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Gday... I am so glad I travel in the quiet, sparsely populated, beautiful, natural areas of this wonderful country. I am beginning to wonder just where our society is heading ... if, in fact, it is heading anywhere worthwhile. The headlines on the news and papers show almost nothing but assaults, kil...

We are Bruce (67) and Jenny (63) and are about to take off ( 3 weeks to lift off) with no set destination and no time limit, what a great feeling. Ive been working (chef) part time for the last 12 months and full time for too many years before. Jenny ex teacher is as excited as me to hit the road in our oldie...

Has any one stayed at Westview Caravan park Dubbo or at the Dubbo show grounds recently?

Through the ages, men have been trying to unlock this mystery: Why do their wives, who accept them just as they are before they get married, begin the quest to change their behaviour and life-style once their vows are exchanged? Finally, the riddle is solved. A social-scientist has arrived at this s...

I understand that two solar panels of say 100 watts provide a total of 200 watts. But I suspect that two batteries of say 100ah don't provide 200ah. Is that roite?

An atheist was seated next to a little girl on an airplane and he turned to her and said, "Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger." The little girl, who had just started to read her book, replied to the total stranger, "What woul...

Manure... An interesting fact Manure: In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship and it was also before the invention of commercial fertilizers, so large shipments of manure were quite common. It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when...

Jack is the only son of Awe Schitt and O. Schitt. Awe Schitt, the fertilizer magnate, married O. Schitt, the owner of Knee-deep Schitt, Inc. Jack Schitt married Noe Schitt and they had 6 children: Holie Schitt, The twins; Deep Schitt and Dip Schitt, Fulla Schitt, Giva Schitt and Bull Schitt. Jack and...

Pete Seeger died in New York yesterday aged 94 . He was a member of The Weavers when they sang the original Goodnight Irene back in the early 1950s . He sang a lot of Bob Dylan stuff and wrote a lot of protest type songs himself . . . . Little Boxes comes to mind .

hi all I work over here on the West Coast and live in NZ. 5weeks on 5weeks off. my wife and I have the house on the market and are coming over here to travel around for a few years while I still have this job. my question is, if I was to get a WA drivers license, would that do for travelling all states? I understan...

Well folks have settled at Burnie for a few days with nice warm and sunny weather, not the Tassie weather I am used to . Anyway took a drive to Stanley and conquered, the nut, Via the chair lift we then stopped for fish and chips for lunch which, was very nice. After lunch took a drive to Smithton and then...

Hi all. I have coaster with a home made awning that slides into the track. i put it up today and needed two people to do the job. As I will be travelling alone i was wondering if anyone can tell me how i can to do it by myself. any help would be appreciated. thanks shero

I just hope that the next 500 posts will be as enjoyable and helpful as the first 500..

Has anyone had an experience with the new release of Kogan mobile sim cards?, they are using the Telstra network, the only other operator to use Telstra, they have mobile and data plans available, sim cards apparently only available online, I've emailed them to ask if I can get the sim card other than o...

Gday...1762 - Colonel Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821, is born. 1798 - Australia's first public clock tower is completed. 1839 - Gawler, South Australia's first inland country town, is established. Cheers - John

Yep met Cowboy7301 and Mrs Cowboy (David and Lesley) today and spent a lovely afternoon getting chauffeured around the country side. Never let anyone tell you it is cold in Tassie, not this time of year anyway, very warm to hot indeedy and I tell you that for free. 22c feels like around 30c. Now let me tel...

Three girls all worked in the same office with the same female boss. Each day, they watched the boss leave work early. One day, the girls decided that, when the boss left, they would leave right behind her. After all, she never called or came back to work, so how would she know they went home early? The br...

Gday nomads. Am a retired solo grey nomad on the road now for six months driving gu patrol trayback canvas cover 19ft coromal. Have been wandering in the denham area then lower south aus and flinders. Now south west aus caus its too bloody hot anywhere else. Have been on the site pretty much all that time...

Hi All, been a forum reader for quite awhile, thought I should join up. Currently driving a VW lwb Transporter TDI towing a home made camping trailer 8x4 with awning and tent. Wouldn't mind a small caravan, maybe next year. I hope to catch up with some of you at the Popanyinning GTG. Regards Rob