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It official, last day this thursday 25th, to celebrate bought new Van over the weekend, pick up in melbourne 15th December then slow 4 week return to qld. Pension on the way. Horah!!

G'day all, totally new to this forum and only a youngster, 54 retiring at 2 days before my next birthday to get a 54/11 deal. Never going to be grey, only dusty around the edges! When everyone goes away on an extended stint into this fantastic country, what do you do with your house? I don't mean turning...

I'm thinking the Iload would make a good campervan. Any opinions, experience, thoughts?

I had a very close encounter with a kangaroo when I was travelling around Qld recently and have attached a couple of kangaroo deflectors on the front of my motorhome. Apparently they emit a high frequency sound which scares the kangaroos off. I'm yet to be convinced but thought I would give them a go...

Leaving Yelarbon today after a 3 day relax and heading to Nindigully via Thallon i hope it's all it's made out to be ,at least i'll have a cold beer when i get there and a meal.

Hi everyone, As the title says yes I was missing in action so too speak and I really have no good reasons to give for it other than every time I came on I found the forum to be very quiet indeed. It wasn't until a lovely chick Jules47 sent me a PM asking if I was okay that I realised hells bells I had better extra...

hi guy's i have a hema 5 inch navigator which i want to bluetooth to my headset so that i can hear turn 4 turn when i go for a ride it will pair to my phone and my phone will pair to the headset but the navigator wont pair to the headset any help would be much appreciated thanks in advance dingo

Anyone here a solar panel guru? If I build a house in a coastal town and decide to go with solar energy will the salt air ruin the panels?

A friend sent a tea towel to me with this on it. (content removed at the request of poster) -- Edited by Webmaster on Saturday 27th of October 2012 06:47:55 PM

Hi folks! Spent last night in a CP in Beachport. Totally agree with Ole Grizzly, lovely place, and yes, we liked it better than Robe too. Awesome views, a photographers dream. But...the wind came up during the night, and rocked poor Lulu all night long! Naturally the rain came with it. Got up this morni...

Hello I am looking for a website that has a list of free showers in Queensland. NSW list is found at http://www.australiasomuchtosee.com The lists are dump points, laundromats, showers, and water. I can't find a site that lists QLD like this one does. Can anyone help me? Cheers, Elspeth.

Is anyone else getting this on the top of their forum page in a purple box. I did click on it to see what it was about but it really doesn't look relevant to grey nomading and wondering if its a bit suss.

I was Pressie shopping today and what did I find,a book on the life of Wombat. Pity it was sealed in plastic I would loved to have seen photos of his wombat hole. By the way Wombat ,love the animation. Trevor

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Are there any greynomads who use Facebook, or, should I say, are there any recommended greynomad Facebooker's??

We;re still in WA down the southwest in Nannup.... we were on our way over east when we visited a friends parents and have been here ever since!! So far we've helped put in a solar wood chip heater, gravity fed... am now putting up a shed.... working on a website for thier holiday units take a looksee and te...

I would just like to give a good news story about TELSTRA. My iPhone crashed basically, so took it to Telstra in Fountain Gate Shopping Centre, Narre Warren Victoria this morning, Sunday. The young bloke that was dealing with me was great he was very helpful, full of little tips about the iPhone and got...

http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/usingroads/downloads/nsw_road_rules_2012.pdf

This would be interesting on the Bruce.