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last year at around this time the floods started in western qld,i know cause we were held up by them for near a month and of course they carried onto what we all now know as the january floods. On the tv news im watching northern NSW flooding and im thinking is it on its way to a very wet new year again... Che...

The woman applying for a job in a lemon orchard seemed to be far too qualified for the job; given her liberal arts degree from the Sydney University and her jobs as a social worker and school teacher. The foreman frowned and said, "I have to ask you this: "Have you had any actual experience in p...

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Today is not a good day. With heavy hearts and many tears we said goodbye to our little Benny today. I often think of him heading straight to the Lake when we arrived and just standing in the shallows. Even Molly didn't upset him. He continued to deteriorate when we came home and then suffered kidne...

I have previously posted about the difficulty in removing tar stains from the front of my van. Google reveals a product called tautflex which is said to be suitable to cover vinyl and it comes in an almost infinite range of colours. It is also said to be used to decorate the taut liners on semi trailers...

Welcome to our new ‘Life on the Road’ photo competition! Our incredible first prize is a voucher for $1000 worth of tyres from Cooper Tires (http://www.coopertires.com.au/ ) To enter the competition, please create a new topic for each image that you submit (note that file size is limited to 5 mb for...

Good luck with your photos Wombat....if you win it will save a lot of whining Just kiddin

had to bite the bullet and replace my 2G (a real dinosaur) phone today and the service from the lady in the Telstra shop in Whyalla was fantastic

It is with regret that we are moving on in the morning. We have spent some great days here with Mr and Mrs Florinhill. Their hospitality is way up there. We have had some great happy hours and at least one VERY happy hour, well the two blokes did, but they did earn it I must say................lovely tro...

well ive been for my appointment at the hospital and sat with a doctor who was lovely, i spoke of my fears and of what i am feeling ,and that i was scared i now have the feeling of weirdness around my side and into my butt cheeks like tentacles grabbing hold of me ,im thinking this lump might be pushing on the s...

> > > > My wife and I walked past a swanky new restaurant last night. > > > > > > "Did you smell that food? It smelt incredible!" she said. > > > > > > > > Being the nice guy I am, I thought "Damn it, I'll treat her!" > > >...

Well we bought our Roma caravan brand new from Perth. After 2 years of fobbing off and delays the cracked bench top was going to be fixed, ( what a joke again oops we have been sent the wrong part after the sales person measured it and assured us it was all ordered). So we still have a crack in the bench top. ...

Back home again after another successful trip of 8,000kls. During this time we have managed to put names & faces to 22 GN members, making a total of 28. A very wet & foggy trip from Bathurst & up the coast . Now the cleanup begins, vehicle service & preventative maintenance ready for n...

I know the expression, The Big Trip, but I'm interested in hearing from people who are doing the Really big trip. ie. on the road indefinitely. That's what Marian and I plan to do whenever we start this adventure. Do a couple of "settlers" and then just go. Is anyone out there doing this?...

Got the email for the latest Grey Nomad Times just before, but when I click on the link to open it I get the error "Expected a dict object". Can other people open the newsletter successfully? I thought it might work if I accessed it from the home page, but I can't find a link there to the newslett...

Always keep several get well cards onthe mantle.. So if unexpectedguests arrive, Theywill think you've been sick and unable to clean.

Larry gets home late one night and Linda, his wife, says "Where the hell have you been?" Larry replies "I was out getting a tattoo!" "A tattoo"? She frowned. "What kind of tattoo did you get?" "I got a hundred dollar bill on my privates" he said...

There have been a couple of instances on TV where they have shown unscrupulous people who wind back km reading on cars, including a couple of dealers. I always thought this could only be done with the old style mechanical mileage meters. If this is possible with the new electronic meters, what hope hav...

My wife and I plan to become GNs in the nest 12 months, so we have huge gaps in our knowledge and lots of questions. Can someone help with a couple of basics - what are the average fees at dumps points and what's the cost of fresh water? Thanks a lot.

Any one with suggestions to remove tar from the vinyl stoneguard at the front of a van. Have used kero, peanut butter (suggested on internet - I think they must have been kidding) turps bleach napisan. The kero takes off the main part of the tar but there is a brown stain left. Thanks to the council tru...