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Just read on the home page here about park rangers having to clean loos, pick up rubbish etc. They should do as they do in WA. Have a great army of volunteers. We have been doing vollie work in WA parks for about 10 years & they have a great system. So yes, we've cleaned loos, picked up rubbish, clea...

I usually only look at the general forum but decided to have a peek at this one and boy did it make me ashamed I was complaining of having an arthritic knuckle taken out and not being able to use my hand fully for between 3 to 6 months. All I can say is that I am so sorry for complaining and just hope that all on th...

Just recently our road service was due , Had the offer of paying two years upfront & recieving a Garmin NUVI 40 GPS. Its just arrived. .

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We have a jayco heritage 2005 with phelmets over the top of the curtains after travelling in Northern territory and western Australia our curtains now have a redish brown tinge, and we would like to clean them but there is no obvious way to remove them. We suspect that the phelmet will have to be removed...

Anyone up in this area for a few days? We are in Berri till Tuesday.

ok guys its been a long time since imade a long trip camping as in the outback or anything so its been at least ten years now ,used to go to weipa the gulf all kinds of places where we always free camped, that was with my previous partner, now we also went witha whole tribe of people . so we felt safe, but im w...

Staying at the sportsground in Barcaldine, second time here over last 2 years. Facilities here are excellent, toilets spotless. Big problem appears to be that the local camping grounds are trying to get this closed down and using some underhand tactics. We are paying $25 for a powered site here, t...

Was shopping today and thought I'd get some prawns - from WW supermarket. Had the idea of avoiding crowds on Xmas Eve and also making sure I got the type I wanted. They had boxes of still frozen ones out the back, so there's no issue about refreezing defrosted ones. The sales person told me their Xmas pric...

Here in Canberra my partner and I have anything from 1 week to 3 weeks wait for an appointment with our doctors. We'd heard about a doctor shortage in the bush so were very surprised in Katherine NT, when he got an appointment in 2 hours! How long do others have to wait, and where are you?

We are intending to visit friends in Sydney around April next year. Don't really want to stay in Sydney proper so we are looking at suitable CP's or showgrounds near-by (50 Kms or so). We would then travel into the big smoke via train. Any thoughts would be helpful. Thanks in advance Brian & Cheryl ...

Anybody got one? any good ?

I've had so many people sending me get well messages, I thought I'd give you all a little update. I had a chest xray on Friday which showed that it is 'only' Asthma and not Pneumonia(thank God), but it's certainly hanging around this time. Maybe because I ignored it for several weeks before getting on t...

We're booked on the Spirit of Tassie on the 16th jan. We figure we will allow ourselves about 4 days to get down there. Keeping in mind that it's school hols we are not sure which is the best way to go- coastal or inland. /Any advice re places to stop on the way would be appreciated too. We thought that inland...

.. I simply want to say a big "thankyou' to John & Anne (jandas fun) who have unselfishly provided me with the comfort and security of staying at their place while recuperating after my recent bike accident .. In the morning I leave for Macquarie woods near Bathurst for a week or so .. before...

1 Tub Sour Cream, sugar to taste, kahlua or bailey's to taste. Beat all together, chill and serve with strawberries and little choc flakes. Very nice with a wine on a hot day.

Hi Everyone Need some advise if possible ,we have just purchased 2 200 watt solar panels for the roof of our coaster as we want to power our fridge.The plan is 2 solar panels, battery charger regulater then 1 125 amp deep cycle battery.The fridge uses 5amps.We wish to also run off this uni...

Any one seen this show on T.V seen it today for first time ..more about the remote areas then any thing but beautiful senceny of N.T they were camping at lorella springs station very remote but look good ...

Couple pics from last nights eclipse along with a couple from the start of the storm the other day in perth cheers blaze

Jack Mac we are just outside Gin Gin on the Bundy/Gin Gin Road, give us an e-mail. Tim R