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A 16year old boy came home with a Porsche and his parents wanted to know where he got the car ? He told them he bought it on his way home. With what money you cant afford a Porsche hell we cant afford a Porsche Well he said this one cost me $15. what his farther yelled nobody would sell a Porsche for $15 where d...

I am looking for some "Embossed Aluminium" Sheet 0.8 or 1 mm. thick. I can get the 1.6 + mm. Treadplate (Propeller or 5 bar Plate patterns etc) aluminium no probs here in Perth. But I need something a thinner at 1 mm. or 0.8 mm. Haven't be able to locate an outlet in Perth that stocks the Embo...

The above rest area has been well used over the last few weeks. If it's wet, there is a great bitumen area which gets you away from the mud and overhead trees. But also shady area (smaller) if that's what you like.

Hi all Looking for any thoughts about good spots to stay on the NSW south coast - say south of Ulladulla. We plan to spend 5 weeks in the area in mid February to March (departing from Mornington Peninsula - Victoria). We have an 18 foot tandem off-road pheonix c'van towed by a 2004 turbo diesel troopy. I'm...

1) The best parking spot is determined by shade not distance2) Hot water comes out of both taps3) You learn that a seat belt buckle makes a pretty good branding iron4) The temperature drops below 32C and you feel chilly5) You discover that in January and February it only takes two fingers to steer a car6...

hi could anybody please let me know what caravan parks at Lorne or anglesea are like. Thank you

Hi guys, this is our first post, but have been reading with much interest, what a wealth of knowledge & experience, which you can't beat. Just a quick question, we have diesel Sante Fe, 6 speed auto, 17ft Jayco Poptop, do I leave it in D mode when towing or 5th gear, does a bit of hunting up/down gears...

Happy Australia Day. What a wonderful country we live in, we have our problems yet we are so lucky in so many ways. We tend to whinge about the simplest of things, and are we not lucky that we can. We travel with freedom, we don't have to worry too much about anything at all really. Yes, we all have our worrie...

Hi Guys, me again :) Have now picked up the van and got it home but had a minor problem. When connected to the Colorado (with Holden fitted brake controller) the brake/rear lights flash momenterrily about every 1.5 to 2 seconds. The caravan dealer tried connecting up their test box and the lights we...

Hi everyone, we stayed at Kiama a few years ago. caravan park was right on beach and we put our chairs in the shade and could see the water. is there anywhere near the gold coast qld. or northern rivers that has the same outlook? cheers. rocket.

Folks, this is just a very quick update on our fellow Grey Nomad Gary Kelly Esq, who has been absent from out pages for sometime. I rang Gary's house tonight and spoke with Lindsay, the chap that Gary, normally looks after. He informed me that Gary is back in Manning Base Hospital and , is very unwell with...

THE DUCK AND THE LAWYERA big city lawyer went duck hunting in rural North Wairarapa. He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer's field on the other side of a fence. As the lawyer climbed over the fence, an elderly farmer drove up on his tractor and asked him what he was doing. The litigator resp...

So romantic!!! An elderly couple, who had just learned how to send text messages on their mobile phones. The wife was a romantic type and the husband was more of a no-nonsense guy. One afternoon the wife went out to meet a friend for coffee. She decided to send her husband a romantic text message a...

Included in our swag of junk mail this morning was a flier for mob that do personal loans, anyway they happened to include the various costs associated with taking out a loan - they are: 20% establishment fee 4% flat monthly fee plus the normal I.D. sureties etc. So, if you want to borrow $1000 for a year t...

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I now have my portable solar in place and working thanks to Briche. Especially as he found my isolator wasn't working either and needed a new one. Cheers Briche. Looking forward to starting the journey now knowing my rig will keep charged. Didi

I'm going to toss this in the ring and see what happens? Pondering over the design of our new van, I have almost come to the conclusion that recliner chairs just won't fit i.e. you can't from a practical sense fully recline (and go to sleep) in them. But I want more room. Our Jayco Swan camper trailer had a f...

I had this in Petengails thread, but decided it may have taken his thread "off topic". Horses for courses BUT going to the same place year after year after year!!! We took our 4 kids to different places and experiences. Due to business we only had a major holiday every 2nd year. Our adult kids...

Hello gang. What a terrific forum this is. A little while back I asked re a problem with sway bars being too low and hitting driveways into fuel stations, caravan parks etc. Received very good advice. Went with replacing the tow vehicle (a 2010 G6E Falcon sedan) rear coil springs with stronger coil spr...