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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...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-17/fire-threatens-homes-north-of-perth/5676932

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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

This is a good article that warrants comment.. and to be honest I personally hope the Wizzbang renters never discover the beauty of the outback.. I also hope that the outback business community wake up the the fact that they need find ways to get our $$$$$ off us instead of looking for ways of stopping us...

Having just spent the past 2 weeks on the Gibb River Road in the Kimberleys, Western Australia, it is pretty hard to find a small selection of pics. But here goes.... Windjana Gorge and our camp.

We are going to travel around Oz in a couple of months and don't know which would be better. A caravan or a pop up van or camping. We are planning on going for at least a year. No pets or kids. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Allana

Below is a link to a terrific piece of sound engineering. This is a video of street singers from around the world being recorded, overlaid and mixed with one another while singing the song "Stand By Me". It is a marvel to listen to and watch. They all deserve to be heard. The finished prod...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-17/study-sheds-light-on-wa-working-dogs-collies-kelpies-huntaways/5675578

Whoops!!!!!!!! A guy goes to the supermarket and notices a very attractive woman waving at him. She says, 'Hello.' He's rather taken aback because he can't place where he knows her from. So he asks, 'Do you know me?' To which she replies, 'I think you're the father of one o...

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Brains of elderly are slow because they know so much.... By Sarah Knapton, Science Correspondent Older people do not decline mentally with age, it just takes them longer to recall facts because they have more information in their brains, scientists believe. Much like a computer struggles as th...

Gday... 1807 - Work commences on the Bell Rock Lighthouse, considered one of the "Seven Wonders of the Industrial World". The Bell Rock Lighthouse, in the North sea, is the world's oldest offshore lighthouse. Situated 18 kilometres off the coast of Angus, Scotland, for ma...

1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. 2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be "meetings." 3. There is a very fine line between &quo...