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It would be great if fellow nomads could post of easy menu/recepies for meals whilst on the road. Im not into fast food or instant meals combos much.......food can be so dull when its done over and over. Any chefs out there with ideas for tasty meals.

Yarrie Lake Camping Ground . 30 kms out of Narribri NSW . Great spot . 2 people costs $20 pn with power , $15 without . Showers , toilets , BBQs . Fire rings and plenty of wood , lots of room , shade everywhere , good water , beautiful lake to swim in . Also plenty of yabbies there . -- Edited by sandsmere on Thur...

hi guys has any one given a thought about normal unleaded in nsw being phased out with E10... wonder how that will go with older campervans and cars and motor homes etc.. and my car is a 2004 model, not sure if i can take it yet..

Hi everyone I just gave my 104th donation of blood today. i did not realised the amount of blood in total. Glad to do it though as so many people do need it. All good with blood test and so forth that i had two weeks ago. Good for an other year, A good day to all Cheers

I have just gone back to Telstra Pre-paid to improve the reception at my home and found, like always, they only seem to allow about three rings before a call is diverted to Voicemail. This of course is great for Telstra as the caller gets charged for the call, you pay to retrieve the call then probably you...

This is an excellent camping area with spacious sites just across from the beach with good swimming and fishing locations. I have been here since last Monday and will remain here for at least another week. Was given a special rate of $50 per week the usual price being now $10 per night.

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Coming on 10 news after the adverts. Shows him picking up his motorhome. Looks a bit like Jonathans.

A young lady in the maternity ward just prior to Labour is asked by the midwife if she would like her husband to be present at the birth. "I afraid I don't have a husband" she replied "O.K. Do you have a boyfriend?" asks the Midwife. "No, no boyfriend either. Do you have a partn...

Keen to hear about good sat phone rental companies. Thanks Zj

Dear all, sorry about this stupid question however, I need to sort it out in my (Old) head. We have a 23 foot Van Royce Series 6 van (Second hand from a motor home dealer). I cannot quite understand the wiring. It has one battery and a "smart charger" in the boot. The only 240 volt items are the...

in a previous post I raised the issue of fuel prices being dictated by Woolworths and Coles and it has happened again. On Sunday I filled up with LPG at 7/11 and the woolworths and 7/11 were both charging 62.9 cpl this morning I noticed that woolworths are now charging 79.9 cpl and on the way back this aft...

Ma and I changed over to bigpond wireless some four months ago and were forever plagued with intermittent drop outs, slow downloads and times with no connection even though the modem said we had 100% excellent quality signal. Using my training and experience of 30 years working with computers, net...

An Aussie Poem The sun was hot already - it was only 8 o'clock The ****y took off in his Ute, to go and check his stock. He drove around the paddocks checking wethers, ewes and lambs, The float valves in the water troughs, the windmills on the dams He stopped and turned a windmill on to fill a water tank And s...

G'day my good friends, i need some help (there are those that would say i need a lot of help) any way my dad , i think watches those stupid infomerchales on tv and recently saw an add that has some sort of battery charger,jump starter thing that jumpstarts your car via the cigaret lighter, and fits in the g...

The tailshaft on my 1995 Landcruiser was whipping quite severely at 100KPH. The tailshaft specialist diagnosed the whip, and repaired it, with new universals and bearings. It's all good now. The whip was shaking the gearbox and other engine parts and shafts, and a process of elimination revealed...

Took the advice from many of you, and instead of Perth To Cairns, we are now doing Melbourne to Cairns. Mainly following the coastal route, with detours to the Blue Mountains, Armidale and up towards Paluma. Arriving Cairns on the 30th April. We pick up the van and plan to head down to Phillip Island, se...

Hi guys, I have been a stalker on here for a while now. You have all given great advice. Alot of which I have passed on to the moth (man of the house). Well we finally found the tug to tow the van. 16' 6" Coromal poptop, towed by 2002 Hyundai Terracan auto petrol. Looking forward to going away with the hu...

Just wondering how she is going.

After 2.5 weeks in Tassie and another 3 weeks to go I wonder why the hell I didn't come here earlier. Have loved all the places I have been so far and realsie that I will have to come back next year to see all the places I won't have time to see this time. Currently at Mayfield beach CA6 43 which is sensationa...