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I like it when people put a short autobiographical note on their "info" page - helps to know where people are from (general area is fine- even just the state) - and what their interests are, also their rigs. Well that is my thought anyway - do others think this?

I enclose the following for the edification of members.Manure... An interesting fact: Manure : In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship and it was also before the invention of commercial fertilizers, so large shipments of manure were quite common. It was shipped dr...

Over in WA along the shore line and even further up on the sand around the ocean there is what the locals call a Sea Slug that gets washed up at certain times during the summer months, that is very dangerous to dogs even if they just lick it it can kill them.We were around the Geraldtone area when we heard abo...

can any body tell me if these cars are any good for towing a 22' van 2400kgs 2001 Toyota Prado, 4 cylinder turbo diesel inter cooled cheers snap

Spent our first night on the GN road, free camped just south of Mt Gambier. Had a visit from 2 other nomads who went out of their way to visit us all to briefly. Shared a few stories and had a great laugh, thanks Firehheart and Biggles. If these two represent the greater GN community then I cant wait to me...

Please down size photo's before uploading, a photo that is too large takes a long time to upload, also creates a photo on the web page that must be scrolled to see the photo it also affects all other posts on that thread. An easy way if you use Picasa is to select your photo's then export them to Pictures as y...

Has anyone had to put in a service kit one of these jacks. Mine is leaking out of the raise/lower tape and has decided to stop working altogether now. I can get one of the service kits locally. If you have worked on one of these jacks, was it an easy job to do and did you need any special tools. Trust you c...

Now into the 10th day of cycling the Eyre Peninsula, we started out storing 'Folsom' at Wanaroo, taking the Spencer Gulf ferry to Lucky Bay, going south with some great beach camps to Port Lincoln, had a lay over day there. Now at Coffin Bay caravan park. Today we visited Coffin Bay national park which...

A man walks into a pub where the only customer was another man sat at the bar with a dog beside him. " Does your dog bite? " asks the man " No" replied the seated man, so he reaches over and gently pats the dog on the head. Immediately the dog lunges forward and savages the mans hand .&qu...

Chris and Paula have set off on their holidays to Kiama coinciding with a Gemini car club meeting and I am home alone, except for a couple of dogs a cat and an aquarium, shades of farm sitting in Tasmania last month. I have been updating a previous post on my progress towards getting the coaster registere...

Q:wanna hear a dirty joke? A horse fell in mud. Q:wanna hear a clean joke? a horse took a bath with bubbles. Q:wanna hear another dirty joke? bubbles was the horse next door ...

Many may remember a couple of months back we had a thread on fridge problems by Blaze; out of that came the link to Waeco recomended instalation system. This was closed due to the attacks of a certain person , now not here. enough on that. Some may remember that I done the installation as recommended &a...

Hi all , well im strating out on a bit of a treck up to queensland . My little dog and I are seasoned short distance weekend travellers and now stepping out for a bit of an adventure . I live in the grampians ( Victoria ) and the nights are getting cold - so off wee go !! I intend going up the inland hwy - as oppos...

We were out walking the other morning.....its a nice friendly place, Did the usual thing of saying "good morning" to the gentleman approaching as we walked by the river, husband also added "top day isn't it" the reply came "sure is and we got it for FREE" kept a g...

Hi Everyone, in the grey nomad times it says we can use vinegar in the toilet. Is this to clean it on the outside with vinegar and water or to use vinegar instead of chemicals for the break down process? thanks.

I'm wondering how many others have nearly been run down by youths on either bikes or scooters while walking on a footpath. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that some probably have, even though bikes and scooters aren't meant to be ridden on footpaths. (At least I don't think scooters are, I could be wro...

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Couple of weeks ago I took up an offer from Coles to buy a $30 Telstra recharge voucher in return for which I was able to buy a Telstra Roamer mobile (full price $29) for just $5. Seemed a good deal. And no paperwork at all. Today I went to Kmart and bought a Telstra T96 mobile ($49), which has the rural Blue T...

What has 104 teeth and holds back a monster ?? My Zipper !!!

A lovely spot - walk distance to town - old but spotlessly clean amenities - $25 per night powered. Lots of level sites, and shade trees.