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Hi everyone, finally made a break for it... I got the van back from Jayco Ballarat last Thursday mid morning after they repaired the damage I had done and removing the club lounge. Eril had to put the "stuff" (technical word) she had taken out and I had to get the new lounge chairs and table sor...

Whilst it is difficult to generalise, I've managed to be satisfied with four basic types of grey nomad travellers. 1. True nomads ie those travelling full time with their only home behind or under them. 2. Long term travellers ie those travelling more than 4 months each year with a home to return to....

Thinking of heading here for a night or two. Has anyone stayed recently - do they have powered sites

Around 1954 I was snorkelling on the reef around Triggs Island (Perth suburbs WA) and saw what I thought was a washer in a pothole on the reef. When I retrieved it I saw it was a coin the same as the one shown in this link, it was covered in marine growth which I cleaned off. See; http://www.abc.net.au/ne...

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Looking forward to July when we retire and take off for the big one!

Our new rig... 2012 Mitsubishi Challenger & 2014 Kokoda Tribute II

Coomalie Creek rest area, north of Adelaide river, Stuart Hwy. A nice little roadside area on the Coomalie creek, just enough water for a cool off. Yep, you guessed it a no camping sighn. Why? there's caravan park next door. Dropped in for a late lunch stop, along with a couple of other fellow traveller...

We plan to travel from Adelaide to Streaky Bay to Esperence WA and then further up the WA coast in early Jan so would appreciate any advice on where to stay along the way particulary Streaky to Esperance.

Hi all .. Yesterday, it kicked off ! .. hope you've all got your Credit Card Pin Numbers organised ..

Gday... 1519 - Ferdinand Magellan leaves Seville on his first leg of the journey to circumnavigate the world. Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese sea explorer. He was born in 1480, and at age 12 he became a page to King John II and Queen Eleonora at the royal court at Lisbon. Here he was abl...

1/8/14 - 10/8/14 Well, here I am, not in Townsville, I hooked up Monday 4th as planned and started my journey south around 9am. I arrived at Boulder Creek, about 70km south of Proserpine QLD and about 17km inland off the Bruce Hwy. Boulder Creek is a free camp set up by a family on private land in me...

Greetings Earthlings, tonight we are sitting in a free camp, at Robe river, Western Aussie, has free Wi.fi ,dump point . good toilets lots of space , !!And!!, lots of nice people here, was talking to a couple of people at happy hour, they said ,the other day when they were in another free camp, they wa...

Found three grey nomads hiding in the bush at Cleaverville bush camp near Karratha so ventured into the wild country to renew acquantance. Good to see SoloSteve, Aimee25 & Happy Wanderer still cruising about. Darrell & Sandra

G'day Nomads. As many of you know, I've just had a battle with pneumonia, which knocked me around a bit, but I'm slowly recuperating. I've heard that many well wishers posted encouraging comments on the forum and for that I thank you - even though I've not seen them for myself. For a while there, I had ser...

Hello all For the last couple of weeks I have been helping out here at the Flying High Bird Sanctuary at Apple Tree Creek 5 ks north of Childers. The owners have advertised in the classified section for this help, but I would just like to make it known here, that this help would be greatly appreciated. We a...

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Guru Status: OfflinePosts: 720Date: 08:18 PM Jul 24, 2014 Get Well Soon Gary KellyPermalink Reply Quote For those not in the know our frequent GN contributor Gary Kelly is unwell in hospital with Pneumonia. I am sure all here would like to wish him a speedy recovery. __________________ Gar...

Just rang the Big 4 in Mt Gambier for fees per night for powered site in late January, dogs permitted at 6$ per nightly fee they have just lost a customer.I told them my views on this , that animals do not use the facilities, and they were charging as if we had an extra child. Don't mind paying a bond, but that...

Yesterday a very nice large bouquet of flowers was delivered here to me (by default). Yesterday was the birthday of the lady who owns the house we are house sitting & someone in Japan sent the flowers. Apparently Thea saved the Japanese person from drowning in cairns a few years ago. So Keith to...

Hi,anybody been on this highway lately,wondering how bad or good the unmade section is,I presume it is still unmade. Thanks in advance Baz