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Weve just come back with our rig from a round trip from Perth to Wave Rock, down through Ravensthorpe to Hopetoun, then back along the South Coast to Denmark and home again passing through Manjimup.Just thought the following information on sites we stayed at might be of use to WA travelers and visito...

How many Nomads check there Safety Switches in their Caravans on a regular bases? Also do you check the Safety switch. (RCD, LCD) at the caravan Park prior to connecting your power lead?

Somebody told me recently about getting jobs driving hire-motorhomes back to their base. Cant remember the name of the company. (Senior moment) Does anybody have experience of this?

There has been a change to the VAST down frequency. For the full details see this post on the general forum. Could not be bothered doing it again Brian

Birdsville phones are out of action, and the town might be out of business until the New Year. Phones lines to the outback Queensland town have been cut since Christmas Eve, meaning businesses cant access landlines for Eftpos and credit card payments. And many families have not been able to receive...

What is the road like from Grafton to Glen innes towing a van??

Sorry I am a newbie and posted this item in the general area....please read it there

HOWDY everyone, anyone got any info on the roma to emerald rd via rolleston. I am under the assumption that a lot of heavy transport use this road/highway including wide loads. hmmm just wondering of any feed back please. cheers Crocodile

Hi all, just bought a new 4.4kva generator on Ebay for $560. Will pick it up when we resume our trip this weekend. Will run the aircon and washing machine, plus charge batteries in the wet.

Hi All --- I'm a 1ST Timer to the forum so hope I'm doing this right! ------- Xmas Greetings to all ------ I'm looking at a new TV for the RV and considering the 16" KOGAN which is LED DVD PVR etc for $139 ----- anyone got any comments -- good or bad? ---- Tah.

We are 2 married grey nomads in west aust just joined this forum. Robbo and Sandy

Warning: There is still a moral to this story! ! ! I was a young man very happy. My girlfriend and I were dating for over a year and we decided to get married. Only downside: the young and beautiful sister. Very sexy, my future sister was 22, always wore tight t-shirts and most of the time without a bra. Ev...

News from Greens has dropped off the Forum of late. Have our adventurous travellers gone into hibernation or is it that the Grey Nomads are home wrapping goodies for Christmas. I have been toying with the idea of hitching up and staying at Greens for the festive season, but the thought of being there al...

What would you do if on christmas eve you found $99,283.00

Well another 1,000kls return trip to the coast to have xmas with family, It was a great few days & the traffic flow that we experienced all appeared to be doing the correct thing . Thanks to all for wanting the info on the insulation of fridges as per Techie's corner . I have been very busy here for a whi...

A man returns home a day early from a business trip. It's after midnight.While en route home, he asks the cabby if he would be a witness. The man suspects his wife is having an affair, and he wants to catch her inthe act. For $100, the cabby agrees. Quietly arriving home, the husband and cabby tip toe i...

Sitting on a yacht on the tweed river sleeping over for two nights weve cracked Open the wild turkey honey ,and had prawns,ham,chook n salad for dinner Getting chilly though got the jacket on . Single beds tonight arghhhhhhhhh

I received a 20m Click brand 15A extension lead from an old uncle at the weekend. Age of lead is unknown, but being a Click brand wouldn't be that old. The lead was pristine in appearance and had no visual flaws. However when I tested it (as per the AS/NZ standards) it was borderline fail for insulation re...

WE had a very disappointing stay here. When we arrived we were made very welcome by the owner, who was operating the roadhouse section, paid for our site, he suggested if we wish to eat in the roast lamb was very nice. So we parked up, decided we would take him up on the offer as it was getting a little late. W...

Yesterday ,while reading in the general forum I noticed a couple of our nomads were having a bit of dig at each other.This was Xmas morning. Names not mentioned,I feel sorry for Cindy who once again had her private time interrupted by incorrect behavior by members of the forum.For God sake people this...