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From wikipedia; A nomad is a person with no settled home, who moves from place to place as a way of obtaining food, finding pasture for livestock, or otherwise making a living. The word nomad comes from a Greek word that means one who wanders for pasture. Most nomadic groups follow a fixed annual or seas...

We're heading into bairnsdale now aand need somewhere cheap to pull upffor a few day. Any su ggestions? Julie i

BRITISH NEWSPAPERS Commenting on a complaint from a Mr. Arthur Purdey about a large gas bill, a spokesman for North West Gas said, 'We agree it was rather high for the time of year. It's possible Mr.. Purdey has been charged for the gas used up during the explosion that destroyed his house.' (The Dail...

Please be aware of the terrain you're travelling through at this time of the year. Get a perspective of the direction you're travelling and the direction of any bushfires in the region. Listen to the local ABC for the latest emergency news. The Sturt Highway was closed near Truro because the Eden Val...

Hi my name is Boofa, just like to say hello to everyone. I have been reading your tips & hints but I had introduced myself before making a comment. We have been traveling around in caravans for the last 20 years but more often since we retired in 2005. looking forward to reading about places people h...

Gday... 1801 - Unofficial founder of Melbourne, John Batman, is born. 1863 - Victoria's first ever state funeral is held, in honour of Burke and Wills. 1863 - Stuart receives a huge public welcome in Adelaide after his successful crossing of the Australian continent. 1815 - The fir...

Taking Mrs, son and two grand kids for a week away.. Can anyone recommend an area or camping ground with in 5 hours drive from Sydney ?? Have 3 year old who LOVES water [a concern safety wise] and 7 year old.. For 8m motorhome.. Coast or good lake, river ?? to cool down.. Power not essential though prefer...

Purchased a Weber BabyQ recently, and wanted a cover for it, as it lives in the underbed storage, and also while out under the awning, to keep dust etc., out. Bought one of the cheap stripy bags - the largest one - cut the handle end off till it was the perfect size to fit over the bbq, also goes under the feet...

We are off in the morning to Dunkeld (between Mitchell and St George, to volunteer for a week or so for Blazeaid. Helping farmers repair and replace fences. Should be interesting work.

It's about 220 klm's east of Perth and is for self contain units,$5 or $8 for power and water ,grassy sites

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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...

A pastor concluded that his church was getting into very serious financial troubles. While checking the church storeroom, he discovered several cartons of new Bibles that had never been opened and distributed. So at his Sunday sermon, he asked for three volunteers from the congregation who wou...

A flat-chested young lady went to Dr Smith about enlarging her breasts. Dr Smith advised her, 'Every day after your shower, rub your chest and say, 'Scooby doobie doobies, I want bigger boobies!' She did this faithfully f...

Hi All Looking at fitting a bra on the front of the van, have checked out several sites but nothing what I am looking for. On our last trip the van next to us had a simple and easy device on his. All it was is a rail across the front of the van just above the boot lid which he slid a piece of vinyl through and attach...

There are a lot of adverts recommending an additional fuel filter, either before or after the original one. We only have what Henry gave the van when he designed it, and our serviceman says that is OK provided we avoid aftermarket filters, and stick to the specified service intervals. I have read the v...

I currently have 2 x 80 watt solar panels. House batteries 2 x 6 volt connected in series and 1 x 12 volt, all 100 amp batteries. I've noticed on days of continuous rain and heavy overcast the voltage output can get down to 11.8 volts. That's the setting my refrig. will cut off due to low voltage. So today I'...

I'm pinged off, again. I'd almost finished replying to a thread which I put much thought and effort into only the hit the wrong key and....bingo...all gone. I don't need all those F keys along the top row, or the numeric bits on the right....don't need caps lock etc.....I just want QWERTY. If all those k...

THE ARNOTT'S BISCUIT STORY. Mr. "Monte Carlo" was a fresh biscuit, He took Mrs "Vo Vo" for a "Morning Coffee". He put his hand on her "Milky Way" And she thought it was "Nice" But when he put his "Scotch Finger" On her "Date Slic...

The subject is a question that strikes me whenever I walk around my neighbourhood. It occurred to me that there may be a way to quantify the rate of human evolution. The human genome consists of 3 billion base pairs. A base pair is the fundamental element of our DNA. For a long time the conventional scien...