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My wife & I will be heading off to Queensland about this time next year. Can anyone tell what we could expect on our travels? I will be travelling to Cloncurry, Karumba from the Three Ways NT. Then from Karumba to Cairns via Atherton QLD. The main things Im concerned about: is the road bitemised,...

ON THE EDGE OF WILLAMS BAY NATIONAL PARK

Well the results are in for all my tests. The skin cancer was identified and removed, that is the good news the not so good news is that the doctor wants to see me in a week to remove the sutures so another week in paradise. I am still at Stott's Reserve moving in and out to ensure no continuity. All the other...

A car and caravan waiting at road works on Bruce Hwy was involved in a eight vehicle pile up north of Gin Gin. One person was air lifted to hospital with suspected spinal injuries....

Another one Your brain teaser for the day. Be patient, youll get there. By the end of this, you should be multilingual.. Congratulations!!!!!! Travelling in Australia? Maybe you need to understand Tenjooberrymuds! I was recently in Sydney and decided to learn the Chinese language, so I co...

Donald Duck and Daisy Duck were spending the night together in a hotel room when Donald wanted to have sex with Daisy. "Do you have a condom, Donald?" "No, but..." "No buts, Donald, no condom, no sex. M...

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A plastic garden rake is handy to take along on any travelling adventure.We use it almost every stop we make to free camp to rake the mess up that someone else has left behind .I t just helps to make the stop over more enjoyable ,not having to step over rubbish ,and helps the next camper to enjoy it .Just our...

Gday... [posted on another thread ... but thought I would give it a life of its own. I apologise in advance for using that useless phrase "free camping"] Many know me and may remember my lifestyle is usually to "free camp" (hate those two words together). However, a bit of my rec...

wanted to know about anodes in hot water systems found information by aussietraveller 22-2-13 thanks it is a very handy suenray

Picked up our new tug today after a 2 month wait.

A rich man living in Darwin decided that he wanted to throw a party and invited all of his buddies and neighbours. He also invited Jimmy, the only aboriginal in the neighbourhood. He held the partyaround the pool in the backyard of his mansion. Everyone was having a good timedrinking, dancing, eati...

Is anyone else having trouble with Hotmail. All our contacts seem to have disappeared. One of my daughters said someone told her at work today they were also having similar trouble.

Tomorrow, June 10, marks 50 years since I landed (as a very young girl you understand) in Australia. When I landed the tallest building in Sydney was the AMP building (now known as the OLD AMP building). Nowadays you can't even find it - it's dwarfed by its neighbours. Anyways, as you might have gues...

An absolute bargain at only 3 million dollars Cheers David

A thief in Paris planned to steal some paintings from the Louvre. After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings and made it safely to his van. However, he was captured only two blocks away when his van ran out of gas. When asked how he could mastermind such a crime and then make su...

well for those of you who travel a lot you may no about this but for those who dont travel a lot DONT GET CAUGHT travelling from adelaide to renmark we where not aware of restrictions re fruit and vegs and got caught big time we passed the signs and bins but did not dump because the day before i rang the numb...

G'day fellow humans. This morning I finally bought a house battery. I read about AGM and Gel and different brands and whatnot till I was blue in the face. I've read stacks of comments from GNs about their experiences with house batteries, and all the confusing stuff about watts and amp hours and regula...

An elderly lady recently lost her husband. She had him cremated and brought his ashes home. Picking up the urn that he was in, she poured him out on the patio table..Then, while tracing her fingers in the ashes, she started talking to him........ "You know that dishwasher you promised me?...

Hello everyone Can anyone help me with a problem I have with my Uniden 088 UHF unit in my vehicle. The radio receives transmissions but when it comes time to transmit, the radio gives out a ": beep beep beep" etc until the micropone button is released. Any techos out there that can assist me...