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Hi all, after all this talk about dutch ovens and bread makers, an idea popped into my head! I would like to propose a cooking competition/event/get together in July for Grey Nomads somewhere in Qld (to be nominated by popular choice). We could do:- Best Casserole, best camp oven meal, Best meal in a...

Morning all. Currently in the process of getting the final attachments for the car fitted Before heading north through central Queensland for a couple of months. Any suggestions or recommendations re brands, websites, etc. for driving lights? Car and van details in signature line. Car is book...

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Hi there campers. Just wondering if anyone was in or near or intending to go to the area of Gosford and would be prepared to take a look over a Mazda Motorhome for us? Weve had quite a bit of contact with the company selling the bus but are a bit reluctant to go ahead with the sale, sight unseen. Not that we wo...

A ninety-year-old man is sitting on a park bench, sobbing, when a young man walks by and asks him what's wrong. Through his tears the old man answers, "I'm just so in love with my twenty-five-year-old wife." "What's wrong with that?" asks the young man. Between the sobs and snif...

Afternoon all, My wife Sandra our two pooches and myself have just signed up with the forum and it looks like a great set up. We originate from Peak Hill,Central West NSW and we are doing the whole trip aounf Aussie. We have covered Qld and visited some interesting and not so interesting places,seen car...

Currently at Hervey Bay, Just noticed that the modem which was showing full signal strength on 3G, (6 bars) has now changed to 4G with one bar signal & still working fine while I was watching the google earth plane tracker video. Normaly one bar does not work. Is this going to be a better system when i...

Jep... ! thinking about getting one of these mobility scoother vehicles , some days I really need to be able to get about more than I am able to at the moment. Does anyone have any helpfull thoughts about these things in regards to type , size and on road issues. etc. Load it into my car by my...

Water pump together with gaskets arrived this morning, and all in place now. So its on the road in the morning bound for Katherine. Was originally heading for Borroloola, but now one more week behind, and we have some church work waiting for us in Katherine. Will have to try my hand at catching a Barr...

Gillard was asleep in her house and awoke to see Menzies' ghost. She asked, "Bob, how can I make this country better?" Sir Robert said, "Love the Japanese steel producers like I did."Gillard went back to sleep, this time she woke to an image of John Howard at the end of her bed. Sh...

Volcano stove erupting pre-barbecue: Prolly exceed the size limit, but I will work on fixing...

http://planefinder.net/ Check out this site, planes in flight world wide. Click on any plane for the details of destination, speed, height etc. Pick a flight close to its destination, click on it, from this window top RH corner the blue globe, watch flight in google earth. click this window & w...

I have been doing some research on Portable fridge freezes and have come up with the Evakool Fridgemate 95l ( Danfoss Compressor, 5 yr Warranty,Cheaper than other popular models and Queensland, Australian made or put together ). What do you think of the Fridgemate and what do you have ? As the Brisb...

Thanks to H and J *-- Edited by eerfree on Sunday 2nd of June 2013 05:02:28 PM*

Thanks to H and J -- Edited by eerfree on Sunday 2nd of June 2013 05:02:28 PM

The Irish Bic Lighter Mick and Paddy were fishing on the Irish shoreline when Mick pulled out a cigar. Finding he had No matches, he asked Paddy for a light. 'Ya, sure, I tink I haff a lighter,' Paddy replied and then reaching into his tackle box, he pulled out a Bic lighter 10 inches long. 'My God, man!...

My mum used to make what we called "doughboys" - like dumplings in stew. My sister loved them, but as I hated the things, she got mine too. Haven't seen or heard of these things for 50 years, but I found a recipe on the internet, and surprised my sister for Sunday lunch last week. I had the slow c...

I had planned to set off northwards tomorrow after my visit to the doctor for my yearly check up, with my previous doctor he would make arrangements to get the blood test done and let me know if there was any problems later, there never was. The new doctor is checking everything more thoroughly, I have ha...

Greetings and Salutations Earthlings, May I give a big plug for the free camp at Biggenden, staying a couple of days , had the pleasure of some very excited Nomads , the resident Nutter Marj,,, and Mr and Mrs excitement,,, Bob and Rhonda, May I be so bold as to say something about Rhonda,,,??? sooo clos...

I wonder If any one on here has had any thing to do with above mentioned battery? I purchased a 115 amp hour battery three months ago, the cost was $285.00, it is going back to Battery World in Newcastle for the second time in the morning, it will not hold a charge and trips the circuit braker out on my charge...

There's been a bit of talk lately on one of the forums about good old fashioned jaffle irons. I thought mine was ancient at about 50 years but someone has an iron that's about 100! Indestructible, they are. Anyway, anyone got any "unusual" ideas for jaffle fillings? For example, someone su...