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Listening to weather reports this morning seems as if the whole of Australia is bracing for some really hot summer weather. Please take care everyone. Seems we are heading for conditions similar to 4 years ago when the bushfires in Victoria were at their worse. Whilst it is good to know about the extre...

G'Day, Like many others who like to be nice and do unto others etc etc, I try to make my posts or replies as friendly as possible and try and not be ambiguous or patronising or whatever. (I'm good at that eh!). I try to add an "Emoticon" as a sort of postscript just to ensure what I write is take...

I debated if to put this here or in 'I digress' but thought more people would see it here. I just watched a story on one of the TV Morning shows, they were milking a 2 metre King Brown Snake, scary just the snake but what surprised me the most was the amount of 'Amber' coloured venom they extracted, about 10m...

Hello all, just a quick g'day. My wife and I will soon be hitting the road and going all places for quite a while and hope to chat and meet with as many folk as we can. We are members of the Jayco Owners Club in South Brisbane and wev'e been having a ball. Our van is a 21ft Jayco Heritage 2004 and we call her Dolly...

Well it seems that up North the Police jsy do not know how to do their Jobs Properly......A few Months Ago I got pinged $44 for parking at a bikie area...In which I paid the same day to the Traffic infringement officers Gladstone.....Then I get another fine because the serving officer wrote the wrong am...

Kiwi As and Kiwi Rainbow are caught up in this age old question, it was almost answered when a number of GNs spent a short time at Howlong on their way to Greens Lake .... the latest chapter has been exposed ... the answer must surely be "less than a furlong" if you can blink and miss it!!!

Just wondering how others are set-up for free camping? We have a generator which we power up but can the machine be used with a Solar power with batteries ? If using battery power is a contant pressure given to the user for all night?

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It was mentioned on another post,but buried amongst the others Thought I might as well start Greens lake topic up again No way know is it as Hot over the New Years Eve period remember last year Grey Nomads those 40's we had I know it will be warming upon Friday 3/1/2013 Gee's how the time fliesI myself wi...

I had this sticker made for Lulu, and on advise from GN's, had a male name added to it so that I don't 'advertise' the fact that I'm a female travelling alone. By the way, Mike is the monkey that travels with me. So look out for me now! Woops! sideways Mike!

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firstly happy new year to all,,, now to the question,, when i bought my 80 series land cruiserit had two solar pannels on the roof rack,, but had no wiring or anything just the 2 black boxes on each panel, now since i have taken them off the roof rack (wasn't really a good look) i need to wire them up so i can ch...

heres another pic i saw on facebook interesting idea.. if you got any interesting set ups you see post here, maybe cindy could make this a sticky some where,

Hi all, I am looking for some tips on the best way to set up a sound system with Bluetooth conection for audio and TV. I have a CD player with radio that runs to speakers on opposite sid of van - a digital tv with satellite that uses a seperate amp for audio. Its just a bit messy and I need to simplify it somehow D...

No. 42 - Camps #5 - River and Rocks free camp - plenty of room, but people spread out - bit dirty and dusty underfoot - but ok for a couple of nights - river just across the way a bit.

Yossel worked in a Ukrainian Pickle Factory. For many years he had a powerful desire to put his penis in the pickle slicer. Unable to stand it any longer, he sought professional help from the factory psychologist.. After six months, the therapist gave up. He advised Yossel to go ahead and do it or he wo...

After a week at Greens I have come back in to Echuca to dog sit till the weekend and do some big shopping. Very disappointed this year, nothing like last years gathering and fun out there. Only 3 of us there for NYE and parked in different areas. Certainly can't beat last Summer when so many Grey Nomads wer...

Your thoughts From Noosa North Shore to Rainbow Beach requires a pemit to drive on the beach & also to camp on the beach !! {most locals have an issue with that anyway} Signs clearly tell you at the barge that ALL road rules apply on the beach & that ALL vehicles must be registerd & Road worthy...

Some of you may not be aware, but JRH and his good wife Irona have been very ill and are only just recovering now, but not over it yet. This long illness was during and following a trip overseas and a cruise on board ship. Please join me in wishing them both a complete recovery and hope they are able to enjoy X...

Hi All I have got a kindle as a xmas gift from my beautiful wife I am not an avid reader of books I think I have only read 7 books in my whole life but it seems that now I cant put the ereader down I have loaded 9 books on it so far from amazon free books. Can i ask if any of you wonderful people could explain what a cal...

I have found that the main page is down and can only get on through the grey nomads activeboard , Has anybody had the same problem