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They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & Sold to the tannery.......if you had to do this to survive you were "Piss Poor" But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot......they &q...

Arrived back at our Melb base last night after 5 days away.We put everything away and had dinner and sat down...then WHACK ! bloody hell talk about chest pain, I sat down for 2 mins then got the B/Pressure thingy out.I am normally 125 /68 ....however it was 190 /90 ! bugger sez me Ambo time ! They put the...

Thinking of upgrading from a dedicated off road campertrailer to a caravan for more comfort. The caravan we are looking at has rocker suspension. I know this won't go as far as a caravan with independent suspension but can anyoune share their experience. How far off road would you go, what precaution...

Salutations Nutters, Greetings all you unexcited Nomads, Howdyeeeee to all you free thinking Nomads out there, !!Well!!, what can I say about Cosy Corner , that John didn't say about it 3 years ago, beautiful beach, miles of sand, dump point,, and free camping right on the beach,,,,,excellent.. st...

This is a mirror How, Just had the Clear View Mirrors fitted to the Colorado and wow, what a difference a mirror makes. No mucking around fitting strap or clip on one's any more. Bring on the "Chief". Better still bring on the sale of Base Camp.

Hi Folks... are there any Mercedes Sprinter owners out there who can offer suggestions as to which insurance company might offer the best rates for comprehensive? I'm trying to sort the morass of information...all clouded with various options and inclusions/non-inclusions... etc. To be honest...

DOWN AT THE RETIREMENT CENTER 80-year old Bessie bursts into the rec room at the retirement home. She holds her clenched fist in the air and announces, "Anyone who can guess what's in my hand can have sex with me tonight!!" An elderly gentleman in the rear shouts out, "An eleph...

Well folks we are in Gary Kelly country hehehehe, we packed up camp at Wagga this morning and made for Young fairly big town will look around tomorrow and keep you all updated and hopefully some pics. Stay safe everyone C1,2&3

Greeting Earthling, well my boy hood dream has come true, happy hour in Kalgoorlie, with my nutty friends, off to see the brothels tomorrow, went and seen the Super Pit today,,, one word ,,,Awesome,,,,, -- Edited by billeeeeeee on Wednesday 24th of September 2014 09:30:13 PM

Ok, the new van will be a Lotus Freelander; 19ft 6" Solar & battery pack upgrade, control rider suspension & a few more goodies. Bring on Dec. JC

Finally...my leopoard which took many hours

Hi to all you grey nomads well have been viewing this great site for a while now and thought I say hello not full grey nomad yet will be going to Adelaide via streaky bay from perth on the 10/10

Now that people have had 4 days to try there new Aldi generators out what are the specs for someone that was thinking ( very slowly ) of purchasing one and is everybody happy with them? Regards. Brian

Gday... OOPS .... wrong place. Please see the Sticky. Cheers - John -- Edited by rockylizard on Wednesday 24th of September 2014 08:11:55 AM

Yesterday I was sitting at my sisters place only to look around to find my daughter Tracie two granddaughters grandson & my great granddaughtersstanding outside the sliding glass door, I am so surprised I am saying "I am not going to cry" .....yes I did cry. Have spent two best days, g...

Like a lot of others on the forum, we too are looking at upgrading our vehicle soon. At present we have a 2003 GU Nissan Patrol that has a towing capacity of 3 Ton. Pete would like a vehicle that has 3.5 Ton towing capacity - fair enough, however we are 'confused' (easily done) about the 'pay Load on various...

One December day we found an old straggly cat at our door. She was a sorry sight.Starving, dirty, smelled terrible, skinny, and hair all matted down.. We felt sorry for her so we put her in a carrier and took her to the vet.We didn't know what to call her so we named her 'Pussycat.'The vet decided to keep...

We just bought a new gas oven for our kitchen at home here in sunny north queensland.Whilst at the the gas appliance shop I enquired about gas bottle refills as they do it there $29 for 9kg bottle,And bunnings $22?bottle The difference comes down to the quality of the gas bunnings have what is called AA g...

In February 2007 the Federal Governments then Department of Infrastructure andTransport (DIT) - the portfolio responsibility of Minister Albanese - granted a Victorian company a licence to build about 250 Motorhomes per year on imported Fiat cab chassis.DIT normally followup the granting of...

hi all any one got the pension rise yet we got $2,50 a fortnight each anyone do any better than that