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Peak Downs Highway Hubby and I just drove down to Theresa Creek Dam from Mackay. It was our first time here and oh boy what a road to avoid. Just outside of Nebo there are many ks of road works and in between are the most horrid stretches of bumpy, dipsy, doozy raggedy stretches of bitumen, and a lot of traf...

I was given this recipe, have not tried it but it sounds niceINGREDIENTS: 1kg lean ground beef2 cups (320g) diced onion 2tbsp (28ml) fresh lemon juice7 tbsp (105ml) low carb barbeque sauce, divided2 tbsp (30g) low sodium tomato paste2 tbsp (8g) chopped fresh parsley¼ cup (35g) finely chopped gr...

We have recently stayed at this lovely little park. It is very clean with nice amenities, grassed sites with slabs. Cost is $28 per powered site (cash). A lot of pride is taken in the upkeep and appearance. There are animal figurines scattered around. Happy hour is every evening, morning and aft...

Returning from Flinders Ranges trip we took a side trip to Mungo National Park and saw its great beauty at sunset.

Our 4 wheel drive has this wobble that starts around 80km. We have had this into Bridgestone replacing tyres with new Bridgestone Duelers, advise by BS. The wobble still continued so we tried Pedders but with no luck. We have genuine Nissan steel rims. The 4x hasnt been raised. Any one else had thi...

I have a little satnav I have a little Satnav It sits there in my car A Satnav is a driver's friend It tells you where you are I have a little Satnav I've had it all my life Its better than the normal ones My Satnav is my wife It gives me full instructions Especially how to drive "It's thirty miles an ho...

We finally caught up with David and Cheryl. What a lovely couple, we seem to have so much in common. Thanks guys for you friendship and input into out travels and trust we were also able to return the process. If we don't catch up in the next month or so then we will try and touch base with both when we get back...

Set off from Dustys front drive leaving Billeee & Jules to continue their way to Melbourne and their Tassie trip, whilst I took the Waterfall Way from Bellingen to Armidale. I had been advised not to take that route over the Dorrigo Range after the recent problems with the van but I was confident t...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-10/rangers-attempt-to-catch-elusive-mary-river-croc/4304466

Was thinking about this last night and claim to the conclusion. Some nomads or people wanting to be nomads spend so much time gathering everything they think they might need, they end up never getting out there or putting back their trip by months or years. It has taken them that long to get the best of e...

I never quite figured out why the sexual urge of men and women differ so much. And I never have figured out the whole Venus and Mars thing. I have never figured out why men think with their head and women with their heart. FOR EXAMPLE: One evening last week, my girlfriend and I were getting into bed. Well, t...

struth theres been alot of bad acciednts all over , stay safe on the roads..

Yes it is day 3 already, I don't know were day 1 and 2 went though. After a drive down to the shops before I left home I felt the Prado had too much weight in the back and the Avan still wasn't connected yet so when I got home I had a rethink about things on board including the heavy bed base I made up in the back wit...

Hi all We are working towards getting on the road full time and would be very interested to hear how you went about getting ready. Did you sell up or Rent out your home and why did you make that choice? How did you go about clearing out a lifetimes worth of stuff? (Ebay, Markets, Kids, Tip, heaps still in st...

Hi All, I'm currently in Narrabri, NSW and have some time to kill and thinking of fishing. In NSW us young (54yo) Grey Nomads have to pay $30 a year to fish. Do you guys and gals fish and do you actually catch eatable fish? Or should I just sit on the bank for a bit then go to Cole's for a fillet for dinner? Chee...

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Anyone having problems logging on to the Harvest Trail Jobs website - hae been trying for the past week or so but it keeps coming up 'unable to connect to server' ?