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Just wondering what is the best channel to be on up north of w.a. With not to much chit chat. Cheers Bowsie1

Just drove down one of our local roads and noticed a proud father mowing his front lawn with his Victa. What took my eye was his young son sitting in what appeared to be a modified steel highchair attached to the lawnmower - the child was riding high and enjoying helping Dad. He was having an absolute ball...

I have a GU Patrol wagon and i want to mount a fire extinguisher on the panel by the rear left hand door A rear seatbelt runs down behind this panel i think Am i going to damage the belt if i put a couple of screws in this panel? Other position suggestions would be appreciated Allan

In 12 months time or thereabouts, we're looking at selling up and doing the "Grey Nomad" thing. What's been worrying me is what am I going to do. With my Kindle E book I have been reading many stories, many ww2 and mainly air war biographies. What I have found however is that although there are...

good morning everyone in grey nomad land. I have a question. Strop and I have put up our awning for the first time. It looks great but we are wondering does it still need to be tied down at each corner or is it ok as is? Also, we have a skirt and were wondering how people prevent ants from getting into the van. t...

Yesterday I had the opportunity to have the Pajero and van washed by a good friend and his daughter while I watched and sweated!!!! They own a truck contracting business, and also have a weighbridge. I had all the water tanks full and gear loaded as well as 3 x 10 liter water containers in the van,and incl...

SENIORS & COMPUTERS As we Silver Surfers know, sometimes we have trouble with our computers.Yesterday, I had a problem, so I called Georgie, the 11 year old next door, whose bedroom looks like Mission Control, and asked him to come over. Georgie clicked a couple of buttons a...

Why do we have Specific Threads for people to post in to make it easy to find Topics, when nobody bothers to use them ? These days, anything and everything is being posted here. Bit silly, if you want to find something months down the track. Cheers, Sheba.

Hallo all. we are new to the Forum. Jim and Yoni, our dogs Jackson and Terra. our rig: Mazda BT50 with Mod,s , Travelhome 25 5th Wheeler. done about 12000 km of travel. Kind greatings.

Hi all We would like to introduce ourselves. we are transitioning to retirement, and looking forward to doing some serious travelling. We are going on a 2 month trip from Melbourne up to Townsville and then from there not sure, depending on time but would like to come down the centre. any ideas on place...

Hi all I am another newbie to the Grey nomads and I am sorry that I have not had a chance to read thru all the welcomes I will try, its just that we are trying to get away for a few weeks this weekend and I still have a couple or so items to check out with the van, we started with a 15ft Viscount and have upgraded to a...

I was testing children in my Dublin Sunday school class, to see if they understood the concept of getting to heaven. I asked them, If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale, and gave all my money to the church, would that get me into heaven?' 'NO!' the children answered. 'If I cleaned...

Hi all. Looking for info re a toolbox set up in the back of my BT50 dual cab towing a fifth wheeler. Any ideas including photos would be great. Cheers Wayne.

We are looking at travelling from Winton down to Windorah over this winter and was wondering if anyone had stayed a night or two at Old Cork Station that might be able to provide some infomation on what is there or things to look out for? Thanks

Well the cruise has been over for a couple of days and the disembarkation went off easily as planned and the bus was ready for us at the Kingsford Smith Parking Station. We took off for June's sister's place near Nanango and we have had a good time whilst parked here. Tomorrow Tuesday we plan to meet up wit...

A man returns from his doctor and tells his wife that the doctor has told him he has only 24 hours to live. Given this awful prognosis the man asks his wife for a bit of rumpy pumpy.... Naturally she agrees and they make gentle love..... About six hours later the husband goes to his wife and says, "Hon...

Little Johnny went for a stay on Grandma & Grandpa's farm. First morning Johnny went off with his Pop on the tractor for the day with sandwiches and a thermos of tea for lunch. They were out all day and when they got back Grandpa told Johnny to go into the house while he put the tractor away and did som...

Any recommendations for a single traveller looking to get a camper trailer. I am going with a group of others through the Kimberley and then next year up to Cape York and I want a camper traile that can do those rugges trips but is easy for just me to put up and down every night. Thanks for your help in anti...

How do you wash the smell of fish bait and (hopefully) freshly caught fish off your hands? In the past we used soap and water and rubbed with a lemon - but the latter is not always available.

hi all just wondering if there is anyone in the area, maybe get together if your around.