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Just thinking of buying a portable toilet for when we at free camps. Any suggestions re the brands? And are they heavy to lift etc when liquid is in the base?I imagine they can be emptied before moving on after perhaps 24 or 48 hours at the camp? Just an unknown subject ... lol :)

Hello Everyone, I am a bit confused on travel bugs post "ma". It says there are 53 replies. How come when counted there are only 30? How did I lose the other 23? thanks. rocket n strop

If a man is alone in the dim dark jungle and talks to himself to ward off boredom... is he still wrong???

The front page story of woman missing in Kakado, presumed taken by a crocodile is the stuff of nightmares, just terrible. Please, everybody, when camping remotely, stay safe!

Hi, What does PM stand for? thanks everyone. rocket n strop

I have put this under health as it is associated with Beyond Blue and those struggling with life in one way or the other. Anyone can read the information etc without joining a shed or the website so good for both men and women to read, see; http://www.theshedonline.org.au/

Hi All I've spent the last couple of days trying to post a couple of photos og my newly kitted out ute. I've reduced them to 640 pixels but they still won't upload even one at a time. Are they still too big? I haven't seemed to have a problem before.

Does anyone know if i can get a charger for the ciggy lighter to charge up my computer. Fine tuning things before i leave in two weeks Dawa

Re Ma Post. (I hope you don't mind Ma) Before I start I apologise to Cindy and all here for this not being to do with Caravans etc but it is to do with Grey Nomads or at least one Grey Nomad and that is the name of the Website. I am also NOT looking for sympathy in any way. Now, I lost my wife to cancer in May 2011 af...

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...

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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...