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This visit nearly did not happen as we missed the bus so found another way to get tickets which involved leaving the RV park at Petaluma about 1.5hrs nth of San Francisco at 4.30am and getting in a queue by 6am for tickets. We did this with the vans as we were heading for Los Angeles that day. Got on the fir...

Hi have just arrived at Saunders Beach and intend to stay here until next Thursday when I will go to Bluewater Park, Toomulla, Balgal then Rollingstone over the next 3 weeks. Would like to catch up with any G N in that vicinity over the time frame. John

This extreme adventure damn near killed me. It was 50c plus and we had to fly, then helicopter then walk down to a boat, then had to walk back up the primitive track almost on all fours was horrendous. Hoover Dam a couple of days later was just 50c but much easier to get a round. The week were in Vegas it was 4...

This drive was amazing steady incline and so many wow!!!! views along the way, We stopped few times, it was a busy narrow road with lots of travellers. Yosemite was just so nice and green and sooooo big. has shuttle buses to take you to different points, Hotel acommodation and meals. Lots of campers in M...

Hi all, our first time up the east coast of Qld. Been travelling in the big rig and having problems with free camps, due to the size of course. ideally we would just love to pull up for a week or so and do a bit of fishing on the beach/weir/dam. Open to suggestions from grey nomads that have done it personally...

Hi, has anyone encountered ants is carnarvon or other parts of WA. What do you use to keep them at bay?

Up date on this very slow trip,We made it to Ayer so we all could take the dive trip we booked before we left hone. So had to fill in time until the dive today. We stayed a couple of days at the Caravan Park in Alva Beach about 16k east of Ayr due to the fact it was not that far to where we had to take our dive from.Th...

I have just completed a trip in my Iveco Motorhome, taking 3 months, starting in Melbourne to Geelong, The Great Ocean Road to Taillem Bend and Adelaide. After Adelaide to Gawler, Renmark, Mildura and back to Melbourne then to Gippsland, covering Wilsons Promitory and the coastal route to Philip I...

ow to live forever.A man is walking along a beach when he comes across a lamp partially buried in the sand.He picks up the lamp and gives it a rub. A genie appears and tells him he has been granted one wish. The man thinks for a moment and says, "I want to live forever." "Sorry," said t...

Read that K Mart are recalling the Jackeroo 240v are pump sold between March 2008-May 2013. As some pumps have internal damage to the electrical insulation in the cord,which is not always visible and can cause severe electrical shock. Also a recall on Suzuki-Alto (Motor Vehicle ) And the Mitsubish...

G'Day, I currently fitting a new mixer tap to my van - ended up buying the original crappy plastic design as no other will fit. (Dometic Cramer) $110 with fittings for about 100gm of plastic which will last according to the sales lady at least 4 years. Anyway, the new one has a better method of attachi...

We take on the Gibb River Road tomorrow, all the way to Mitchell Falls and Kalumburu. Plan on leaving the van at Drysdale River Station. Blaze, I promise to slow down for road works, in fact I think I will be taking the whole trip pretty slowly. Been here in Kununurra since Monday, getting a new bull b...

Thanks to Cruisin cruise for taking the 1.5 hr drive down to Gympie to share a couple of hours with us on monday, also to Glassies for allowing us to call in again for a short visit on the return trip from Gympie to G/coast. JC.

Hi Just arrived back home after 4 days at Kinbombi and 3 at Dickabrams Bridge . Can't wait till next year when we don't have to come back . The Falls were so peaceful and we met a lovely couple who also turned up at the Bridge The Bridge was great and even the traffic over it wasn't a worry and only 2 other trave...

This is when we picked up 2 Winnebagos and drove towards San Francisco. Cedar City was a great drive and the park was good. Full of big Motorhomes or 5th wheelers at each park. Hardly saw a caravan. Some of the MH had 3 to 4 slideouts, would loved to have know their petrol bill. Our Vans were the white ones w...

27 weeks, 9 hours to go, ......... WOOOOO HOOOOOO just in case you thought I wasn't counting. -- Edited by Poppy sore eye on Tuesday 23rd of July 2013 10:21:33 PM

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We are bunkering down for potential storms here in Bunbury tonight. Torndeo like winds, and then another tomorrow afternoon. Booked into caravan park off the water front (but on the highway) in bunbury, and holding on tight.

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Excerpts From a Cat's DiaryBy: mysplitpersonalityWritten on February 13th, 2008Day 983 of my captivity. My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat,while the other inmates and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my...