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Not sure if everyone is aware but the BOM has this week released 2 new apps ... One is a very user friendly one for quickly locating your chosen locations weather and the 2nd is an Aust wide listing of all water levels, ie lakes, rivers dams etc. If you are into any form of water activities, this should be o...

A new teacher was trying to make use of her psychology courses.She started her class by saying, 'Everyone who thinks they're stupid, stand up!'After a few seconds, Little Harold stood up. The teacher said, 'Do you think you're stupid, Harold?''No, ma'am, but I hate to see you standing there all by...

An Arab had spent many days crossing the desert without finding a source of water. It got so bad that even his camel died of thirst. He crawled through the sands, certain that he was breathing his last breath, when suddenly, he saw a shiny object sticking out of the sand several yards ahead of him He cr...

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Early next year we are heading to Penrith to pick up our new van from Sydney RV. We are looking at staying as close as possible to Sydney RV and the only park we can find is the Nepean Caravan Park. I was wondering if anyone out there has stayed there and what it's like? We will be staying one night in a cabin th...

I was wondering what battery life others get from their devices before they have to charge them again. SWMBO has a Toshiba Laptop 2009 model that gives only about 3 hours of battery life in use, but a new Toshiba laptop/notebook she has gives 10 hours battery life use before re-charging, also has a vis...

Glad you asked I have been creating and following threads regarding electrical stuff in this forum for some time, I have made some boo boos and some good sense (at times), however I do not believe any techos have developed a list of current draw on our common mains operated gizmos. DISCLAIMER I have use...

I'm heading to Adelaide for another event.. I'm leaving on Wednesday morning and heading West.. Got a stop near Ballarat, to pick up some stuff and then the slow coach will be on the road.. I'm planing on taking a day and half to get to where I need to get to.. Juergen

Good Old Collingwood Forever! Thanks Pies For beating the Blues...One certainly get Value for money following this Mob of Blalck and White Stars

Hi all. We have a Jayco motorhome with a surging water pump. Even with the tap opened fully it surges, the lights flicker as if it switching on and off. We have tried adjusting it but no luck. If I turn 2 taps on full it stops. Any ideas. Thanks Phil

Two women were playing golf. One teed off and watched in horror as her ball headed directly toward a foursome of men playing the next hole. The ball hit one of the men. He immediately clasped his hands together at his groin, fell to the ground and proceeded to roll around in agony. The woman rushed down t...

Well have now ordered the van a Nova Vita will be ready by Xmas I hope. We will stay home for Xmas and then once we have got all the bits and pieces we will be able to join you all. I was wondering how do you remember people you meet, I read some where (maybe on here) that you have little cards with your details on...

Hi we will be going to Stansbury on the 22 September for a week,so if there's any GM there at that time be nice to meet up. John

An elderly couple 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 and she wrote: "If you a...

Anybody know of a good caravan park near Knocksfield in Melbourne we need to visit a recumbent bike shop there thank you in advance.

Hi All, Know this has been flogged to death in different forms, however could somebody out there answer a simple ( I hope ), hypothetical question? 1. Van has a towball weight on the compliance plate of 150kg. 2. Actual towball weight when loaded and ready to go 200kg 3. Tow vehicle towball capacity 25...

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Hi everyone. Pete and I would like to store the van in or around noosa for two weeks from the 12-13 of September. Does anyone know of anywhere. Thanks Sylva.

Hi all we are planning on going to Griffith next week via the newell and would appreciate any tips on the state of the road, steep hills and good places to stop. Our rig is 19m long and she hates any hill work. We await your advise cheers