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Well today I took delivery of the new motorhome. Spent nearly 3 hours being shown over it by the great staff at Prestige Jayco Geelong. Its now parked in the driveway (just) until the weekend when i take it for a quick trip to Somerville for a couple of days. -- Edited by Shogun on Thursday 18th of July...

i have posted this before but we now have many new members who may be interested in a laugh.

Unknown ship...... Unkown ship....... you are on a collision course with us and we suggest you alter you track by 35 degrees to the West. "This is the USS Warrior, in response to your last transmission, we suggest that you alter YOUR course by 35 degrees to the East. Hello USS Warrior, thank you fo...

A True Storey As part of my job a while ago I had to attened court to give evidence for the prosecution, normally in support of the Police or Insurance Companies. On this particular day a rather beligerant Male entered court dressed as Captian Kirk of the USS enterprise. As we all stood as the judge walk...

Made me smile anyway!!

Hi, thanks for your comments, yes we have a tight schedule to keep, circumstances only allow us 3 weeks total to get to Qld- Burleigh heads, for a purpose. We could have paid an airline and hire car company to facilitate our need to be here, but, we decided to be nomads for a short time to experience and lea...

Our very first trip in our van. Even got sunshine. This is an angling club so see if we can catch a fish tomorrow!

Well, I did say three days & it feels like it was a full on 3 days & yes we did make it back in one peice with no problems. NO, she didn't buy a Jeep, nor a yank tank..BUT! What did we buy you have been asking, ok We bought a dual cab, tray back IVECO. The waiting time was to have the 3.1x2.1 mtr alloy tray b...

Another excellent camp about 60km south of Karijini Turnoff on Great Northern. (Loo, dump and covered seating) If you stop there do go for a walk along the stream bed in the the ravine cut into the mountain. I pulled it upon google earth and decided I had walked about half way along. There is also a rough r...

All right, here's one to make you think. This is something a bloke gave me about 1956, so it's been about for a while. I'll put it on here and let a few of you have a go at it if you like. Someone will work it out, I know. Then, in a few days' time, I'll put it back up again with the interpretation. A warning: I know...

"www.dailymercury.com.au:news:waverley-ck-rest-area-is-upgraded:1655689:.webloc"-- Edited by brickies on Thursday 18th of July 2013 07:52:34 AM

Just finished loading up for another quickie trip out to Kinbombi Falls for a few days then up to Dickabrams Bridge for another couple of days The Falls is a really nice clean quiet spot if one wants a relaxing stopover Have not been to the Bridge yet ( to stay ) only driven over it Just hope its not too cold C...

The following was posted on facebook so I thought it pertinent to share.Steve Williscroft.................Hello Travellers, firstly as a permanent resident and ratepayer in the Whitsunday region I would like to apologize for the disgusting behaviour of our council. I would also like to apolog...

Hi everyone (we don't know a single one of you yet but that will change real soon) We just put a deposit on our towing vehicle without a test drive (shame on us), that is because we have researched many mags and websites' over the last couple of months, exploring the various vehicles that would meet our c...

We are coming from south aust and we know it will be cold but we don't care, we have all the books on what to see but anybody got any not so well known things to see. will stay in the area for a week or so.. thanks Dave,,

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Hi all Rick here, I'm just saying hello and introducing myself. I'm about to joing the Nomad lifestyle around the end of the year. My wife want's to work for a few more years so initially I will be a solo Nomad and then eventually we will be Nomading together. My travel will be in two different ways. My firs...

http://letsgotravelaustralia.com/category/campsites/

Here is a pic of the first big boat I built after I got out of the army. Its a 30 ft steel trawler called "the Gannet". Still floating as far as I know,last seen at Innisfail,before Yasi.Built in 1976, of 3mm steel. Good boat. Bill