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Hi everybody, I always intended to buy a vehicle and buzz off for a while but went to Cambodia instead. I have leased a house here and hope to start teaching English soon to people who need conversational English for work, tuk tuk drivers, cafe staff, for example. I thought "G'day Mate" a goo...

I have been checking reasonably constantly on the Mailbag site to see if there has been an update from the Cane Toad one. Am I missing the latest editions somehow or has it been hijacked by some nefarious persons? Kevin

Hi I am asking this on behalf of my daughter . Do any of you out there know of anyone in the Brisbane area who privately hire their caravan for short term ( 1 to 2 ) weeks . The couple she tried are not available for the time she needs it Cheers

We are going to visit Nimbin in the morning, hope we are not disappointed after all this time waiting. Talk about are we there yet! Will be in for a cold night tonight as we are camped up on the top of the escarpment, thank goodness for diesel heaters. anyone else close by? Bob

Can anyone tell me how to change the payment method on Wikicamps, any ideas will be greatly appreciated. During the usual 14 day trial I wanted to pay the $2.99 for wikicamps on my 7in android tablet. I click on purchase App and registration Wiki camps comes up automatically with my Visa debit c...

Thank you for this wonderful site and everything and everyone that makes it what it is. I have heard that reversing cameras are quite hard to get used to - comments like you think that you have a couple of feet to go and get out to look and it is a lot closer than you think. I was just wondering what your thou...

Heading to Normanton next month and wondering what the road from Innisfail to Ravenshoe via Millaa Millaa Falls is like for a 23 foot motorhome An advice appreciated Thank you

Ok here I go. I know this is a pandoras box but I'm half wayround on my trip and have had a flat battery once. My own fault I know now. Didn't unplug the 7pin plug while stopped. I feel it would be good if I had a dual system in the car as well as extra battery in the van. I have portable 120w solar panels with...

I have been watching Sunrise and they did an article regarding the Australian Tourism Commission or whatever it is called these days, interviewing young folk from all over the world to take on the "dream" jobs in each state, to promote the country. A variety of jobs and places were shown. I...

Ok, what is the consensus on egg shell mattresses?....Good, bad, indifferent? Or what about those memory foam thingies. We were using an instant bed with a blow up mattress in the tent, but now with the van we need input before we part with more hard-earned. Any advice is welcome. Cheers Jim.

Just heard the most amazing titanic fact:- after sitting at the bottom of the ocean when they found it and explored the great ship, amazingly the swimming pool was still full!!!!! I really did LOL, maybe you had to be there to hear this fact.

An old man walks into the barbershop for a shave and haircut,But he tells the barber he probably can't get all of his whiskers offbecause his cheeks are wrinkled from age.The barber gets a little wooden ball from a cup on the shelf and tellshim to put it inside his cheek to spread out the skin.When he's...

We are back from our cruise around Vanuatu and Noumea. It was a terrific experience all up but we definitely prefer caravanning/RVing anytime. However we had the most terrific send off with Sydney's Vivid Light show in full

http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/ These titles are in the public domain - are out of copyright. Enjoy

I have been told that there is a book that details free camp sites and lists those which have restrictions on generators etc. Can anyone point me in the right direction as to where to get a copy please? Thanks. Looking 50 is great if you're 60.

Poor Charlie. We lost him last week. Charlie had a bad stutter but a shrink explained to him that if he changed his lifestyle and ensured that he maintained a calm demeanour through everything he did, his stuttering would reduce, perhaps even go. Charlie had paid a lot of money to get the advice, so he to...

Two psychiatrists meet in the street. One says to the other, "You're well, how am I...?"

.. as the sun rose to a beautiful still morning over Kerribee Park the other day, Biggles Mk1 decided to make its disappearance .. I love the early morning flights, but this time the glider did not return to the fold .. with about 6 spectators viewing, the plane simply disappeared from sight while it was...

G'day all, Just back from my cardiologist today, as you know was in hospital last month for a week, with a bad reaction to the flue needle, after an ecg last week he gave me a full check up,.. he said all is ok , I do have a dicky valve but that's to be expected with what I had when young with open heart ops and suc...

hi smart people. I have a Thetford toilet c403 I think, When you press the flush button only a very small amount of ware comes from discharge pipe. can hear the pump run but a lot quieter than it was. Cant seen to find out exactly where the pump is located and how to get to it. Seems like the whole unit may hav...