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Have the van back after a few repairs and looking to head to Torquay Foreshore caravan park for 10 days from wed 8/2 so if any nomads in the area let me know or come around for coffee Dunes site 43 Ken

Melanomas or to make it more scary Skin cancers Some may rememb er that I recently had a biopsy on my nose, I just got a call from the specialist, it is positive but not serious but I have to go in on monday to get a chunk cut out of my nose. So I make this plea to all my friends here, get your self checked all over r...

Q1. In which battle did Napoleon die? * his last battle Q2. Where was the Declaration of Independence signed? * at the bottom of the page Q3. River Ravi flows in which state? * liquid Q4. What is the main reason for divorce? * marriage Q5. What is the main reason for failure? * exams Q6. What can you...

Today we had the pleasure of Bill 12 dropping in for a coffee break. Thanks bill, great to meet another GN again . JC.

I have a soft drink bottle, anybody who will be travelling through SA is welcome to have this bottle as there is a 5c deposit to be claimed back in SA so anybody who want's it can have it for free, I can also post it to you if you pay the postage.

Anyone in need of the Dump Point in Narrabri (NSW) on the Newell Highway, think again (it need flushing out, anyway)

I have been a visitor here for a long time but took the plunge and joined up. I presently have a caravan but have found it too hard to handle to due sub-standard health. The plan is to change to a camper-van to continue with the travel i love doing. I have found a lot of inspiration from a lot of people that ar...

Seems to me that I get a lot of waste when eating a mango or two. I basicly cut off the cheeks, now these are easy to comsume. Now how to deal with the rest, just seems to me there is a lot of juicey tender fruit left there and it seems awful hard to deal with ( and messy), any help on the matter may improve my eatin...

I hope you are all safe and dry, as I am, but I thought I would put the rainfall in perspective. At my friends house on Magnetic island, they have had 6.5 inches, 165mm of rain since 9am friday, and its still pouring down. This is the reason I hit the track at this time of year as normally this will continue t...

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I was thinking of heading down to see family in Victoria.I used the new Road conditions thread to check out the flooding and road conditions. Not easy with the flooding and road closures. Then it struck me. There are hundreds if not thousands of people with their lives disrupted and sometimes in dan...

A beautiful thing happened to me today. Went to the mailbox, letter addressed to me - posted here in town, no return address. Opened it up, wrapped up in a sheet of blank paper was a $50 note! I was overwhelmed at the generosity of an anonymous person. Have written to the local paper with a thank you! (N...

Hi everyone, Kathy and I are on the verge of retirement by taking our LSL and remaining annual leave as a "trial" retirement for the next 12 months. We plan to do lots of travelling with our Caravan which we hope will be much more pleasant than the 3 week trips we have had to confine ourselves to...

I found a link today to abc wetern qld facebook. I was going to add the link for you but it appears inserting links has changed and I can't be bothered fiddling with it to work it out.

So if you just google the above and like it, its rather interesting. Lots of photos of the floods etc but general info as w...

If you come to Tasmania and you do absolutely nothing else a MUST DO is the Gordon River Cruise on the Lady Jane Franklin II. We had the best day, probably helped by beautiful weather, great commentary by the Skipper Graham, and boy did he have a sense of humour, nice buffet lunch and two shore excursions...

These photo's are from one of my cousins in Mitchell. For those who Haven't seen the Maranoa River, it's very very deep. I'm told it's the fastest flowing river in Australia.

Do you want a members Buy, Swap and Sell thread on this forum for members to trade. Just a simple yes or no answer. -- Edited by goinsoon on Saturday 28th of January 2012 02:34:51 PM -- Edited by goinsoon on Saturday 28th of January 2012 02:36:13 PM

After getting my new (to me) Prado and my upcoming trip I decided to upgrade my RACV Roadside cover to Total Care. Well, unfortunately yesterday I had an occasion to use RACV for the first time in 40 years, The top radiator hose came off as driving along at 90kmh clip and all. When I checked, the clip and ho...

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just got the call from mildura.our new van has just arrived. delivery the 21st. all going well, the big trip starts 11th marchCAN'T WAIT!!!!