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Gday everyone, I am new to the GreyNomads.com.au and as you can tell from my user name I/we are deaming of purchasing a new caravan in 2014. We have taken the first step of becoming Grey Nomads and purchased a brand new Mazda BT-50 XTR and set it up for towing. As it is a real bugger to reverse we thought that...

An old bloke living in north Queensland owned a bit of a farm on which was a large pond. It wasn't a bad swimming hole so he planted a couple of fruit trees around it and put in a picnic table. One hot afternoon he decided to go down for a swim and pick some fuit while he was there. Off he went with his five-gallo...

Yep, I am now starting to think ahead a little and plan my 2014 Northern Migration. My daughter has sorted out her problems that we have been working on for a few months now and moves into her new (to her) house next Tuesday with the kids. It's been a long few stressful months and I tell you that for free. So...

Gday... This was taken from the NASA Observatory on 10 Feb 2014. The fire in east Gippsland (Goongerah/Snowy River complex) is almost as big as the whole of the area of Melbourne. It is interesting that fires such as this get very little coverage by the news media - "It's only bush". Because...

I'm heading off to Peacefest this coming Wednesday Feb. 19. Perhaps a free camp at Wynyard Showgrounds Wednesday night, Smithton Thursday night and at Peacefest Friday and Saturday night. Hope to catch up with a few GNs along the way. http://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/t56548815/peacefe...

A magician worked on a cruise ship. The audience was different each week so the magician did the same tricks over and over again. There was only one problem: The captain's parrot saw the shows each week and began to understand how the Magician did every trick. Once he understood, he started shoutin...

Massive auction of 124 Transportable Holiday Cabins 8th March 2014 @ 10:00am. 33 - 2009 1 & 2 BR models. 37 - 2005, 2000 & 1999 models, plus older ones as well. Open for inspection Thursday 6th & Friday 7th March. South East Holiday Village 45 Wells Rd, Chelsea Heights (Melbourne) Vic. Enq...

The latest poll taken by the Federal Government asked whether people who live in Australia think that illegal immigration is a serious problem. 29% of respondents answered: "Yes, it is a serious problem" 71% of respondents answered: "Mafi mushkila shukran"

DIARY OF A POMMIE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA August 31 Just got transferred with work from Leeds UK to our new home in Karratha , Western Australia . Now this is a town that knows how to live! Beautiful, sunny days and warm, balmy evenings. I watched the sunset from a deckchair by our pool yesterday. It was beau...

Gday... 1874 - Explorer Giles is nearly killed by one of his horses. 1793 - Reverend Richard Johnson commences the first church school in Sydney. 1546 - German theologian and Protestant Reformer, Martin Luther, dies. 1930 - Once considered the ninth planet in our sola...

struth just suddenly realized I have 3000 posts !!

holy cow

Four old retired blokes are walking down a street in Maroochydore. They turned a corner and see a sign that says, Old Timer's Bar - all drinks 10 cents! They look at each other, and then go in, thinking this is too good to be true. The old bartender says in a voice that carries across the room, 'Co...

Back in the days when I wore pusser's crabs (service issue boots). The skipper lined us up on the quarter deck and told us he had a survey from comand. It's only one question so it won't take long. Swain he says to me when did you last have sex? About 2 weeks ago on leave sir says I. Buffer when did you last hav...

We have two Grand Villas on the forum so a mate from Texas gave me a bit more info about them. Texas is where they're built. Here's a link to the Foretravel company profile. And here's a link to a used Grand Villa for sale in the States, with lots of internal pics.

My house battery is an 8D, When I put it on the 240 volt charger it charges to the full four bars on my dash, I use the trickle side of the charger when it gets up near full, and then leave it on till the four bars are full, When camping it has gone down to one bar, No Solar and no Generator, Driving home, the Eng...

What ever happened to a nice slab to put the van on and then having a nice grass area to put the annex up on instead of busted up concrete or pavers that you cant drive pegs in (or even concrete nails. So how does every body peg the annex down cheers blaze

Yesterday I spent the day with my middle son who was in Melbourne on his way to Tassie for a work week. For him there will not be a lot of work being done as he is off to drive around Tasmania with Renault, doing an Amazing Race type thing as reward for being top sales manager in Australia, so anyway now I have f...

IRISH TEXT MESSAGE: Paddy texts his wife: Mary, I'm just having one more pint with the lads. If I'm not home in 20 minutes, read this message again.

I was in the lounge this afternoon when disturbed by the scream of Fire Trucks racing past, Counting four trucks, one after the other, I thought I would wander out the back door to see if there was any sign of smoke. Got a bit of a shock, this fire was no more than two km from our place............ Lucki...