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Yes, we are still here. Awaiting my appointment with specialist next Wednesday. I think I mentioned before, a couple of weeks ago, about a young couple who arrived & set up a tent here. They had 2 children (a baby & a toddler), 2 dogs tied up all day on very short leads, some small chickens in a s...

Hi to all animal and country-lovers

! I am looking for a house/pet sitter for about 5-6 weeks from beginning of Sept '14 til around 5th Oct '14. If you like the country life and know how to handle a firefighter pump to pump water from a well and don't mind staying in a simple old country house that's cu...

Gday... 1812 - An earthquake devastates Caracas, Venezuela, killing 20,000. 1838 - George Grey discovers evidence to suggest other Europeans had explored Australia's northwest hinterland prior to white settlement. 1934 - The Flying Doctor Service announces that it wil...

Hit the road today for a trip, everything is wearing away!! went to cook tea, hooked up to gas bottle, smelt gas, did the detergent test etc, def leak. Eventually a small, maybe 10mm o-ring fell out. so my question is, can I replace o-ring, or should I buy a whole new hose and regulator? My nearest supply p...

Yet again I read another thread in solo's Re-gum trees. You should NEVER park near or under a gum tree. They are not called widow makers for nothing.Dnot believe it only happens in bad weather,quite often they will survive a storm only to shed limbs a few days later. Have seen this happen many times on th...

I see Happy Wanderer is now "The Master" - when did this happen? I missed sending congratulations, sorry Marj. Not sure how it works, but seems like with over 10,000 posts she's grown out of the "Guru" status! "Mistress" might have been more suited though.

Hi everyone, What a great place greens is we thoroughly enjoyed our time there and the company was fantastic thank you everyone for your help. A big thank you to Rod and Heather making us feel so welcome we had a lovely time with our son after we left Greens. Hope all went well with you Rod at the doct...

Cant believe its been three months already since my dad passed away! unbelievable .. it certainly has been rough going..

As posted some time back, have to sell our 22ft Concept, can i ad it on this site, have it on Gumtree now. Help appreciated. Will get a small rear door asap. Thanks Pat and Graham. Adelaide.

Im off to Specsavers for my appointment. By the way you haven't shaved very well and your tie is crooked! -- Edited by Vic41 on Tuesday 25th of March 2014 10:31:43 PM

Irish sugar test One day Paddy, an Irishman, goes into a chemist shop - reaches into his pocket and takes out a small Irish whiskey bottle and a teaspoon. He pours some whiskey onto the teaspoon and offers it to the chemist. "Could you taste this for me, please?" The chemist takes the...

This was sent to me today, so many authors over the years have claimed they are the author, so I am sticking to Author Unknown..... Oh God, Forgive Me When I Whine Author Unknown Today, upon a bus, I saw a girl with golden hair. I envied her, she seemed so gay, and wished I was as fair. When suddenly she rose t...

"Of course I won't laugh," said the Nurse to the patient, "I'm a professional. In over twenty years I've never laughed at a patient." "Okay then," said Bob, and he proceeded to drop his trousers, revealing the smallest adult male organ the Nurse had ever seen in her l...

Hi all, we have been at Aysons Reserve for a couple of weeks now it's a great place. There are very clean toilets and a dump point but no rubbish bins or potable water we recommend this place to everyone, it's very central and close to Bendigo

Traveling solo, 64 years young, I have a Kedron A.T.V, and a Toyota 4x4, I am currently in Tennant creek N.T, traveling onto maybe Darwin or turn left at Katherine and go for the Gibb River road, I had a few problems with the Towing hitch on the van for a couple of weeks, Then bit the bullet and went for a dc35...

1940's Air Aircraft Carrier in the Pacific - Rare color footage. This is 16mm color (not "colorized") footage that you may not have seen of carrier action in the Pacific. Not many color shots in the '40's - extremely expensive then, with a complicated and exacting processing process...

One for Milo ! http://www.youtube.com/embed/sjvgC1cKQGA

We just spent a very pleasant two weeks here. Dave & Amanda, the managers, were extremely pleasant to deal with as well as Ian & Judy , the owners, who were there to cover for a day or two. The ablution block was spotless, being cleaned every day. A real credit to the management. Costs were $170...

had just enough left over to hit the road 4 years ago. best deal I ever made!!! (hope the upload works!)

As per the heading, I've noticed a few people using clevis hooks to make it easier to attach safety chains to their towbar. They maintain that the clevis hook is legal as on the packaging it says suitable for caravans and the load rating is more than adequate, however I've always seen "Dee" s...