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For those who may be interested on the Anniversary of the Darwin Bombing; With 64 bombing raids on Darwin in WW2, there were more bombs dropped on Darwin than on Pearl Harbour. Other towns in WA and Queensland were also bombed, see the info on these further down the link; http://www.anzacday.org.au...

We bought a 2nd hand caravan which had 2 jockey wheels included. One we use as normal when the van is in situ; the other one is with a heavy tyre and a tube, which we use when we need to put the van in a tight space/turn without the car attached. Now what I need to know: do we use the jockey wheel with the tyre o...

Yep, still having problems with this nett service so another new modem is comming, this one is to be turned off at any time. Catch up next week. JC.

A local farmer was quoted $300 for a rev camera & screen, & thaught it was a bit expensive. So I have a freind who does buying on EBAY, & he came up with these. Camera $15, 4.5inch LCD screen$30, all free delivery from China/Hongkong. All I have to do now is fit it for him.

Saw this on our travels and wondered if anyone has been to this place in WA..West of Que...

I thought I'd better start a new thread for this. Sorry JackMac, maybe you could transfer your photo's and post. I had a look at Cobb & Co Nine Mile Campgrounds on my way up to my sisters at Tin Can Bay. It's 15 kms SE of Gympie. 6 kms of gravel raod, but I went in with my i30 no problem...I wasn't towing my N...

Thought it about time a new thread was made for the Qld meet next winter as the suggestions are getting lost in the last of the Greens Lake thread. Leave it up to you from here on in. I will be there.

How are the roads in NSW? I want to get to Canberra to have car serviced and intend traveling Gore Highway from Toowoomba to Goondiwindi but pulling 29' 5th wheeler.......solo so need help here guys Red

A woman and a baby were in the doctor's examining room, waiting for the doctor to come in for the baby's first exam. The doctor arrived, and examined the baby, checked his weight, and being a little concerned, asked if the baby was breast-fed or bottle-fed. "Breast-fed." she replied.. &...

An Australian ventriloquist visiting New Zealand walks into a small village and sees a localsitting on his veranda patting his dog. He figures he'll have a little fun, so he says to the Kiwi......'G'day, mind if I talk to your dog?' Villager: 'The dog doesn't talk, you stupid Aussie.' Ventriloquis...

Forgot about these 'til last night, from Sterling Mail Order. Might be useful. They stick on, and you get 3 pages, with all usual keys. $9.95. Cheers, Sheba. -- Edited by Sheba on Wednesday 22nd of February 2012 09:44:50 AM

Dont know if this is our wombat but was spotted in the northern suburbs of perth yesterday. Can only be descibed as rude, open displaying. I feel we do need some for of wombat controller (maybe a sharp knife).

Hi All, Thanks Grey Nomads site, this is where I found the Stockman's Hall of Fame at Longreach call for volunteers which I followed up - and now I've been here a week! I'm assisting the Hall's Curator to catalogue the thousands and thousands of photos, memorabillia etc that wonderful Australian's gi...

Well, after 8 years my litte Road Runner, the mazda 2 has gotten regoe'd again!! yay!! and now has just done 65000 k's, any ways i also booked to see Joe Satriani, my favorite guitarist of all time, who I've seen several times in sydney, but this time booked for canberra, as its much easier to get to tha...

We recently spent a weekend at Milang, South Australia. Its a little town on Lake Alexandrina which is a beautiful lake and is now full of water. Here are some photos of our trip. -- Edited by RnR on Wednesday 15th of February 2012 08:40:25 PM -- Edited by RnR on Wednesday 15th of February 2012 08:46...

hi guys, in out motorhome (the tardis) we have the automatic / manual transmision the other day dad had to move the van and found he couldnt get the van into gear , came up with some stupid error message on the dash saying check handbook, which we did, useless things they are, any way i suggested him to rin...

We recently had another landline outage due to consistant wet weather, this has happened four times in the last 12 mths. So reported as usual , they set up a forward of incomming calls to the mobile at their expense. This last time I requested mobile calls during this outage to be charged at landline rat...

Couple of months ago just outside Moonbah. Some thunder and lightning in the (near) distance but only a handfull of raindrops. No, it's not Peter and Margaret, it's us. Confusing? Hope so!

Found this old pic and thought some of you (Pauline in particular) might like to see the 'then & now' pics of the Noccundra Pub. The THEN was taken in the early 80s, 82/3 and the NOW in 2009.

Daughter and I had some fun with photos and Molly last Sunday