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Could anyone tell me if the Carvnarvon Developmental Road from Rolleston to Roma is fully tarmac - we will be driving a rented Maui motorhome over that route in January and a condition of hire is that you only travel on tarmac roads? Thank you, Terry (at home in cold UK)

An Asian woman goes in to her local National Australia Bank Branch and begins exchanging her money. After the transaction is complete she asks the teller 'Why it change, yesterday I get two hunat dollar for my money, today I only get hunat eighty?' The teller looked over his glasses and says very slowl...

Found some really strong clothes pegs made of rubber, and replaced all my plastic and wooden pegs with them. I bought them from Terry White Chemist. The brand name is 'primahome rubber grip pegs'. They are also sold on line at www.lasoo.com.au $3.00 for 16. They hang on tight in a strong wind, don't sp...

'Hello, is this the police?' 'Yes it is. How can we help you?' 'I'm calling to report about my neighbour, Wazza. He's hiding Cocaine inside his firewood!' 'Thank you very much for the call.' The next day, police officers descend on Wazza's house in great numbers. They search the house and then go out to...

An elderly man was stopped by the police around 2 AM and was asked where he was going at that time of night. The man replied, "I'm on my way to a lecture about alcohol abuse and the effects it has on the human body, as well as smoking and staying out late." The officer then asked, "Really...

THESE REALLY WORK!! AMAZINGLY SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES: 1. AVOID CUTTING YOURSELF WHEN SLICING VEGETABLES BY GETTING SOMEONE ELSE TO HOLD THE VEGETABLES WHILE YOU CHOP.2. AVOID ARGUMENTS WITH THE FEMALES ABOUT LIFTING THE TOILET SEAT BY USING THE SINK.3. FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SUFFERERS ~ SIMPL...

Now here's one that has me puzzled and wonder if there are any boffins out there who have had a simalar issue and happy to share the solution or helpful ideas? We have the Jayco Sterling outback 17:22:2 van 2010yr, the 220v hot water boiler at the rear of the van which is a 17 lt capacity unit is getting stea...

Glendale 18 ft van (single axle) built late 1960s (I think) with a Ford Falcon XP wagon. Van was secondhand in 1973. Had this when we started work, sold 1975. Now we're about to retire so will be getting another rig - a bit bigger this time!. Probably a 26ft Aussie-built 5th wheeler and Navara/Colora...

Well she has arrived to us today from Coonabarabran via Dubbo, Sydney and finally Moruya by REX Air. We have been home only but a few hours and she is taking over, even the computer, so we might have to get her, her own user name. Her name well thanks to The Drifters (Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, baby) (Ruby, Ruby, Ru...

Happy Birthday Ted - hope you had a nice day!!! We have a present for you - it is over near the woodpile!!!! Come and get it soon!! Jules - Billeeeeeee and John!!!!!! -- Edited by jules47 on Sunday 17th of November 2013 07:54:28 PM

At the moment we are on a beachfront site, 10 metres from the water at the Burrum Heads Beachfont Tourist Park. ($40 p/n) It's blowing a gale and the van is rocking like 40 miles of bad road made worse by the poorly designed Avan annexe which cannot be removed without lowering the roof which would allow th...

http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/index.phtml/tag/scamwatch/ November 2013: With 2015 marking the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign, the Australian and Ne...

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Hello All I have a question for all you techo's out there. Then using the gas on a three way fridge, does the gas burner continue to operate regardless whether or not it has reached it's nominated temp as per the themostat setting or does it turn off and re iginite when the temp increases inside the frid...

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The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter and supply a new definition.Here are the winners:1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject fin...

A college professor was doing a study testing the senses of first year schoolchildren, using a bowl of Fruit Loops, the sweet with the hole in it. He gave all the children the same kind of loop, one at a time, and asked them to identify them by colour and flavour. The children began to say: Red..............

Two nuns were shopping at a 7-11 store. As they passed the beer cooler, one nun said to the other, "Wouldn't a nice cold beer or two taste wonderful on a hot summer evening?" The second nun answered, "Indeed it would, Sister, but I would not feel comfortable buying beer, since I am...

The marriage of an 80 year old man and a 20 year old woman was the talk of the town. After being married a year, the couple went to the hospital for the birth of their first child. The attending nurse came out of the delivery room to congratulate the old gentleman and said, This is amazing. How do you do it at y...