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hi everyone,, ok it most likely won't be this year as I'm getting over having a rather heavy land yacht come to rest on my back and neck, but having said that I'll be out sailing again asap. I am planning next years holiday already,,the bride and I would like to go to monkey mire and to nigaloo reef to div...

Talk about outsourcing

Hi everybody. I just wanted to let you know that I have deleted the string entitled ‘Burning the flag’. I understand this is an important issue and one which has provoked strong reactions. This is clearly something that people wish to debate and discuss. However, this forum is not the appropriate pl...

Hi everyone, I am curious - if you have a slideon camper, can they be airconditioned inside the slideon without the car running. You know, just like a caravan.cheers. rocket n strop

Saw his interview on the news, last service next Sunday, then he heads out into the unknown he said. Would love to have him at a happy hour or around the bonfire telling stories. He's quite a character.

Jimbo said in the weekly mailbag that he wouldn't get in one in case they crashed. Well, I have to say I've been in one - my daughter bought me a flight for my birthday a few years ago. They are expensive, about $400 but well worth it. The company I went with - Balloon Sunrise - were very safety conscious, co...

Heading up towards Longreach after the Tamworth Music Festival, anyone heading that way or camped along the way? Cheers C

I am at Rochester atm my neighbour at home rang me to say I received in the mail what looked a parking infringement ticket. I told her to open it and she read that I owed $17.50 for non payment of toll on the Tullamarine Hway. I was going to pay it online cause I thought maybe we had passed a toll and not known. T...

I no longer hold myself responsible for the recent earthquakes in Christchurch... I wasn't there, I didn't do it. I no longer hold myself responsible for the tsunami in Japan. I wasn't there, I didn't do it I no longer hold myself responsible for the birth of Bhudda, Jesus or Mohomad. - I wasn't there,...

Well we are now back at the Karinyup Waters Resort. Warm and a bit muggy today, even had a few beads of sweat while setting up the annex. The pool was a welcome intelude for about an hour. Therese went in today to work some shifts at work and got a call to see if she could pick up on tomorrow, so she is back at wor...

BACKYARD CHARACTER DEMISE In Australia, the rotary clothes hoist stood as a dominant, silent sentinel in millions of backyards.For about one hundred years, this symbol of affluence, had been used to hang out the family washing. The sheets, towels, shirts, trousers and personal smalls are pegg...

Australia day has been and gone, time for a new avatar

My friends' husband took a turn for the better today. Drs. and Dietician at RBH Brisbane, are amazed at how "Fit" he is for such a sick person. [He's just had a Bone-marrow Transplant.] They are now doing a Study on him, and are talking about starting other patients on the diet Regime he w...

Hi Everyone, Thought I would sign up and say hi. Hope everyone had a fantastic Xmas. Sounds like a very friendly forum. I will be leaving Perth end of Jan on a slow trip across to Victoria. Plan to spend a few weeks on the Bellarine Peninsula with family then do the slow trip back. Have had a good ta...

Hope all our Grey Nomad friends are staying dry and safe with all the rain in SE Qld and NSW at the moment - seems to be getting more widespread. Friends went down the coast - may get stuck there - Pacific Motorway got water over the road in some spots. Take lots of care.

g'day g'day , hows it going just wondering those like Happy Wanderer etc and those with pop top caravans, when you go to bed at night do you pull the roof down or leave it up ? are they easy to put up and pull down all the time?? thanks. milo

I have just recieved my latest Caravan and Motor home magazine and to my distress I read that in Townsville there is a depressed Wombat who is needing lots of cuddles and attention, has anybody seen Wombat recently because this could be contagous and we would miss him terribly

We had purchased a Jumpstart/Compressor from Aldi early last year. We were very happy with it during its inaugural run at Greens Lake. When we next went to use it, the light came on but nothing else. Ted rang the number on the warrantee on Tuesday and faxed them the information. Today(Friday) we had...

At Last! The grey nomads bumper stickers will be ready to post out this week (April 27). The bumper stickers are free to one and all. Just send an email to editorial@thegreynomads.com.au , give us your address and we'll post one out to you.