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Letter to the editor in today's Advertiser.WHILE interstate recently on holidays we received a call from the so-called exclusive Adelaide Hills kennel housing our dog during recent bushfires. The caller said, We are evacuating and leaving your dog behind because we have no emergency contact num...

Hi, have been reading your forum for sometime now and have finally decided it's time to introduce myself. Hubby and i hope to set off in May to do the big circle in an anti clockwise direction. ( I'm always told I do things back to front. ) any tips would be much appreciated.

Here is my ''rig''. Great Australian Bight in the background. I will be seeing the Bight again soon as I am leaving from Brisbane (Redland Bay) to Perth in a few weeks. I am trying to make it an annual trip to visit my Mum (84) in Perth. She looks forward to it and I certainly get excited about travelling a...

Anyone out there driving a hiace van around oz be nice to hear from you ?

Hi all, Just wondering if anybody has successfully designed an external plastic drain for their aircon. We have a slide out bedroom and this can create levelling problems at times because of the weight change after the initial setup and the end result is that we have aircon run off going in any random p...

THESE ARE ENTRIES TO A WASHINGTON POST COMPETITION ASKING FOR A TWO LINE RYHME WITH THE 'MOST ROMANTIC FIRST LINE' AND THE 'LEAST ROMANTIC SECOND LINE... 1. My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife; Marrying you has screwed up my life. 2. I see your face when I am dreaming; That's why I always wake up sc...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-09/pilbara-flood-rescues-and-warnings/6290934

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-09/pilbara-flood-rescues-and-warnings/6290934

I am getting quite annoyed by all the letters posted in the newspaper here By vested interests complaining about free camping so I wrote this and twas Published last friday in the the Advocate All the letters that condemn people who like to free campForget one thing tis a great Aussie tradition to ca...

http://www.news.com.au/national/northern-territory/an-adelaide-man-has-started-an-online-service-to-help-unfortunate-aussies-who-have-lost-or-damaged-a-thong/story-fnn3gfdo-1227253687615

Heard that you have to run these of mains presure. Can anyone let me know if you can run using the water pump and generator when free camping?

Hi Nomads. I am new to this whole adventure, recently retired. Some silly basic questions to the gurus of the road. Do you normally plan your whole trip locations, what your going to do etc or just wing it and drive until the gas runs out? How do you know what an area is like, do you use the latest techo stuff...

http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/isis-threatens-throw-gay-people-leaning-tower-pizza230215-- Edited by Lesley F on Saturday 7th of March 2015 11:04:14 PM -- Edited by Lesley F on Sunday 8th of March 2015 12:14:25 AM

This also includes the doco about Bill The Bastard (War Horse); Just an up date on the ABC's programme for the 100 year anniversary - Australia Remembers. Australia's Great War Horse - Sunday 19th April - 7:40 PM ABC Our World War - Tuesday 21, Wednesday 22, Thursday 23 April ABC2 The Crater - A Vietnam W...

Picked this up yesterday at the Hospice sale only because it was $2 and looked to be both fun and dangerous! No one there knew how it worked or had previously seen one although there must have been a few made, This one has had lots of use but it still seems serviceable. The grandkids all love fun and the mor...

hello all, am in the process of prepping my Iveco daily express for some long distances. I've put a long range fuel tank on and am wondering if it's worth installing a second fuel filter or just rely on the primary one? Also any recommendations on which might be worth purchasing, that is if the general a...

FLOOD DETAILS: As at 10.40am on Sunday 8 March the Bureau of Meteorology advises there is a Flood Warning for the Gascoyne River Catchment. Minor flooding is expected in the Gascoyne River at Nine Mile Bridge during Sunday afternoon. Rainfall totals of 15mm to 30mm with isolated higher falls of 60...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-08/huge-fire-at-car-wreckers-yard-in-perth-destroys-40-vehicles/6289028?section=wa

My Wife & I are preparing for retirement at the end of this year, we are currently in the process of selling our home, we will then be living in our 5th wheeler before setting of on our 5+ year trip. We would like to hear from those that have gone before us on your experiences with your 5th wheeler. As a ma...