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Gday... I read an article recently about the Lightning Ridge and Grawin Opal fields. The author apparently had stayed at the free caravan camping area behind the Glengarry Hilton at Grawin. I spent a day at and around Grawin back in 2010 and never noticed a free camp. Has anyone stayed there? How much r...

Pretty good campsite on the Cooper Creek about 2kms out of town. Heaps of room, shade if you want it. No facilities. Quite a lot of water in the creek.

Having just viewed the Jayco" Powering your van" clip on YouTube, they say to have your battery switch turned ON even when you are connected to the mains. Is that correct as I was under the impression that you only had batteries on when not using mains power. I don't want to overcharge the bat...

HOW DO COURT RECORDERS KEEP STRAIGHT FACES???? These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts and are things people actually said in court,word for word, taken down and published by court reporters who had the torment of staying calm whilethe exchanges were taking place. ATTORNEY: W...

Hi can you tell me the advantages and disadvantages of a single axle and dual axle caravan both about 17foot thanks

I have already informed my family that I will not be able to afford an expensive nursing home which would allow me to die with dignity. Therefore, I have moved to the Thailand so that I can spend my final years enjoying life and dying with Dignity!Oh, and by the way .... Dignity said to say hello!!

Will somebody tell me where Green Lake.West of Vic is.. Not the Greens lake Corop Vic near Elmore Midlands H/Way

On saturday arvo 24/05/2014 at app 2 pm I was watching 7 two, then the signal went off and was off till I went to at bed at 7 pm? This morning sunday I tried it at 7 am and was working ok with a good quality signal. Maybe the sat went off or a big upgrade, just wondering if anyone else lost there vast signal? Le...

Heading north for the winter and wondering how many red hatters are doing the same. Hope to visit chapters along the way, it's always such fun to share stories. MOTH is happy to amuse himself while I'm off in my red hat - in fact, I think he enjoys the peace and quiet..............

We think our back window has a small leak as the ledge above our bed has a small pool of water when it rains. To fix this I tried to run a bead of silicon as per normal, but the bead was to big and messy so I removed it all. To solve, we had a syringe that we used for vetenairy purposes. Much smaller hole for the sil...

Been reading how Viagra is now off the patents list and so has become much cheaper. On telling my wife this, she just said "bugger"! Maybe I should buy more red wine instead??

hi guys, you know I'm a dreamer and most things I have been looking at are higher than my carport, which is extended of my house , ie the roof comes along it and all tiled wonder if it were worth getting rid of it?? not sure how though.. Ill take a photo of it over the weekend to show , I gather would be a builder...

Gday... 1830 - After tracing the Murray River for thousands of kilometres, Sturt's party finally arrives back in Sydney. Captain Charles Sturt was born in India in 1795. He came to Australia in 1827, and soon after undertook to solve the mystery of where the inland rivers of New South Wales fl...

This van came out from a rest area just before I over took. Severe lean to the right and tow ball about a foot too high. Once it got up some speed it had a fair old wobble. Glad I was in front at that stage I think I have attached the file from dash camera

http://www.youtube.com/embed/qxCpK1W_Gjw?feature=player_embedded-- Edited by Vic41 on Saturday 24th of May 2014 09:45:56 AM

Being Green Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the much older woman, that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment. The woman apologized and explained, "We didn't have this 'green thing' back in my earlier days." T...

A few cheap and nasty inverters in ebay at AU $9.99 ,no way am I going to buy rubbish (Is it april the 1 st today? $9.99 for the item+AU $99.99 Express Postage from the slow boat from China, Come in sucker I say http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_odkw=ps+power+inverter&_osacat=0&_...

Ever since I started life on the road I am asked if I will travel with a dog, and my answer has been a resounding NO, for a variety of reasons. However I have now a new companion that arrived on Mothers Day. Let me introduce to Rufus, he is a quiet fellow, well behaved, and seemingly getting along well with M...

Where are the best spots to see whales along the SA/WA coast and best time of the year? Thanks, Collo.