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This is a hello to Jenny and Ken when they come on and join this forum. I just met them in Childers transferring what they could from their caravan and car to a new vehicle they had to buy to get home to Victoria. Caravan and Landcruiser both a writeoff by the look of it. Happened on the road into Bundaberg. A...

A man is walking behind his wife and says, "Baby, your ass is getting so fat, it's looking like a washing machine." The woman keeps quiet and keeps walking. Bedtime comes around, the man is asking for sex. The woman says: "I'm not starting the washing machine for such a small load. You'...

On the RHS of the top vent, there is a vent insert (smaller vent) which when removed reveals a thin aluminium plate with a round hole in it, and small tab with a tiny hole through it. The tab on mine is bent over in half as shown in the pic below. 1. What is the plate for? 2. Is it supposed to have the tab bent o...

Four weeks should today my 72yo dad had an accident while fishing and fell 5 metres down a rock wall. He was put on a ventilator and In an induced coma for nearly a week due to his injuries (hence the reason I've been in rocky for nearly the entire month ). He spent close to 3 weeks in icu, then a week in the surg...

We were so saddened to see on the side of the road, about 40k W of Barkly Homestead, a badly crashed Caravan. We did call into the Homestead to enquire if the occupants, were ok, and were told they had stayed there the night, and were quite shaken but unhurt. If the owners are on this site, we are very sorry f...

Bast wishes to John who is in a Sydney hospital at the moment, hope you are soon back on the best part of the coast. JC.

This post may be deemed inappropriate,( I hope not) but I thought I would share my experience. About 14 months ago I started some part time work with a real estate agency in Bundaberg, 15 hours per week. I was working for two of the agents within the agency who were in a business partnership. About 3-4 m...

Hello fellow Nomads We have only recently started to travel full time in our very first van and we have been debating what "Name" to call our rig. Does your rig have a name? Do you tag / mark your rig so others can identify you? As this is my very first post, please be gentle with me! Cheers - Weg

Hi can I get some advise on service intervals for wheel bearings & brakes We are a caravan almost 3 ton .

I'll be heading home in a week or so just wondering if anyone is going to be doing the same about that time. Not done it before so would be nice to have someone to catch up with occasionally. Tess

On the way to Broken Hill and have been passed by hundreds of bikies on their way to Perth seem to be ok and talked to a few of them. about 600 bikies and heeps of support crew, plenty of $ for some towns Ken

I am looking for information regarding the road conditions Chinchilla to Port Augusta via Birdsville travelling in July 2013 please. I really would like to do this trip, we have not done anything like this before, hubby is not keen, so I am doing the homework to see if it would be something we could do wi...

Charlie found a comfortable spot to snuggle up and relax!

For a free health check visit the airport there you will get a free X-ray, free breast examination, and, if you mention Al Qaeda, a free colonoscopy.

Has anyone stayed at Barney's Beach, Thallon, Qld? Is there water in the river and is it suitable for fishing and kayaking? Cheers Chris and Peter

Well the deal has been done. I picked up my new (used) Motorhome from Mildura yesterday. Was a very quick trip and too tired to even take some photos, will do that later. I wish to compliment and send out a huge bouquet to Rob and Amanda Tonkin from Wirraway Motorhomes in Mildura. Their level of care and...

Hello All While at Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, yesterday two GNs enquired as to the cost of filling their own 9kg gas bottle at the local BP service station. $37 came the reply. The two unsuspecting GN,s nearly dropped in shock. The cost of a swap and go was $37. At Ardrossan it was $25.90 for a...

Gday.I.m 63 and I go to a skin clinic once a year for an outer body service so to speak.My lady doc said that the tiny freckle on the inside of my upper right arm was still the same as last year but she suggested that we remove it. This was done as you see the next day [3 weeks ago].Well last week she rang to say t...

Was reading an interview in the Tasmanian Examiner that camping fees are to be introduced for camping at the camps at the Bay Of Fires who have traditionally camped on the east coast for free. Also other council run free camps will come into line with fees through out Tasmania.