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I am sitting at home on Magnetic island, and its blowing 30knots , raining, and about 15c. We have had some of the worst weather in memory in NQ , this year.I was thinking of going to Joe Bjelkes grave with a brown paper bag full of money, to see if he could change the weather for me , and the gns up here.There i...

For the next few weeks we are going to be inundated with the greatest sporting spectacle the world has ever seen. Yes, Im talking about the Olympics. Now I get as patriotic as the next man (or woman) when I see the green and gold on the podium, but lets be perfectly honest most events when viewed on TV are j...

I know this might sound silly or stupid, but i was wondering, caravans have wheels at the back sometimes 4 at the back but why dont they ever have wheels at the front???

Well, we have done it. We have bought a house in Mildura so in a month or two we will be Victorian(but only by residence at this stage). Now need to go back to Bathurst and do some gardening etc. before deciding if we are going to sell our home there or lease it.

I saw the word facetious in a recent topic and immediately thought abstemious and unnoticeably. I've been talking with lots of backpackers recently and love how rich the English language is. Tough, though, through, thorough, cough, bough. trough must really be hard for them. GHOTI = Fish: Rough, G...

Today we drove into Rockhampton from the west. A lot of you will know the round-about at the southern access to town. The traffic was so bad that today we crawled at 5kmh for 4 kms to get to that roundabout. Apparently it's like that most of the time now. When we left town about 3pm traffic coming into to...

I have a webber Q and would like to run some piping from my 9kg gas bottle at the front of the van to the side under the annex so I can operate the Bar B Q around there sitting on a table. Does anyone know if this can be done legally in Victoria? does anyone know what the regulations for this to be done please? I s...

Heading off tomorrow 17th July Staying at Greens lake for a couple of nights then Shepparton Then Cobram Then up the Newll Slowly Ps Anybody at Greens lake?

Howdyeeeee all u Confused Ppl who cant remember wot day it is,,Greeting Excited Nomads, B Boomers, Salutitions to all U ppl who pay Taxes, still,,,,,,,Heading up to Normanton, tomorrow, or the next day, Gee this life style is Fantastic, pity it took so long to find it, will b doing this till I pop of the...

Well June seemed to go on forever but we finally picked up our new Retreat Hamilton from the factory in Campbellfield. Had to trial it in the driveway while we were packing and hit the road a week later. Another week on and we are now in Alice Springs away from all that rain down South. We are certainly enjo...

yesterday spice pulled into the driveway had a good set up too nice big truck (izusu )hubbies favourite ,and a van ,thank goodness the trucks were both our working so he could turn around up back . Nice gentleman too, had a coffee quick chat and hes hit the road again here are some pictures finaly ive wor...

Thinking of getting some books for my iPad , Via the iBooks & amazon apps. Does any one know if the prices are in Aussie or US prices?

Seniors Site, some interesting info and survey results here; http://www.seniorsite.com/sex/index.asp

"WHERE is my SUNDAY paper?!" The irate customer calling the newspaper office, loudly demanded to know where her Sunday edition was. "Madam", said the newspaper employee, "today is Saturday. The Sunday paper is not delivered until tomorrow, on SUNDAY". There w...

My trip to Cameron Corner (24 to 30 June 2012) SundayLeft Coffs Harbour at 7:41 by train and nine hours later arrived in Sydney. Due to having to leave early on Monday morning, I did not sleep too well but did wake up in time to arrive at Central Railway Station first thing on Monday. MondayThe Ou...

I am trying to see how much you need , per week, to survive on the road.I have some super, but not enough. I know that some GNs do it on the pension, but it looks like I won,t get one til 66, so I,ll have to work, some. Luckily, I have some saleable skills.If you don,t mind, How much do you spend? Bill

I'm not ignoring you guy's and Gals, I have been busy buyimg a new house, and also my Laptop spat the dummy. bought a new one today, pick it up tomorrow. so should be up and running over the weekend, Hope everyone is behaving, including wombat ?? [ that'll be the day ]

Can anyone tell me if the Wyngard add-on, 'the wingman' is worth the money. Close to a city I get all the digital and analogue signals. In the bush I pick up weak analogue signals. To my mind, if there arn't any signals to be had- you ain't going to get them. ...and no I'm not going to invest in a satellite sys...

Finally got the new driveway. It's been a dream for years, and now its all done and paid for! New gates too. That'll let me get the van into the back/side yard, out of storage and off the roadway when its home. Nice! Nice wide gates, nice straight driveway, nice even slope.... nice. Only now I have to admit...

After leaving James Sharpe Park I took a scenic route back to the coast through Beechmont and the Numinbah Valley to Natural Bridge in the Springwood National Park. No camping is allowed but it is a beautiful place to spend some time, The rain dotted the lens for the last pic but had to add it because it sh...