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Darwin, word from two travellers that they took the tugs in for a basic service; (oil & filter). only to be called by the service centres stating that they needed all the brake pads & rotors replaced. A $200 service becomming a $1000 bill. One guy had his brakes serviced in Perth before leaving...

We have just completed a 5 week house sit in Adelaide. Unable to fit the van in the home owners driveway (inner city) and consequently stored the van at U-store -it at Gepps Cross. Rental was $120 for a month and the odd days over (4) cost us nothing. Small admin charge $15. There are several locations in A...

Hey - that nearly slipped by without anyone spotting it - Kev (KimKev37) turned 60 today!!!!! Hope you had a great day, and Kim looked after you well!!!!

I'm not sure if Cindy allows this. If not I am sure it will disappear. Wikicamps Beta for the PC windows 8.1 is now available to download for free from the App store. It will be free for a while How long isn't known then you have to pay and that isn't specified either. http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/...

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Hi. Im trying to do without gas in the van (all the time) and use it outside on camping grill instead. I was mighty rapt with phil crockarts eulogy on the induction cooker. As I dont cook much-( prefer salads, bread, cheese, wine..... beer)- mainly want it o boil kettle but 12v kettles tooooo slooow. So...

This letter was sent to the Broken Hill High School Principal's office in Broken Hill, outback Australia after the school had sponsored a luncheon for seniors. An elderly lady received a new radio at the lunch as a door raffle prize and was writing to say thank you. This story is a credit t...

I have decided that there are many advantages about having no sense of direction. I had a great day today, another one of those days when I should have turned right but decided to keep going. I spent the weekend in Inverell, and left today. I called in on some friends of friends of mine who live on Old Bund...

My good lady has to go and have a colonoscopy and was told the waiting time is 18months this is in tassie, so we will pay for private what is the waiting time in other states, just would like to know

Gday... 1789 - The first police force in the convict colony of New South Wales is formed. Australia was settled by the convicts and officers of the First Fleet in January 1788. It was believed that the colony's isolation from any civilisation would be deterrent enough for convicts atte...

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Have 2 12v agm 100ah batteries Do i run feed wires from solar reg to both or just the 1 They are set up parallel Also circuit breaker size and where to fit them. Solar is 150ah set

Well for the first time in I don't know how long I am warm. I have come across the range today, to Grafton. It was a magnificent trip across that range. I will do a report with some pics later. I decided to stay at the CP in Grafton, well it is a little way out but I tell you, for $22 pn, it is like a resort. I have bo...

Want a break - and free power and water, plus own toilet? Pine Creek museum needs volunteers - open from 10 - 2 during the week. get to park on the lawn beside the old station master's house and wander over to 'work' each day. I have just done 2 weeks there. Lovely having so many to chat to, and have read so man...

A woman received a call that her daughter was sick. She stopped by the pharmacy to get medication, got back to her car and found that she had locked her keys inside. She woman found an old rusty coat hanger left on the ground. She looked at it and said "I don't know how to use this." She bowed her h...

how long can we stay at Babinda for, when does the caretaker come around

gave up trying to find an 'interactive' map so downloaded a picture and drew on it (paint program will do it) So much quicker - and easier. Just needs some fine tuning now.

hi Just wondering if any one knows about projectors , I would like to bye a projector so I can show movies outdoors and run it off my solar system 4 panels ... do they exist ? if not can any one recommend one that is good quality and yet does not use to much power thanks in advance , and have a beautiful da...

Hello everyone, I have a question for all the permanent travellers out there. What do you do when asked for a residential address if you really do not have one? For car, caravan, boat and any other vehicle registration, one is meant to have an address where said vehicles are "garaged". When...