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Hi Have just started our big adventure. Sold our house and bought a caravan. Three weeks in we are finally getting a little bit settled. Have found the help from other people incredible.

Gday... 1908 - Witches Falls, the world's third oldest national park, is declared the first National Park in Queensland. 1922 - Neville Bonner, the first Aboriginal parliamentarian, is born. 1979 - A partial nuclear meltdown occurs at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generat...

There are a few options when choosing a boat to fish from that is relatively convenient when towing a van. My choice was an inflatable, a Quicksilver 340 Sports, an 11 foot multi chamber ply floor with an air keel. Rolls up to a complete package and fitted easily under the bed. The hull was Hypalon, a DuPo...

I bought a new blind to fit as the old one was staring to get holes in it. $177(?) from Caravanplus. Removed the inner (ceiling) fitting and removed the old blind. Now, if you a re going to do this, a word of warning - the lug the winder fits in to is the most critical bit of this whole plastic cowl ( for want of a...

have been having a bit of a tooth latley so bit the bullit and went to my dentist, but found after an xray need a root canal done.great bloody timing with all the stuff I'm going thru right now .. so seing a speciallist on monday, might have to go to wollongong and get it done, so will have to sort dad out for wh...

g,day to you all. ray & sally here been lurking here for a while now and thought we had better make ourselves known. retired late last year , we went out and got a 2005 pajero to tow a 2001 driftaway 21ft van . will be heading of to the west in late may to see the grand children in perth. found this forum to b...

I'm looking for some very basic and easy to follow instructions on how to replace my hot water anode. Also, how to flush and clean my fresh water tanks. I have always been very impressed with the detailed explanations other members have provided on posted and other matters in the past and I'm hoping for...

Test Your Brain ALZHEIMER'S EYE TEST Count every "F" in the following text: FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS..... (SEE BELOW) HOW MANY 'F's? Count them again. WRONG, THERE ARE 6 -- no joke.. READ IT AGAIN ! Really, go Back and T...

Gday... 1838 - Eyre discovers Lake Hindmarsh in South Australia. 1848 - A brutal murder is committed in colonial Brisbane, but the murderer's legacy eventually leads to the founding of the University of Queensland. * 1930 - Brisbane and Sydney are joined by standard-gauge ra...

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A senior citizens group charters an overnight gambling casino bus trip from Coffs Harbour to the Sunshine Coast. As they enter Queensland , an elderly woman comes up to the bus driver and says, 'I've just been molested!' The driver felt that she had fallen asleep and had a dream. So he tells her to go bac...

Hello everyone, Have just bought a 17' Jayco Sterling pop top privately. 2007 model, but the last five years has sat idle. In as new condition(outside needs good clean). However, Eltham(opposite side of Melb.) is approx 200 kms from Ballarat. (mostly freeway) and I have never owed or towed a van befo...

Yay!! I finally have a surgery date! 20oth March will see me in the PA Hospital having most of the skin on my nose cut off, then a skin graft. Scary, but after waiting almost a year, I want it done before it grows any more.

I just watched about 7 YouTube movies of ordinary people finding gold with a detector. I didn't see any where they didn't find any so therefore EVERYONE will ALWAYS find gold. Jokes aside some of the small nuggets were worth over $200. But just being out in the bush looking seemed like a good thing to...

Says......Man who runs in front of car gets tired, man who runs behind car gets exhausted. Lady who goes camping must beware of evil intent. Man who swallow typewriter end up with irritable vowel syndrome.

Shopping at Woolworths in Warrnambool this week. Went through the auto checkout and withdrew a $100 dollars left store and realised I'd left money in machine. Went back and money gone. Store said they would get back to me after checking video. A day later manager rang and said come in. They checked vi...

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My hubby and I are about to hit the road soon and are looking to improve the performance of our Ford Ranger by installing a chip/exhaust system,but we are so confused .which system is the right one ,there are so many on the market. Roo system, Torqit just to name a few, HELP Thanks loulybelle

How do I upload photos to Grey Nomads from my iPad ? Sorry if it seems a dumb question. Alan.

We are heading to the Jenolan Caves from Hawksbury River, just wondering what the drive is like, I read previously it's very steep etc. Is it worth the trip?