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I,m at The famous Tathra jetty, and catching some nice salmon up to 2kgs on pillies and live baits, but theres a big seal which is eating the odd fish if you don,t get them in quick enough.I,m going to turn the fillets into fish cakes for tea tonight.A filley, a potato, half an onion, and some flour, sautee...

Hi all, I know this is not a caravan but it is used for towing caravans etc. I just got a 90 series Toyota Land Cruiser Prado "Grande" Gas/Petrol. The seller didn't have the Owners Manual that you get with a car. Does anyone know where I can get one please. I have tried to Google it but with no succ...

Heading West from Ocean Grove to revisit the Coorong and up to Adelaide to catch up with family and for their Caravan and Camping Show. Something a bit different than going to the Melbourne Show each year. Anybody got any favorite free camps down along the coast of S.A?

Just fitted a 1hp Teco household air coan unit to my van. The unit cost me $617 and $350 to fit. Did some of the work myself like mounting the external unit where the spare wheel was (about the same weight) and now need to remount the spare wheel. When this thing is really pumping you cannot hear it going, th...

The Car otel Van Park in Deniliquin has cheap rates. $22 pn for an Ensuite site. If you stay a week that drops to $20 pn. You have your own patch of grassed area and table and chairs for that price. Ensuites are lovely, clean and quite new looking. Laundry is $2 per washing machine and $1 gives 15 mins drying...

Kiwi-as has asked me to set a date for meeting whoever is in this area, and wants to meet up. So I think for ease of parking etc, Zarrafa's Coffee Shop, Riverlakes Shopping Centre, Redland Bay Road, Loganholme. How about Monday the 6th Feb at 10.30am?

Is there anyone travelling to Melbourne on the Spirit of Tas in the next week or two. I managed to leave our tent and blow up mattress in Laiunceston. They are both the rollup type and would not take up much room. I can arrange to to get it to you if you are going thru Launaceston on the way to Devonport. We wil...

Now the water has dropped, the damage can be seen.

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Can anyone tell me of a good value for money caravan park in the Cairns area that we can stay in for July with a small dog?

We have a turbo oven (cheapie from KMart) it is great, pies chips paked veges, roast and cakes etc. but it only cooks cakes & potato bake etc if you use a metal container. If we use a pyrex dish, it cooks the top beautifully but the bottom doesn't cook properly. Doe's anyone else have this problem, or...

Psychiatrists vs. Bartenders EVER SINCE I WAS A CHILD, I'VE ALWAYS HAD A FEAR OF SOMEONE UNDER MY BED AT NIGHT. SO I WENT TO A SHRINK AND TOLD HIM: 'I've got problems. Every time I go to bed I think there's somebody under it. I'm scared. I think I'm going crazy.' 'Just put yourself in my hands for one year,' s...

Thinking of driving from Grafton to Coffs Harbour by the inland route through Kungala and Glenreigh. Has anyone driven this way and knows what the road is like, 20ft van GU petrol Patrol

As mentioned in a previous thread re getting your 'spots' checked - that's sun spots - well I had mine 'done' yesterday, and thankfully none were found on my face or head (my Mum had a massive one on her scalp some years ago) but there was about 6 on the lower half of my legs, and around 12 on the lower half of E...

A distraught senior citizen phoned her doctor's office. "Is it true," she wanted to know, "that the medication you prescribed has to be taken for the rest of my life?" "'Yes, I'm afraid so,"' the doctor told her. There was a moment of silence before the senior lady r...

You may appreciate this as much as I did, sure brings back memories. Site Link Cheers Neil

just thought ide post some pictures taken while i was in the nambour general crazy house

Was hoping to fly down to melbourne to visit grandson for the first time. Finances have been tight, now in a position to go, now there has been a big bust up between my sonand his partner/ She is 10 years older than him and is still married, he was begging her to get a divorce, and she came up with some lame e...

Any one heard from Campfire ... Last time i seen a post from her she was heading to Longreach...Hope she safe and dry

From time to time this subject comes up on the forum. Where to get a shower when you free camp or just on the road. I have a friend who works at our local pool and she was telling me that back packers shower at the pool a lot. When you go to a pool, they usually charge you as a swimmer or a spectator, which is cheap...