the classifieds: 'Husband Wanted'. Next day s...

I have said this before and I need to say it again. We need a Grey Nomad flag. In a quick check of this forum, I found suggestions for a flag as early as 2012. I raised this issue about a year ago, and got a response from Cindy advising that there were problems with the proposed supplier and alternatives we...