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What Confucius did not say!CONFUCIUS DID NOT SAY... Man who wants pretty nurse, must be patient. Passionate kiss, like spider web, leads to undoing of fly. Lady who goes camping must beware of evil intent. Squirrel who runs up woman's leg will not find nuts. Man who leaps off cliff jumps to conclusi...

Taken last week after several days of rain. -- Edited by Blonderer on Tuesday 25th of October 2011 04:49:41 PM

At last we have hit the road. Pat finished work last week and we headed off on Sunday in the direction of Brisbane. We are slowly traveling through the centre of NSW stopping at a lot of small towns that we normally just drive through. No time limit as long as we are home by Xmas. At present stopped at Gum Ben...

till the big day. Then this time Friday I will be a retired gentleman, well retired anyway. The boss thought it was next week, I soon put her clear. I have been given a nice day charter in the bus to do on Thursday. Still a few loose ends to sort out and I am still working on that Solar Power for the Avan but no...

Stopped overnight at the Black Stump Rest Area Mundubbera Camps6 #461. Am on a go slow tactic and in no hurry to move down to Millmerran so I stopped here. This is the best roadside rest area in many kms, it has good water, flushing toilets, internet, free camp kitchen with plenty of tables and seats. At c...

Ever seen one of these ? Very popular in Europe I believe and also there is a manufacturer in Australia.

Hello to all.We are new to the Nomads site having only recently joined and wish to introduce ourselves. Our names are Brian and Veronica; we travel in a white Prado with a pop top Roadstar van and enjoy travelling to new places and meeting people. Currently we are in Rollingstones Bushy Park free cam...

Hi I'm a new grey normad and having no home address, postal sddress only. Everytime I stay at a caravan park and apply for rent assistance, centrelink will send me a new pensioner card with this address, can be 26 times the year, is this normal or crasy? Any solusion for this problem? Thanks

Don't worry. Just joshin'!

Heading off on Thursday morning from Perth to have a look at the wildflowers, based at a caravan park 20km north of Eneabba, which is about 300km north of Perth. It's also the first run for my new (well, secondhand) Red Earth offroad camper trailer. Putting it up could be what a former workmate used to ca...

Well van back on the road again taken grandchildern to the BIG 4 cp Rollingstone from the 24th to the 30th van might have a heart attack but been serviced and ready to go . If anyone like to drop in for coffee your welcome.

Evening all, I'm looking to buy a UHF hand held for use by SWMBO when reversing the KEA into parking area's etc, suggestions as to brand, power, availability etc would be appreciated.

Spose this could'v gone in th 'funnies' , but I reckon it is appropriate here . Like when I took th fuel & water tanks out of 'old inter' , put th lpg down th sides & th fuel tank b'tween th chas @ th back , put hoses in th 'throats' ,so when anybody came along & decided to have a wizz into th tanks , wo...

I took early retirement after 30+yrs working for the same mob. Started in May 1973 & retired March 2012. We ordered our caravan to our specs. Very happy with the finished product. We bought our Majestic Knight from Great Southern Vans, Caboolture (Troy), and they have been great. We had the "...

Only 120kms from Boynedale Bush Camp to Waruma Dam Camps6 #454 but not without difficulty as my other post related. This is a fine camp site with plenty of camping along the dam in 2 main areas with a toilet block situated above and in between them both. There were many campers here when I arrived but it wa...

I'm on the countdown! 11 days, 17 hours, thereabouts! We leave on the 1st October, and don't have to be home until the 16th December. Getting very excited/nervous!

i will be travelling around oz with my little silky dog soon, what sort of protection can i have, stun gun, lazer, gun or what to help me please as have a hockey stick and a nulla nulla. then does a motorhome use a lot of diesel as put in $50 in adelaide and it was 3/4 full and now about 1/4 or a bit less, was towin...

hi is there a c/park in goolgowia nsw i know there use to be one but heard that it had closed down . thanks fred

hi all I have just became the proud owner of a 1981 nissan urvan poptop camper. needs a little TLC but thankfully no rust & mechanicals ok. i will be restoring over the next few months and plan to head off on a trip next february. Plenty of advise & info here to get me started. cheers Jeff -- Edite...