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Hi all, Could someone please describe the Taralga Road to the Wombeyan Caves. Took the road from Mittagong once and it was narrow, windy and hairaising (never again) Much appreciated Zj

Hi. I am looking at updating my towing mirrors. I have a Ford Territory and full 19'6" caravan. At present I have the clip-on ones held with rubber straps. What is your opinion of say, Aussie Truck Mirrors , the Ora Torino ones and the others that clip on the mirrors? I have a limited budget also. Loo...

Went for a walk in the sun yesterday and ended up at Supercheap Auto. I bought a cupholder. It goes over the drivers door between door and window but has a metal plate that I'm hoping I may be able to screw somewhere on the front dash, then the cupholder slides down on the plate. Will be out of the way of gett...

Just wanted to give a big thumbs up to these guys, I pulled in on Saturday morning, fuelled up 20+ kms down the road when car started running rough, so thought dirty fuel, and should replace fuel filter, called into these guys and within 10mins they had the right filter for me, and had fitted it for me all f...

I have just put the grey nomad stickers on "The beast"they look great, I have a man putting some shelves in the cupboards for me then the fun begins loading all my stuff I only have 2 days to go in the house, then a week at my daughters if my back is ok by then I will be leaving on the tuesday,see you a...

A blonde decides to try horseback riding, even though she has had no lessons or prior experience. She mounts the horse, unassisted, and the horse immediately springs into action.. as it gallops along at its steady and rhythmic pace, the blonde begins to slip from the saddle. In terror, she grabs for t...

My neighbours bought their dream van and have travelled about 600ks and now they are no longer able to live their dream for health reasons and have to sell the "palace". Just one for instance of DON'T LEAVE IT TOO LATE to get out there and enjoy your life.

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I have a leak inside the rear window is dripping water from the bottom of the rear wiper housing, I suspect it is coming through the shaft of the wiper into the housing then dripping from there inside the van. We have had heavy overnight rain in Perth and the van is parked on a slight downhill sloped driv...

Well, we are home again after nine weeks on the road. We free camped and van parked and friend parked and family parked......nothing like variety. We went as far as Yorke Peninsular and thanks heaps to Debe and Elbe for their hospitality and playing tour guide. Sorry we can't be there for the Septembe...

Dear Jim, I left home for work last week and after less than a mile my car stalled and wouldn't start again. I walked back home to find my husband in bed with the babysitter. They finally admitted they had been having an affair for the last 6 months and that they were in love. Can you help me please, I'm reall...

Carrying on from the "skin cancer" thread. Granny suggests a get together in Adelaide. Is there anyone going to be in that area during June/July that would be interested in meeting some of us who will be there or live there like Granny said. We had a get together in March 10 at Mudgee in NSW. T...

Men never seem to think about the danger of some of the jobs that they do......... you've got to love the techniques they conjure up to get the jobs done.

In the line at the supermarket, the cashier told the older woman that she should bring her own grocery bag because plastic bags weren't good for the environment. The woman apologized to her and explained, "We didn't have the green thing back in my day." The clerk responded, "That's o...

Love Story I will seek and find you . . I shall take you to bed and have my way with you I will make you ache, shake & sweat until you moan & groan. I will make you beg for mercy, beg for me to stop. I will exhaust you to the point that you will be relieved when I'm finished with you. And, when I'm finis...

Complete failure today. Perhaps I should have added some red :(

BEER BREAD. 3 Cups SR Flour. 2 Dessertspoons Sugar. 1 can room temp. Beer. Mix all ingreds. together in a bowl until you have a reasonably runny Dough. Pour into a greased loaf tin and whack it into the Weber just after you have lifted the Roast. This was taken from the Heatbeads Recipes site. Che...

The largest condom factory in the States burned down. President Obama was awakened at 4 am by the telephone."Sorry to bother you at this hour, Sir, but there is an emergency! I've just received word that the Durexfactory in Washington has burned to the ground. It is estimated that the entire USA...

Did anyone see Bill The Kid on Discover Downunder on TV on Saturday afternoon (4.30pm)? He was supposed to be on the Charlieville leg booking into a caravan park I think? We had visitors so I missed it.

Hi Guys, Just joined this good looking and informative Forum been following and looking for a while. And it looks like i will learn quite a bit. Cheers Mr Red.