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A very sad day today a local policeman loss his life in line of duty was shot and lost his life ....Bring its home that we are no longer a small country town but a city and have to expect that this could become part of our life as our city grows ....My thought and heartfelt symphathy are with his fa...

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/glanceview/219098/wagga-spiders-spin-fields-of-webs.glance

Saw three wombats while holidaying in Cradle Mountain Tasmania. There was a daddy wombat, a mummy wombat, and a junior wombat. The daddy was some fifty metres further away from the others and I went a little closer to the others to take some photos. All of a sudden the daddy decided he would start runn...

...from a busy 10 days with my friend the energiser bunny! She flew out this morning, and I feel I could sleep for a week!

The last 5 days have been in an apartment at the Gold Coast, with no internet! Not that I had time for the internet anyway. But we had a lot of fun and laughs, and deep and meaning-...

Have never seen so many dead animals as I did on the Hobart to Port Arthur road, mainly possums. Poor little critters. Another thing, we saw at the gift shop at the Nut at Stanley a road kill recipe book. Yucko!! Ross

Yeah , you know the one, central lower back. After years of minor(and some not so minor) I got the jackpot 12 days ago. An innoccuous 2 hours on the roof cleaning gutters. No problems until the next morning Finally went to the DR 4 days later, prescribed a mild painkiller and told to go to the physio. 3 s...

I recently said about it as sunset point in another post, it is camp no. 250 Tas. Any how it is a very uh oh we made a mistake kind of track but it does come out at a great spot, you just need an off roader to get to it so don't take a low van in if you are thinking about visiting. You can not turn around once commited...

I don't need to have sex. I get screwed by the government every day.

During the last two weeks of April there will be a convoy of vans heading west. Some will start in Moree & make their way to Ceduna, while others will start in Tassie , pick up Vics on way accross & all meet in Ceduna to head to perth for another Lions Club Convention. Possibile 30 to 40 vans so any on...

Hi all fellow grey nomad forumers. We have just accepted work at the Prairie Hotel in Parachilna, South Australia, and will be there for a few months. If you are coming through, please call in an see us.

hi we want to set up a 12 volt pump system so we can fill our water tanks without having to lift the 20 ltr bottle to pour into the tanks and also for using as a shower when we are next to a river so we can conserve water out of our tanks. hubby has bought a pump which is non submursible but were wondering any idea...

OLD people have problems that you haven't even considered yet! An 85-year-old man was told by the Doctor that he needed a sperm count as part of his physical exam. The doctor gave the man a jar and said, 'Take this jar home and bring back a semen sample tomorrow.' The next day the 85-year-old man reappea...

Hi all, boy I missed ya's - not going without the net ever again Just washed Tasmania and QLD off the van, What a job! Oh well it sure was worth it. It's been 7 weeks since I have been able to catch up so I better get started.

Just heard from our grandaughter who is a recruit at Kapooka, she spent last night filling sandbags, they filled about 4000 bags and went back to camp. They still had to do their scheduled physical test, hard but she passed

Hi everyone, when staying in national parks do you have to use a tent or can you get to them easy enough with a ford sedan and a caravan? also what is the longest you can stay? thanks. rocket n strop

Hi All I re ad recently the members report about a broken spring incedent on the Newell.To minimize the chance of this happening I have decided to fit rubber suspension stoppers to the chasis above the spring/axle to limit over deflection of the spring,Iwonder why manufactures don't fit them,any...

Has any body read the artical on Andrea & John in this paper, another lady in the park bought it over to show us, she was here when Andrea & John were here good to see someone you know in the paper being very positive about us gns. Cheers Ailsa.

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/wagga-cbd-under-flood-threat-20120306-1ug2l.html

Is it a good thing? any horror stories or good stories? cheers. rocket n strop

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