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After a week with Kiwi-as and NU-One we are headed back to Mareeba. We should be there by Monday. We had a great time with the shared mealtimes happening again. It was nice to be able to just veg out with just a couple of days trips but lots of SUN to complement the location which was about 27 Ks East of Normin...

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Just a quick heads up on a new search tool for those seeking caravan parks/campsites/cabins: www.turu.com.au I've had a quick look and it seems quite interesting. Very flash. Put together by the Nine Network, oddly enough. Cheers, Tony

Our van is a 21' Aussie By Design custom built 2010. Her name is 'Hazel' and we have had some fabulous times touring around and look forward to many more. R.

Well Tuesday my van will taken in to have the floor repaired we had a leak some 2years ago and having a metal stone guard floor right along the bottom of the van water would lay between the floor and plate but the insurance company ( CIL) said no trouble we will fix if we can or we will write it off hoping they c...

hi everyone, We need some tech help - we have a 2011 Jayco sterling (23.72.1) we have three tanks underneath, 2 fresh water (marked tank #1 and tank #2) and the third tank marked grey water tank, tank markings are on the gauge inside the van. We have the valve underneath with the arrow on it for sucking o...

hi all just bought a new patrol ,so we thought we would buy some weight distribution bars but have found out that hayman reece won,t fit the nissan,s towbar ,we have never used these before as we had airbags fitted to the old patrol and they were quite successful,but thought we would try HR, anyone else...

Seems all I hear about is stabbings and shootings etc every night on the news theres always something going on like this

Can any one recommend a pet (dog) friendly caravan park for us to stay. Near to Sunshine or St Albans, West Melbourne. Have found South Werribee, anthing closer would be appreciated.

Gary and I heading to the UK in September, hiring a motor home, second best to our caravan. I thought I would sus out some forums. Looking for free camping ideas, called wild camping over there. They do not have any publications similar to Camps 4,5,6 over there. They have web a site but you have to pay 15 p...

Do any members know of Petrie park Rest area Over night stay near River ( Maryborough) Qld )

How do nomads receive their important mails? We have a postal mail box and have a friend forward the mail to us when we are in one place for a period of time which is only several times a year. Today was one of those great days when we received our mail - over twenty items, including several from Center...

I'm a sort of semi grey nomad. I qualify due to the fact my hair started going grey at the age of 14 and now at an age fast approaching retirement I can't even remember what dark hair looks like. It's the nomad part I have problems with. Apart from five weeks a year on short tours around WA and weekends snatch...

Greetings fellow Grey Nomads I am in need of of a bit of advice we have been on the road for 18 months and are heading to nsw in sept until december. We are looking at staying at dumaresq, copeton dams and also gumma reserve initially 1) we prefer free or cheap camping (as opposed to caravan parks) near wat...

The Pope was cruising along the beach in the Pope-mobile when there was a frantic commotion just off-shore. A helpless man, wearing an English rugby jersey, was struggling frantically to free himself from the jaws of a 25 foot shark. As the Pope watched in horror, a speedboat pulled up with two men we...

Everyone knows about Al Capone and John Dillinger, but a lesser known gangster of American folklore was the 'Lizzard'. He got this name through an unfortunate childhood accident which resulted in him having a split lip.At the time of J Edgar Hoovers FBI purge against public enemies the G men were luc...

It's rough! Well, it's really rough and corrugated in places, but quite good in others between the sealed sections. There are 4, 7km sealed sections which give the arms relief from the shaking and shuddering. The corrugations were particularly prominent at 20 KPH. The low loader and dolly carrie...

Sensitive Australian Males Three Aussie blokes working up on an outback mobile phone tower: Mongrel, Coot and Bluey. As they start their descent, Coot slips, falls off the tower and is killed instantly. As the ambulance takes his body away, Bluey says, 'Well, bugger me, someone's gotta go and tell...

A man goes into a restaurant and is seated. All the waitresses are gorgeous. A particularly voluptuous waitress wearing a very short skirt came to his table and asked if he was ready to order, "What would you like, sir?" He looks at the menu and then scans her beautiful frame top to bottom,...

A young Scottish lad and lass were sitting on a low stone wall, holding hands, gazing out over the loch. For several minutes they sat silently. Then finally the girl looked at the boy and said, "A penny for your thoughts, Angus." "Well, uh, I was thinkin'... perhaps it's aboot time fo...