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Having the long weekend on the Gold Coast visiting friends and staying at the Hinterland Regional reserve near Mudgeeraba and Stott's Island Nature Reserve. Have had a long talk with June and we have decided that travelling together is not on so I have planned to set off on Tuesday. The plan is to aim fo...

BUNNINGS JOB APPLICATION This is an actual job application that a 75-year-old pensioner submitted to Bunnings in Burleigh Heads. They hired him because he was so funny.... NAME: Kenneth Way (Grumpy Bastard) SEX: Not lately, but 1 am looking for the right woman (or at least one who will cooperate...

The pastor asked if anyone in the congregation would like to express praise for answered prayers. Suzie Smith stood and walked to the podium. She said, "I have a praise. Two months ago, my husband, Tom, had a terrible bicycle crash and his scrotum was completely crushed. The pain was excruciati...

We have enjoyed the last couple of weeks in Canberra visiting many of the Tourist sights and thoroughly enjoying them, that is until yesterday we saw and enjoyed the Portrait gallery then moved on to the National Art Gallery where we saw Blue Poles and I remembered that I thought we had been ripped off b...

NOW I GET IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On the first day, God created the dog and said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years." The dog said, "That's a long time to be barking. How about onl...

Had a visit today from Nu-one (Michael) and Julie. Of course I had to make pikelets for afternoon tea. Doug, Michael says "Eat your heart out!" They came up today and are staying overnight beside us in the caravan park, thanks Michael and Julie.

A blonde goes into a computer store and asks the clerk, Where do you keep the curtains for computers? The clerk answers with a puzzled face, Curtains for computers? You dont need curtains for computers. The blondes eyes widen and she shakes her head as she answers, Hello!?? My computer has Windows!!

Aaarrhhh the next week or so is going to drag so slow. We are hoping to get the first look at our new fifth wheeler sometime next week and hopfully get our hands on it the week after. Normally i like life to slow down, but now i wouldnt mind a speed up for the next two weeks.

Hi everyone. A recent post made me contemplate what happens when a nomad realises they've possibly hit the "end of the road" for good. Here's a hypothetical scenario. The names are fictional................... Mick and Gert had been on the road since Mick retired 11 years ago. Using the...

What else can one ask for, today we had the pleasure of a visit from Capricorn & Pisces while on their short visit to the mid north coast. Being such a nice day we had an outdoor lunch, followed by an afternoon of discussion around many subjects, as one would do being a GN. We await monday for another c...

Today bought some more Grey Nomad members to visit - MrRed (John) and his lovely lady Bev - up for the day to visit. John and Bev were at the very first GN meetup at Greens - a good afternoon was had by all - lots of laughs and sharing of good campsites etc. Thanks for coming up!!!!!

Hello Everyone, We have begun our first trip in the new van, starting Adelaide and have done 1 night in Port Augusta then on to Cowell. We are in the Shoreline C/Park and will stay here till Tuesday then on to Port Lincoln. We will stay at the caravan park a couple of nights then find a nice spot to have a go at...

I'm not sure about anyone else here, does anyone have an interested in visiting Ghost Towns, those from bygone years or that which have been de-gazetted and don't appear on current maps due to this. Most would know about Whittenoon the old asbestos town (which even though has no services and the signs...

After a recent discussion with a friend about reversing techniques, I thought I'd bring my nomad friends into it. One friend was taught (in NZ, if that makes any difference) to turn with your left arm over the seat and looking to the rear. Although she can also park with mirrors. Another friend is absol...

hi just wondering how i go about making our table into one of those 3 fold tables ,ours folds once approx 250 mm from the wall the remainder of the table is approx 700mm ,has spring catches pulled out to become the brace to hold it up ,wondering where to cut this larger section to fit the other hinges , i have...

Paddy was a youthful and hard working Irishman at a Coastal village in Ireland . Daily he would pole a heavy old punt out to sea then work a heavy iron grapple to bring up the sand oysters which he sold to the local ice works. He was a man of regular habits he always arrived home each day at a certain time...

I don't know who thought of it, but I have a rear vision mirror on the left of the van which shows vehicles and walls to be further away than they really are. There's no curvature on the surface, but it's a very dangerous mirror. I don't know if I've cut off anyone as I return to the left land after overtakin...

Hi we are here in Canberra at Epic show grounds, if anyone is here would you like to met up for coffee, Gloria and Daryl.

Ever wonder why a Top Fuel dragster gets a rebuilt engine after each run? Stay with this- even if you aren't a 'car nut', this is stunning. * One Top Fuel dragster outfitted with a 500 cubic-inch replica Dodge (actually Keith Black, etc) Hemi engine makes more horsepower (8,000 HP) than the first 4...

Dining Table has the Wobbles - Wineglass type base - 8 YO in Jayco Heritage - I have had the base sandblasted & powder coated. Now the leg to base is just a tad loose so the table top at the ends ends can move up & down quite a bit. We do need to keep the rotation. I think the easy answer is to shim the leg &...