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Well after sweltering during the heat of summer, it has now started to get cooler. During the days are ok so far, around 23' in the mid north today. It's the nights I am not looking forward to. But then nothing compares to Les, our two girls and me driving to NSW to pick up a lovely 20ft caravan. We got there i...

I read that yabbie hunting is popular with our travelers. What is the best way to catch these things? What works for you? Cheers Steve

How do I delete my profile? Home now and have decided travel is no more for me; full stop.

Help. I purchased a new gps [Tom Tom via 160] only because it had longtitude/lat function. As I go away 3 months [Tassies winter!] I use camp 6 which has brilliant sites for me, but sometimes I had trouble finding them. They do give a long/lat on each site in the book, so thought how easy would that be, just...

I wish that I was single again....To be free of Nagging..When told not have that last Can. To be able to go and drop a couple of Bucks at the Pokies....And forever telling anybody that She is an A B C barracker....I need to borrow 10 Tears from some one .......I'' give them a Million

while packing up the van after the Easter break thought i got a whiff of gas checked the gas bottles on the van ok, checked the gas appliances were off in the van then opened the car door GAS had to unhitch the van to open back door on patrol pulled open the draw and found a gas cartridge for my little gas cooke...

HI there Just wondering if anyone has towed a van over the road that goes Kalpower - then onto Gladstone Monto road From Lake Monduran?? I know it's dirt but any experiences to share would be great.

A guy calls a company and orders their 5-day, 10 lb. weight loss program. The next day, there's a knock on the door and there stands before him a voluptuous, athletic, 19 year old babe dressed in nothing but a pair of Nike running shoes and a sign around her neck. She introduces herself as a representativ...

Trying to find Dougwe and little AVan is like looking for Wally. Wonder where he is. I hope he has not fallen down a Wombat Hole.

I have just updated my blog which am endeavouring to make interesting. Am doing this instead of writing a "diary" which I have tried to do daily, over the past years but was talked into this. You might like to have a read. Just click on the various headings down the right side. http://bkmcl.w...

on the way to melboune and need to stop for the night have found a caravan park at 12 mile creek and raymond terrace any one stayed at either one of these and are they ok

Hi all, I noticed in Camps 5 that there are a number of rest areas along the Federal Hwy beside Lake George. Are any suitable for stopping for a couple of days and is there access to the lake for kayaking? Cheers Chris and Peter

G'day Wondering if anyone can give is some tips on our next move. We are currently at Eden NSW and are planning our next trip to Charters Towers QLD to meet up with some friends. We are towing a big Van (Geist XCL 660) with a Triton 4x4 petrol motor, and hoping to miss some of those realy nasty roads. Our plan...

If anyone thinking of going to Cobbold Gourge QLD,heading back from Mount Surprise singage on the road invites you to put your rig through the free car wash to prevent plant material from being transported to other places. Good IDEA in princible, but a fellow traveller used it doing the right thing,...

I did a mock caravan detach,this was done in my own back yard,I unhooked the van off the 4wd and used a 4wheel jack,the chains were crossed as supposed to be ,here's the test ,I lowered the jack as if the van had come off the4wd the first thing I noticed was as the van was being lowered the chains are lowering...

...again. In November while travelling in Victoria, I met Nomadic1, Lynda, firstly at Greens Lake, then again in Genoa. When she heard I'd been unwell, she came out of her way to the northern end of the Gold Coast to catch up with me on her northern migration. I had planned a full day of playing tour guide...

A woman goes to the Doctor, worried about her husband's temper. The Doctor asks: "What's the problem?" The woman says: "Doctor, I don't know what to do. Every day my husband seems to lose his temper for no reason. It scares me." The Doctor says: "I have a cure for that....

Interesting site to unlock mobile phones for between $1.89 and $5.99. Applies to the major Aussie networks: www.code-unlocking.com Have asked them to get me out of an old Virgin lock-in (which Virgin has been distinctly unhelpful about). Will report results. Cheers, Tony

A few more pics taken today .. just 3 degrees ! >>

I couldn't resist sharing this one!