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Goodbye Crocodile Dundee. The changing face of the average Aussie bloke. An interesting article on the Beeb by Nick Bryant, BBC correspondent in Oz.

Due to the landslide last year on this highway, it will be closed for works 3 days a week for 4-5 weeks. I think it starts next week. So closed Tues am to Thurs pm. Alternative route is via Nerriga - turnoff south of Nowra. Or there is Brown Mountain just north of Bega.

OK guys this is it, have finished my little poptop and we are off on it's maden voyage. Just a quickie down from Bankstown in Sydney to Canberra, Via a small detour south of Nowra to Braidwood, through Morton National Park onto Sassafras for 2 nites (hope there is a pub with a fireplace nice and hot) then...

Sunsets over the Manning, Taree, winter 2011.

Class distinction...

UPDATE Sunday April 21, 2013 Well as you know I was in Townsville all last week and tried very hard to get used to the heat and humidity but unfortunately it got the better of me and I was feeling very down, yep I buckled under pressure so after a week decided I better change my plans slightly so I decided t...

I am having trouble finding any Does anyone know of one?

Just read in c/ van news that a brand new c/ van was taken out of some persons drive way in a suburb in Adelaide .He had it wheel locked ,and they cut them off and towed it away.Also Brissy c/ van show will not be allowd to be open on the sunday , this year due to sunday trading.The issue was brought about by nea...

If anyone is heading to Alice springs a grate place to base yourself is at the National Transport hall Of Fame. For $20pre week (to help towards the $6000 per month power bill ) and 25hrs of volunteer( couple ) work per week .We thought we would stay a week we enjoyed it that much we stayed 5 weeks.There...

We finally got into SA territory today and at the moment we are camped at Salt Creek camp area in the heart of Coorong. Cheryl is in her element with so many birds, etc for her to photograph. If she keeps going at this rate she will need a new camera. Tomorrow we start to move up towards Lake Alexandrina and e...

Well we are finally heading to Nth Qld again. Have been champing at the bit for a while now. Hubby is of course working his way up and back Jack dog and I will be cracking the whip

Water & waste pipe carriers Rolling up and storing water hose & sullage pipe is an onerous task. It often results in wet and/or smelly storage boots and kinks or permanent coils in the hose. This solution eliminates these undesirables. Store the pipes in carriers made from lengths of su...

Hi w'ere off in the morning 24TH up HWY 1,probably pull into Eastern Beach CP Lakes Entrance then on to Malacuta for 5 nibefore going on to Eden and Batemans Bay We are traveling with friends so looking forward to a relaxing time and maybe afish or two. ...

we went to coonabarabran for a few days left the van at friends property and went for a drive to the bungles. farms burnt and trees torched the size of the area burnt is huge, you just cant imagine it think of all the wildlife gone (sad) seen a few BLAZEAID workers on the fence repairs suenray

Any members in Bathurst or the Central West, NSW

Hi, We had an Anderson plug and a Reversing Camera cable installed in our car, the ones on the caravan have covers, but the ones that were installed on our Prado don't have covers on, so what can we use to cover them? Is there a cover you can buy for them?

Why don't we start a new topic for each new hint?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRC3lATYPG0 I came across this video on facebook. it looks great, but as I haven't been there, I'll leave it to one of you sandgropers to post it in the Free/Budget campsites.

Great world we live in,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Billeeeeeee

Hi, Les and I got our van about 3 weeks ago, it is sitting in our driveway atm until we go out in it. We connected the electricity to it, as we wanted to checkout the fridge to see it was working, but we also have solar and batteries.... So our question is: Should we leave it connected, or leave it alone? We hav...