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Good morning everyone and especially to Dougwe who is currently in my home town! I am looking for a reasonably priced auto electrician in the Newcastle region to install electric brakes on my Kia Sportage. I have been quoted around $400 and wonder if that is a fair price. Can anyone answer my question,...

Well we move out of our rented apartment on 20th June!! Wow...that went fast! Will be moving into caravan which is residing at a friends house. Will live in van for about 5 weeks before we finish our jobs and head to NZ for a visit and then we are off!! God knows where at this stage!!! Selling stuff as we can o...

Hello to all the solo travellers and campers I am near to being retired and am looking forward to seeing all there is to see in Australia I have a 13 ft ccaravan which , for one person it is ok ( a shower gets attached to the side) I do prefer to see as much of the bush and outback as I can I am wondring i...

Hi everyone long time no see, I thought it was time I got back on here and caught up on what everyone is up to and I discovered that Rocket and Strop are having a catch up at 'Scoopy's" on Bribie this coming Wednesday (29th) at 10am. I have just moved to Bribie Island from Victoria after a lot of soul...

Erosion is a huge problem in wide open spaces and where the soil is sand the wind blows it around and the rain washes it into new formations. -- Edited by Esmeralda on Tuesday 28th of May 2013 03:10:54 PM

firstly thanks to everyone for your good wishes. support, even though just nice words on the computer screen do help, especially from friends. and yes we are sore this morning, i'm walking around like an old lady - lol oh I forget I am one. the policeman who attended said we were lucky to be in a Suzuki...

Hi Everyone, Still looking for a Toyota campervan found one on the net exactly what we wanted and wouldn't you know it, it had already been sold, to top it off I now have a chest infection so that has halted things for a while never mind we will get there with it and be back on the road soon hopefully. Ha...

Gday... I don't use Twitter, I just walk around with a megaphone making statements to random people. I already have three followers but I think two of them are police officers. Cheers - John

Prostate check-up... An old guy goes to his doctor for his physical and gets sent to the Urologist as a precaution. When he gets there, he discovers the Urologist is a very pretty female doctor. The female doctor says, "I'm going to check your prostate today, but this new procedure is a...

A young man moved out from home and into a new apartment, all of his own, he went proudly down to the lobby to put his name on his mailbox. While there, a stunning young lady came out of the apartment next to the mailboxes, wearing only a robe. The boy smiled at the young woman and she started up a conversatio...

Hi all, In this chilly weather I was contemplating how to make a warming roast when I don't have an oven in the MH - so I though I could take my cast iron dutch oven that takes about 3-4 litres, put a wire trivet in the bottom and then place the meat & veg on that and cook it on the stove top on a low heat. Ditt...

HI Guys, As you know we are looking for a Toyota campervan there doesn't seem to be much around S.A. where we live and wondered if anyone had, had any experience of buying interstate if so how would this work as I don't think I would like to buy without seeing first and would also like to have a RAA or eq...

There seems to be quite a few different mounts for solar panels. Has anyone used a product that they would recommend. Appreciate any advice. Thanks

WIFE: What would you do if I died? Would you get married again? HUSBAND: Definitely not! WIFE: Why not - don't you like being married? HUSBAND: Of course I do. WIFE: Then why wouldn't you remarry? HUSBAND: Okay, I'd get married again. WIFE: You would? (With a hurtful look on her face). HUSBAND: (Makes...

FORGOT MY GLASSES .... Yesterday, my daughter again asked me why I didn't do something useful with my time.Talking about my "doing something useful" seems to be her favorite topic of conversation.She said that she was "only thinking about me", and suggested that I go down t...

A teacher's story about Stuttering A teacher is explaining biology to her 2nd grade students. "Human beings are the only animals that stutter,' she says A little girl raises her hand. 'I had a kitty-cat who stuttered.'The teacher, knowing how precious some of these stories could become, as...

Hi all, my first post! Me and my lady are getting ready to slowly make our way to Port Hedland from Sydney, where we are at the moment trying to get a stack of things done to both our tug and caravan (pictured). I will be asking for help in a few areas, a lot of my questions have been answered on here already whi...

A further investigation into alternate ways to cook a roast - has anyone used their motor while traveling to reheat or cook food - I've heated chicken in foil in this way, it would only suit solid food if using foil or baking bags - might see if I can successfully cook a meal while in transit, a variation of...

Hi there, Dave & Di, we've just joined up after lurking for a while. Just ordered the new van, house is going on the market soon (let's hope it sells before the van is ready for pick up) and then the tug has to be ordered and delivered and modified and all the rest of the stuff we've read about while lurk...