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The Sandown show opens tomorrow (Thursday) for 4 days. If any members would like to catch up with me for a chat, I'll be on the Roma Caravans display as a technical advisor. Drop by and say G'day. Ozjohn

When God finished making earth and all that is in it he thought to himself - Every good man should be able to find a good, kind and loving women that will obey him. He will find her in any corner of this great earth that I have made. Then he made the earth round and laughed and laughed and laughed...........

Did anyone see this show in which a 6 year boy was killed and the rest of his family were badly injured when their car was pushed off the road by a truck and rolled? According the to the show, the father of the family saw the truck coming up behind them before striking them from behind. A witness said he hea...

Hi All, Our 2nd night stopover after picking up the new van. On the banks of the Murrumbidgee at Sandy Beach Reserve in Wantabadgery not far out of Gundagai. A beautiful grassy spot with heaps of room and compost toilets. Jeff & Heike

According to a small notice in todays' Morning Bulletin, the Rockhampton Council, at last Tuesdays' Council Meeting, approved a 6 month Trial for free-camping at Woolwash Lagoon, 5 K's south of Rocky. It's not off the Bruce Highway. You have to go down Port Curtis Road to get to it. Check at the In...

02 October 1902 :William Gocher defies the Australian law that prohibits daylight bathing in the ocean, and sets a new precedent in surf-swimming. How shocking ! ! !

Hi Guys, new on the forum, and I am only a baby nomad.... I have a 160W solar panel; I am taking the regulator it came with, off. I'm hooking it up to a Redarc BCDC 1225 with MPPT controller. Cable run is 5 metres from panel to battery box. Question is: is it worth also replacing the (thin) cabling that came wi...

and I only got here in Batemans Bay around 3.00pm, well no need waisting time is there. Yep met up up with NeilnRuth and had a lovely salad lunch and a chat, Neil and I also chatted to all his friendly bees. Now I must come clean, I have met these two lovely people a few times before and we chat By PM's as well bu...

As we travel around this country we see overnight parking bays with what appears to be discrimination against truck drivers, especially at some of the best parking bays. Some of these are very roomy with toilets and running water. Can the nomads explain this to me and what they would object to if an ov...

For Aussie Truckies and their families. The story was on ACA tonight. http://www.transhelpfoundation.com.au/

Hi , any ideas on rolling up extension cords neatly and keeping them that way. I wrap it around my arm, but by the time I am finished it is a mess cos I only have little arms. Have tried to do it like a life saving rope and still no joy. There must some gadget that will keep them in check.

ALERTS TO THREATS IN 2013 EUROPE From JOHN CLEESE The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent events in Syria and have therefore raised their security level from "Miffed" to "Peeved." Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to "Irritated"...

Do you miss the start menu? Here's a free one, just installed on my Win 8 and it's great, get the Version 3.6.8 http://www.classicshell.net/

Hi Just letting people know the Avondale Tavern ( nth of Bundy Qld ) has free overnight or longer stays on the tavern grounds , toilets and showers also free Just buy a meal or have a couple of coldies and all is good Cheers

Happy birthday Jim. one year ago we were celebrating at Glasshouse Mountains. Have a great day. (this is from. Kiwi-as as we'll as from me).

looking for magnetic insect screen maker and installer as we need ours replaced do not want to do ourselves as we needto have new frames made not having any luck finding anyone on the internet we will be around springwood and Cleveland area with in a week any suppliers name would help we needabout 9 repl...

WANTED: For a friend to complete her Bryce Courtney book collection. "Recipe for dreaming" and "The night country". She is happy to pay for them and postage. Thank you Neil