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it is good to see that some areas of Qld. Are getting a little bit of rain. A mate of mine lives in a really dry area. A boy aged 7 had never in his life seen rain. When it did start to rain, he fainted. They had to throw a bucket of dust over him to revive him. Teo. Prado & 16 ft Avan pop top.

A man said to his wife one day 'I don't know how you can be so stupid and so beautiful all at the same time'. The wife responded 'allow me to explain. God made me beautiful so you would be attracted to me. God made me stupid so I would be attracted to YOU'.

Gday... GNs have been calling for sites such as these in van parks for a very long time. So, is this lack of patronage a result of poor marketing/advertising? ... or simply that GNs don't really want to be in a van park even if it is low-cost site for self-contained rigs? Cheers - John

Hi I would like to recommend Discoverer Campers at 94 Minjungbal Drive, Tweed Heads goldcoast@discoverercampers.com.au Peter looked after me very well and was very honest and knowledgeable. I had to drive from near Gympie to Tweeds to inspect the vehicle and he could have sold the camper I purch...

I'm wondering if anyone has any tips on what they found was essential and what they regretted giving space to. So far I have a camp stretcher and mattress, small stove and cooking utensils and plastic boxes for clothes. I will use an esky to keep food cool and a plastic bucket for loo emergencies. Oh and a...

They were free at the recent St. Kilda festival, 2 spoonfuls and straight in the bin. They may be healthy, but tasted like slimy fish eyes with rotten mushy banana's.

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