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Hi Fellow SGN's, I'm travelling from Cairns to Brisbane and was having a great time till I pulled up at roadworks this afternoon and the door swang open on my motorhome!!! The fly screen door was still locked and in place but the outer door was swinging in the breeze, all three catches had snapped off. ...

G,day to All, Some ofyou may remember my post about this outfit, today was Tribunal day. Firstly the CTTT had trouble tracking this mob down.They hide behind another company BULK IMPORTS & EXPORTS trading as The Solar Energy Store. Surprise surprise, after not answering my calls, emails &...

A group of Americans were travelling by tour bus through Holland. As they stopped at a cheese farm a young guide led them through the process of cheese making explaining that goats milk was used. She showed the group a lovely hillside where many goats were grazing. "These " she explained &q...

A blonde goes to her local pet store in search of an 'exotic' pet. As she looks about the store, she notices a box FULL of frogs. The sign says: 'SEX FROGS' Only £20each! Comes with 'complete' instructions. The girl excitedly looks around to see if anybody's watching her. She whispers softly to Pe...

The Golfer playing in Ireland hookedhis drive into the woods. Looking for his ball,he found a littleLeprechaun flat on his back, a big bump on his head and the golfer'sball beside him. Horrified, the golfer got his water bottle fromthe cart and poured it over the little guy,reviving him. 'Arrgh! Wh...

SIMPLE TRUTH 1 Partners help each other undress before sex. However after sex, they always dress on their own. Moral of the story: In life, no one helps you once you're screwed. SIMPLE TRUTH 2 When a lady is pregnant, all her friends touch the stomach and saying "congrats". But, none of the...

We are hoping to start on a long trip next year and will be buying our van later in the year. In fact we will probably be looking at full time in the van. We have had a van before which was in the UK probably 30 years ago. So as part of planning I was wondering just where we start in learning all the things we need t...

Morning All. Would like to get a cb radio fitted to Terracan. Not sure what to get

We'll be in Tom Price tomorrow to see a friend, might be there for a while to help her out and she will give us the tours of the gorges in her 4 WD so we wont have to take the bus.... on the way back I think we shall camp out in the Karijini, maybe at circular pool before heading sdown the great northern highway.....

Has anyone recently travelled in the WA Goldfields area, to the NW of Kalgoorlie. I will be travleling from Melbourne to the Cue/Mt Magnet area in August (via. the Great Central Road) and am looking to travel from Leonora to Mt Magnet by way of one of the following roads: Leonora - Mt Ida - Sandst...

I just finished some fantastic travels in the Northern Territory! The National Parks are terrific, the Ranger talks interesting and informative, a great experience! I allowed plenty of time, more than I needed actually, but better that way than not enough time; it even allowed for a quick run to C...

Does anyone know if it is legal for me to live in my camper in the front yard of my property in the Rockdale council in Sydney? I'm planning to leave my house to my daughter and for the boss and me to run away from home. We want to be able to live on the property out of the camper in between trips. Someone told me t...

Hi everyone, We're newbies on the grey nomads forum. We're just starting to plan our BIG trip around Oz for 12 months, hopefully departing about October 2012. We are seeking information on destinations not to be missed along the way. Looking forward to hearing your suggestions

The following is fitted in my Mazda T3500. Above the side door, there is a shower rail. The shower curtain hooks onto it. The bottom step has several holes drilled in it. A bucket of warm water placed on the second step, plus a 12volt pump and hose with a shower head on. Hook up the curtain, hook the shower o...

Hi Guys, I have just been reading about Windows 8, looks like it maybe not a good idea to upgrade, most of the tech site's I visit are saying it's nothing like the old Win operating systems. Upgrade's will be only $39.99 for a certain time period but beware, I suggest you have a look at the new OS before you u...

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We arrived in Mossman North QLD today and to our great surprise there is no tourist information office so have now done the rounds of the caravan park gathering information from others in the park, almost as good a source of information as our forum. Decided we would need to stay a bit longer so checked...

Not so much a recommendation, but advice of the closure of another park, to make way for the mining folk. The Capricorn Roadhouse on the Great Northern Highway, WA, near Newman has closed the caravan park space and made lots of room to develop accommodation for mining personnel. BHP has a huge accommo...

Made the bed 3/4 so I could put Drawers in for more storage. Cheers, Sheba.

She's an old Millard Motor Home which was originally on a Mazda E200 petrol chassis, which alas was not very fuel efficient. Decided to change over to a Mazda T3500 deisel chassis. After obtaining electrical, gas and engineers certificates and completing new registration and insurance, she...