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Love this country of ours, we have been on the road for 2years 9 months, have done 70,000ks, but on the map, not touched much at all, we are presently in Port Broughton, heading to Port Vincent, anyone going this way ???

I was visiting my daughter last night when I asked if she had a newspaper handy. "This is the 21st century Dad," she said. "We don't waste money on newspapers. Here, use my I Pad." I can tell you this: I Pads are bloody useless for swatting flies.

hi we are heading there aust day weekend for abt 9 days if anyone there lets have a get together and say gidday !

Noel (Gus) Guthrie passed away quietly in Albury on Saturday morning following a stoke a few days earlier. Gus is best known to vanners and campers as the person responsible for the rise of the FPA chain of tourist parks across Australia ands New Zealand. As CEO he built the chain from an initial member...

A bit too big and heavy for the RV, but what performance ! http://www.wimp.com/australianchainsaw/

I can't believe how many times we have parked up, both in SA and WA and have been the only ones there! From recommended rest stops to free camps, 90% of the time we have been on our own. This wasn't the case at all in NSW or QLD where we had at least one other (usually two or three) campers/caravans/motorhome...

Over the last many months we have had trouble with our Electrolux fridge not staying cool enough in the hot weather. Alas as we were free camping at Fort O Hare in Dartmoor and having our happy hour which lasted for hours we realised that our climate class was SN which stood for Sub normal. We should have a...

Saw the word Viagra on the back of a caravan, with the meaning alongside, does anyone have any idea please ??

Gday... 1876 - Jack London, author of "Call of the Wild", is born. 1899 - Paul Hermann Muller, the man who discovered that DDT was a potent insecticide, is born. 2005 - Nine die in a devastating bushfire on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. 2011 - Tugboat skippers Doug H...

Just a curious question here; How many of you sold up your house completely to go on the road? During our travels, we have met quite a few people who have done that (and new 4X4 and caravan to show for it!) but what happens when they get sick of travelling (or just sick)? We have kept our house (renting it out...

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Message from the Ambulance Service We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its memory. If we were to be involved in an accident or were taken ill, the people attending us would have our mobile phone but wouldn't know who to call. Yes, there are hundreds of numbers stored bu...

On a train from London to Manchester to watch the cricket, an Australian was berating the Englishman sitting across from him in the compartment. "You English are too stuffy. You set yourselves apart too much. You think your stiff upper lip makes you above the rest of us. Look at me... I'm ME! I hav...

Hi all, I've already been asking questions before introducing ourselves! We are at home over summer (health problems restrict being in heat) so for the other three seasons we are out and about, we do love the coast but inland anywhere is a favourite, we love free or reasonable camping. To sit near a fir...

oops posted this in General before I realised there was a dedicated section. This is our new van .. we picked her up on Thursday (21' Retreat Fraser). We're both looking forward to finally having the luxury of a shower and toilet on board. No more trekking to the caravan park shower block on a cold and r...

At long last I am in the position to buy a campervan. Have been saving all my dollars madly having to start from square one after my bank account was stolen. So I am interested in a Toyota Tarago Camper van which is regestered in NSW and want to know how I would go about changing the rego. to QLD if I buy the v...

Has the "Mailbaggers" section been neglected of late? Haven't seen a post for some time now. Has it gone to the nudist beach where Bohemian Gypsy has snuck off to. They have nothing to write on there. Perhaps the terrible trio have hijacked/hacked the mailbaggers 'pooter system. Kevin --...

I have discovered that I have a lot to learn about quilts and patchwork!!!! I cleared the kitchen of all furniture so that I could use the floor to work on, even washed the floor then taped the backing fabric, the wadding and the extremely large quilt top to the nice clean floor and got down on hands an...