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We're about to move up to Darwin for the dry season and wonder if anyone knows of someone who is willing to exchange a van site for a few hours work each week? Thanks in advance Wanda

Brad has help us tremendously. We had the van serviced in WA prior to coming back across the Nullabor. As part of the service a bearing was replaced. Go to Balledonia and the same wheel was haemorrhaging grease. Got to SA and found Slade's caravan repairs. Brad fixed the problem, had to replace two bear...

G'day forumites, I have a little problem with one brake drum. I replaced the axles under my 012 jayco sterling the other day with straight ones with bigger bearings and in doing so had to have the drums replaced as well,we used existing backing plates,pads,magnets etc. all went well with three drums b...

Yornaning Dam was shown in Camps 7 as a free overnighter (see Site 164 in Camps 7), however I have just received this from the Cuballing Council;"Hi Vic There is a Caravan park just up the road, Lazeaway Caravan Park. You can contact them on 98875027. Unfortunately, our insurer has advised us t...

Im banned. Didn't like shopping there anyway. Yesterday I was at my local COLES store buying a large bag of Pedigree dog food for my loyal pet and was in the checkout queue when a woman behind me asked if I had a dog. What did she think I had, an elephant? So, since I'm retired and have little to do, on impu...

Gday...1743 - Sir Joseph Banks, British naturalist and botanist on Cook's first voyage, is born. 1923 - Charles Yeager, the first person to travel two and a half times the speed of sound, is born. 2008 - The Australian Government formally apologises to the Stolen Generations of Aborigi...

all accommodation in kiama is booked out due to kiama sevens rugby tournament yearly event 48 teams local and overseas plus spectators suenray

I have seen queries on this topic from gjaaa1 and Cowboy7307 from January and March, both having received few responses. Anyway, I'll see how I go and hopefully some of you out there will have some experience and good advice for me. I have 2 adult cats, which were great pets to have in a townhouse and they...

Hi there, our travels from Hobart took us to the Wall in the Wilderness. Such an amazing talented man. Then heading to Strahan we found the Hungry Wombat Café and had a yummy morning tea. (You thought I was going to say Wombat, burger or stew, didn't you?) Then we continued on our journey to Straha...

What a great day we have had today. This morning we met with Cowboy 7307.at their house in Latrobe ..David and Lesley 2 very nice people .Shared coffee and scones (home made I might add) and very nice indeed ..Talked of many things and had a good 2 hrs together...Thank you very much for your hospitality....

I usually have a "Morecomb" Field Guide to Australian birds in the glove-box of the car, and am disgusted with myself for leaving it behind this time. Having seen a new bird, I tried googling for a site which has pictures of birds organised similarly to a field guide... no luck so far, gettin...

Do you fart in bed ? If this story doesn't make you cry for laughing so hard, let me know and I'll pray for you. This is a story about a couple who had been happily married for years, the only friction in their marriage was the husbands habit of farting loudly every morning when he awoke the noise would wake h...

The original computer was a pencil with a rubber on one end. Memory was something you lost with ageAn application was for employmentA program was a radio showA cursor used profanityA keyboard was a pianoA web was a spider's homeA virus was the fluA CD was a bank accountA hard drive was a long trip on the r...

On his 70th birthday, a man was given a gift certificate from his wife. The certificate was for aconsultation with an Indian medicine man living on a nearby reservation who was rumored to have a simple cure for erectile dysfunction! The husband went to the reservation and saw the medicine man...

So a couple go out on a date to a movie theater, while watching the movie, the girl whispers to her boyfriend That the guy next to her is masturbating. .. he tells her " just ignore him"..."well" she whispers "that's a little tough to do", "why"?... "b...

Just a general query about caravanning. I had to stay in Qld for a medical appointment in January so decided to stay at the Esk caravan Park. Which by the way is a well run reasonably priced CP. I don't really like CP's but needs be. During my stay there quite a few Caravanners who only stayed for one night p...

Aussie Bush Etiquette is recognized throughout the civilized world but we all need to be reminded from time to time. In General: 1. Never take an open stubby to a job interview. 2. Always identify people in your paddocks before shooting at them. 3. It's tacky to take an Esky to...

I DON'T Need a mobile phone glued to my ear 24/7. I turn it on , when , I want to make a call , if I am Not in a coverage area , stiff cheddar . I wait to get to coverage area . I Don't know how to text . I DON'T Want to know how to text . I Don't know how to recall Or get messages , just 101 , then 5 , that erases that message ....

The Dinner She wanted to serve her guests mushroom-smothered steak, but she had no mushrooms and no time to buy them. Her husband suggested, "Why don't you go pick some of the mushrooms that are growing wild down by the stream? "No, some wild mushrooms are poisonous." "Well...

I thought this was quite good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxy4n0UT82o