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Saturday morning and a big surprise, Richard had rung me yesterday and told me that he had found a starter motor for the Transit Camper and was heading for Parkes. I made a booking for him and he arrived during the night and was parked next to me. We set off early to see the sights and to walk the main street...

May I humbly suggest that jokes may be better posted in the Joke Section or the I Digress Section? See also forum rules; "The forum is divided into a number of sections to allow members and visitors to more easily find the discussions that are of interest to them. We ask that members try to post in t...

http://yeoeleven.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/mandooran-north-east-of-dubbo.htmlThat was my earlier comment about Mandooran with pics but this time there were few flies and the temperature was hot............. so much for 3 months later.Arrived here at around mid day after an easy drive fr...

Have just made an eBay purchase and was looking for the page to change the delivery address, it used to be on the PayPal pages. I was expecting to be able to nominate a Post Office as I have always done in the past but no there is no such option available now and the goods have to be sent to the official eBay add...

Just a quick question. If you are a grey nomad and you go bald, are you then a shiny nomad?

Gday... 1773 - Captain James Cook's ship, the 'Resolution', becomes the first known ship to cross the Antarctic Circle. 1944 - Meat rationing is introduced throughout Australia, a result of World War II. 1968 - Australian singing group 'The Seekers' are named Australians of the Year f...

This might be of interest to someone traveling in Tasmania... Caretakers Required for East Coast tourism complex Two weeks on and two weeks off! (Part-time job share with another couple). Accommodation provided. Apply in writing to: Les Jackson, 50 Waverley St, Bellerive, Tas 7018. Ph. 0448 982...

A woman went to the doctor's office where she was seen by one of the younger doctors. After about four minutes in the examination room, she burst out screaming as she ran down the hall. An older doctor stopped her and asked what the problem was, and she told him her story. After listening, he had her sit do...

Yesterday my daughter e-mailed me again asking why I didn't do something useful with my time. Like sitting around the pool and drinking wine is not a good thing. Talking about my "doing something useful" seems to be her favorite topic of conversation. She was "only thinking of me&q...

i need to replace my laptop which is 7 years old my kids telling me Dad get an I pad but do they do as much as my laptop can i skype can i print i had an I pad supplied when working for a previous employer wasnt very impressed but it was on optus which i thought was rubbish would it still get an internet signal as g...

Hi Campers, Just curious - all you people who free-camp and say you have everything - where do you get your water? Thanks, Jay-Jay

In South West Gippsland for a week and then I will hit the high seas to battle through icebergs, tidal waves or pirates, heading to Tassie. I have been at Greens Lake for 10 days and boy was it hot as, even at night. I left around 1.00pm and it was that hot travelling there were roads in many places that had me...

Should people who tow caravans have to have a special license? It was an interesting conversation, and one that holds merit in my opinion. Apparently in Europe one has to have a licence for this, I do not know if this is fact, it came up in the conversation. It was also thought that if not a licence then o...

After going to see Judy Dench in a film called Philomena about the treatment of children in a Church establishment and her search for her son taken from her in Ireland, today I watched a movie I had recorded recently called "We Were Children" about the abuse in a church establishment in Ca...

Does anyone carry theIr musIcal Instruments wIth them on theIr trIps? I met up wIth a few In Qld last wInter. The ukulele Is a very popular Instrument not takIng up much room In the van. Hope to meet wIth some of you musIcIans on next trIp happy strummIng and sIngIng

A man and a woman were having a quiet, romantic dinner in a fine restaurant.They were gazing lovingly at each other and holding hands.The waitress, taking another order at a table a few steps away, suddenly noticed the man slowly sliding down his chair and under the table, but the woman stared str...

We are currently staying at the motorhome park in Port Augusta. The parking area is behind the sports club and has a dump point and water available. During the past two weeks that we have been here we were shocked to see the amount of people who pull into the area to empty their toilet cassettes and then dr...

Gday... 1909 - Australian geologists Douglas Mawson and Edgeworth David become the first to reach the magnetic South Pole. 1793 - Free settlement commences in Australia. 1837 - The "Proclamation Establishment of Government in SA" is printed on South Australia's first pr...