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Hi all, I think the forum problems are nearly at an end. Sparklit has reassured me that the issues should be sorted out on their server within 2 days. In the meantime, they have provided instructions for clearing the cache in different browsers so you can get the most updated version of all threads. ...

Sometimes about this time of night or some times jus in the early mornings Ill be woken up with lots Of flem running down the back of nose down my throat. Il bring up lots of flem, some times takes over hallf an hr before it settles back and I get rid of most of it, I can get all hot and sweaty, then cold agai...

Wife went to the Market today, showed me a Little COIN PURSE that she bought, I said it's Ok if You like it, How much did it cost ? she said $1000 !!!!!! I Said WHAT ???? HOW THE HELL CAN THAT LITTLE PURSE BE WORTH A THOUSAND BUCKS ?????? She said that is because it is made from a FORESKIN ?? and in it's current st...

Bit the bullet and bought a brand new Jayco Starcraft 20.66.3! Pretty excited. Just got to find a tow vehicle!!

Man it is so hot here in Inverell I feel like I am melting. If one more member of my family tells me it is menopause I am going to strangle them IT IS HOT!!!!!! The aircon is working overtime and I am sick of being hot when I go to bed. I want winter to be here I dislike the summer intensely!!!! I think it is cu...

Been out pricing folding solar panels...probably 120w. Seen them on ebay for $185 and seen them in a well known camping store for $599. So whats the deal with that? How does one compare apples for apples?? Anyone bought the ebay solar panels?? Any advice?? Cheers Vicki

A Grey nomad couple close to the start of grey nomad dream end in grief when the couple working there way around Australia . A women working has a stop go person on road works at Marlborough Queensland when hit by a truck and killed instantly her husband working on the same project is reported to have witn...

I pointed to two old drunks across the bar from us and told my mate, "That'll be us in another 10 years."He said, "That's a mirror, you dickhead."

Has any of my Grey Nomad friends used an ARK PAK battery system. We are thinking of doing a fair bit of free camping interspersed with caravan parks. IE 2-3 nights of free camping followed by 2-3 nights in a c/park. The maximum time of usage for a power source would be 2-3 nights. I have been reading about...

We had been driving over some very dusty roads out the back of Grafton N.S.W. and the zipper on the vynl back of the ute become stuck. After I had washed all the dust and dirt off I sprayed the zips with WD40 - worked like a charm. No more stuck zips.

Beaconsfield Showgrounds Camps6 #263 is similar to all the free camps down the West Tamar Highway in that the hours are between 5pm & 9am making for a quick stopover, nothing wrong with that but lacking in the fellowship that exists where longer stopovers are available. Beaconsfield has a huge a...

There are still some problems with forum pages being loaded from the computer's cache and not reloading properly. Until the computer geniuses at Sparklit (third party hosts of the forum) sort the problem I suggest hitting Ctrl F5 (that is the Ctrl key and the function key F5 at the same time) when a pag...

While travelling with sis & bil in Oct/Nov they were getting Seniors discount at many places where they wouldn't give me a Pensioner discount. I thought this was unfair, as I'm on a DSP, but someone pointed out that my card doesn't say DSP, it says Pension Concession Card, a card which is used b...

Those space invading oxygen theives are at it again, had a call today from a ?????? claiming to be from the head office of our bank, stating that we had been over charged on fees over recent years & the Dept of fair trading was onto them so fees had to be reimburst. They had our name, address & how lo...

Thanks Cindy, All working well in my case, Vic Edit, Edit......now it is kicking me off (log in) when I change from one GN forum section to another ?????? (Spoke too soon) and posting problems seems to have returned, was able to put an avatar back on though! -- Edited by Duh on Friday 18th of January 201...

Hi all, I am not sure if the problem with the forum was fixed yesterday but then and today I am having trouble posting a comment. I have to open the thread then hit "refresh" so my log-in stays put, otherwise it just disappears and doesn't allow me to comment

Man with caravan shoould not experience winter. Go north Man with caravan should not experience a heat wave. Go....................................!!