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Cut an onion, separate the rings and put in frypan - drop the egg into the ring. Onion flavoured round eggs! Have not tried it yet but loved the idea - one less thing to carry in the van and a round egg fits a round bun so much better! AND - one more post to get tht total to1,000,000

I was down the beach, having a beer with friends when a dog , and its human friend , skate boarded down the road .I thought the dog was doing well.The young lady was along for fun.Woof! Bill -- Edited by bill12 on Tuesday 6th of August 2013 07:32:05 PM

I may be a bit slow on the uptake but I just checked the retirement age online on Friday only to find that it has recently been increased. I checked a few months ago and it was 64.5 for my birth year 1953, now it's gone up to 65.5. I cannot express in acceptable language how upset, disappointed, angry, frust...

Has anyone heard of a product called " Tank Safe, a rainwater tank purifier. It's a solution that you put into your water tanks and it claims to kill germs, viruses and other pathogens. It last's for about 2months and only needs a small such as 65 ml in a 1000 L tank. You would only need a small amount i...

Arrived at Balgal Beach Camps6 #37 early on Monday morning to coincide with an anticipated evacuation prior to the ranger's visit. Last year I was not so careful and missed out on this great camp site. Excellent facilities including a dump spot, flushing toilets, fresh water and free barbeques. Ri...

One of the best thing for me being on the road for me is being able choose the area of Australia you want to be in in any season . How many follow the seasons or does this not matter to you.

This good...enjoy http://www.youtube.com/embed/ik9AtJQXaHQ?rel=0

G'day folks, We are coming to the end of our 4 month road trip and due to heading South it's now getting a tad cooler (bugger). When we return we are having a look at a smaller fifth wheeler with a view to purchase which brings me to the reason for my question. If we wanted to purchase a new (or near new) twinc...

hi we seek advice on merits or no advantage of changing the location of the axle and spacer on the the leaf spring suspension of our van ground clearance is one thing we wouldlike to gain a little more off especially in driveways to servo,s etc , is there a noticeable raise by simply reversing the posi...

Hi Jules, thought I would leave you a message here, due to most people check out the General posts. I have added a few other camping spots in the N/T section in budget section. There is probably a lot of other places,but have not got my black book on me this trip where I have them stored (one day I will put th...

Here's something for all you 'boaties'. The sun is sitting low on the horizon and just a gentle breeze ruffles the water like a lace cloth thrown casually over the table. Small craft cut through the water with just the slightest froth curling at their bows as they beat upwind to those multi coloured b...

Any suggestions for best type of battery for 100series Toyota land cruiser especially when travelling out west

Hi, I placed an earlier post re my brakes locking on the dirt. I now believe my 15 year old Kelsey Energizer controller is faulty. I have been advised to replace it with a Tekonsha P2 controller. My van is a single axle 1998 Coromal with factory ALCO drum brakes. Do members agree with this choice. Are all...

Today, 6th of august, around 2pm. did I see our Womat. Was comming out of Ceder Park shopping centre, between Yeppoon and Emu Park, when I came up behind a white 4x4 loaded to the max. with "The Wombat" sinage on the rear window. Was he our Wombat or an imposter roamin in the glomin? My Cb was Ka...

RE: posts about people being abused through PM's. Let me just say firstly that I'm not trying to stir the pot...far from it...and I'm not making excuses for the perpetrators. I just think we need to keep in mind that the members on here are mostly baby boomers and older. Therefore it stands to re...

Rest area turned into 'open sewer', say locals

Just want to thank members, particularly Ruff and UPO for their advise with installing our heater. Their first hand knowledge highlighted things that weren't in the installation notes and made your job really run smoothly. This help was very much appreciated. The heater is grouse!! Now off to Ali...

Does anyone have a nickname for their Van or Vehicle? Saw a few good ones at a Caravan Park at Mission Beach yesterday Sol

While I was recently in several USA States I had fresh clam chowder soup, whether it was in a take away cup or at a restaurant. Has anyone made it here with clams or similar??

Tasmania, a beautiful State, but the economic basket case of Australia. Population around 500,000, unemployment rate over 8%, businesses closing every day, people can't get jobs, but Tourism, the life blood of the State is not exploited by State and Federal Governments. If you have a MH under 7 met...