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Obviously folk enjoy viewing our photo-challenges. (Pick this place) Can you believe just about 2.8 million views!! (I can't) fried rice -- Edited by Fried Rice on Monday 31st of August 2015 01:35:43 PM

Hi all, We're now off the ship. Scenery in Norway was breathtaking. The fjords were so spectacular. We went up to the top of mountains in trains & buses. Now in England. Spent today popping into old historic churches in small villages (lots of thatched houses). From 3-4pm we attended a fr...

Hi we have a Winnebago Esperance and wanted to mount a scooter/motorbike stand at the back of the van, but are worried about the weight and the integrity of the chassis. how do other people get around. my husband doesnt want to tow another vehicle. Some technical help would be great. Thanks

G'day everyone, We are the proud new owners of one of these gorgeous motorhomes. Does anyone know the genuine height from rooftop to ground please? I do suspect we won't be using an underground car park

Thanks in advance for your help.

Hi all. Anyone got any suggestions for free or cheap camping in the Port Douglas area or Cooktown area?

I want to throw this into the ring, in the process of designing/selecting our van, we were determined to have recliner chairs as there is only two of us. Lately we have been questioning our decision, two lay back recliners or a club lounge, what would you select and why!

Ma and Pa were two hillbillies living in North Western Queensland up in the foothills..... Pa's sensitive nose has indicated that the hole under the 'outhouse' is full. He goes into the homestead and tells Ma that he doesn't really know what to do to empty the hole. Ma says, "Why don't you go ask t...

Hi All Having a spent a couple of nights here and looking forward tomore, the $25 a night fee for 2 people is very good. Power and water along with good clean showers makes for a pleasant stay. So close to the beach and some excellent touring to be done though the National Parks, along with the Sea Bridge Dr...

Cessnock showground $20 a couple, pet friendly, large flat grassy sites toilets snd showers

A woman goes to her Doctor in Glasgow, worried about her husband's temper, belligerence and threatening manner. The Doctor asks: "What's the problem Janet?" The woman replies: "Weeell Doctor Cameron, I dinae know what to do. Every time ma hubbie Sandy comes home drunk, he threa...

I recently purchased a new Colorado with all the bells and whistles, however I couldn't get its fancy radio system to work.... I took it back to the dealership and their Service Technician explained that the radio is 'voice activated'.... "Nelson", the technician said to the radio and i...

So after the big campaign to save SPC in Shepparton, we decided to only buy their product whilst Supermarket shopping [ even though more expensive. ] and I would hate to count the KLMs I have travelled up to Shepp, to have a big stock up, Yes they converted me, to BUY AUSTRALIAN, to save Aussie jobs, BUT NO...

Typical RV night life, for us ugged and buggered, toothless and roofless Grey Nomads: Hubby: Oh, come on. Wifey: Leave me alone! Hubby: It won't take long. Wifey: I won't be able to sleep afterwards. Hubby: But...but I can't sleep without it. Wifey: Why do you always have to think of things like this...

Hi, I have joined The Grey Nomad Forums to share and get ideas of traveling around Oz. Firstly during a recent trip around N.S.W. Outback we met some people that had a book about pubs and if you visited the pub you could get the page stamped or signed,something like a pub crawl. Would any one know of this bo...

Picked up our new Crusader today. Bought it home to load it up for our firts excursion next week -- Edited by crusader1 on Thursday 27th of August 2015 08:29:19 PM

Parked up at the bonny hills c/p in NSW and spied a van with the nomads stickers on the back, first that I have seen this year with the exception of the greens nomads Tony ( Friar Park ) was the nomad and had a good chat over cooking on the communal bbq Ken

Wombat asked me to post this on GN, he received two emails on the subject from the scammers;I have just received 2 emails supposed to be from PayPal but it's a scam, they ask for confirmation of your account details like numbers and passwords, just delete it if you get one.

Arrived here today & went straight to the Superpit, was here in 93 & it is still as awesome as ever, doesn't look any deeper but I guess it is. It just looks so deep & huge. Left the coast because of the miserable wet weather & it followed me inland for about 150 K's. Woke up one morning near...

While poking around Bunnings this morning I saw some Butane cookers for sale. Butane cookers of this style were withdrawn from sale or recalled because of explosion risk. It seems that Gasmate are now marketing an improved model (CS170) that has an AGA certificate because of its 'Shut off Safety de...

When I was a young bloke I used to do a lot of hitch hiking when travelling light and being prepared for long stays was a factor. Later on working in the bush the blokes would always want meat and three vedge and the hassle of carrying provisions heaps of tin cans / running a freezer etc always annoyed me. I a...