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Lighthouse was mentioned previously as a source of cheap groceries. In Brisbane I sometimes get meat not so far from there (Patons Big Gun) so I called in to Lighthouse today. While it is true that the Lighthouse groceries were cheap for their basic range of products, when stocking my shelves back h...

Its time to make some more wheel tracks; leaving in a day or two & heading west from Grafton via Glenn Innis , Inverel, Moree, Lighting Ridge etc, southern QLD & back down to Bourke ,B/Hill & over to the Flinders. Then the unknown, Just take it as it comes & back home by xmass. Hope to meet...

Irish Mirror After living in the remote countryside of Ireland all his life, an old Irishman decided it was time to visit Dublin . In one of the stores he picks up a mirror and looks in it. Not ever having seen one before, he remarked at the image staring back at him. 'How 'bout that!' he exclaims, 'Here'...

Just got my copy through email - a pretty good read - well, what I have read so far - will have a better look later tonight. Congrats on a great first issue - and keep it coming.

Hi, wanting to know the closest caravan park to Broadmeadows in Newcastle. We want to go up there to watch our son play in his finals of basketball. Hope you can help. cheers Ann

a big clap of hands must go to the peole at the tassie ferries booking office in melbourne,, we are told by our local travel agent that we'd have to re book our ferry ride to tassie in 2 weeks time because if the little drama that we had and the fact that we are now taking the daughter with us so with some disp...

We are Grey Nomads from Dec-May but the rest of the time we are at our farm. Any self contained Nomads welcome to camp FREE when we are at home just phone first 0408 303 418 Our farm overlooks the ocean South of Dongara Western Australia. JC -- Edited by Crisjon on Wednesday 17th of August 2011 11:17:36 PM -...

We will be spending about 3 1/2 to 4 weeks in the Flinders in October. Hoping to meet some of the Nomads

. Should be at Wilpena Pound Camping ground by the 12th. Planning at least a week there and then heading up to Arkaroola for at least another week. Keep your eye out for the Green Pajero an...

I believe UHF radios are changing to 77 channell which is why there are some good deals going round. My question is do we need 77 or will the current radios still work on the channells that they work on now?

Woke up this morning, looked out the front, something's missing! Landfall and his wife moved on yesterday afternoon after spending a pleasant few days with us, he kept mumbling something about he set his Garmin for Qld and it directed him here... His wife got to take a pic of him with some of his relatio...

I posted this on another forum but thought some of our fellow GN's might get a laugh out of some of my experiences too. These experiences happened in my very early days of tenting and campervanning and were many years ago. The best sleep I ever had was in the driveway entrance to a cemetery, the neighbo...

At long last the HJ is roadworthy, and ready to go.Tie rod ends, brake cylinders and a fuse onthe double battery setup, costing a mighty $210, and I am legal and ready the go. Cost about $500 for rego. If the weather blows up next week, and thats the forcast, I think I will do a trip to Cooktown and back to see...

Myrtle has been cut and polsihed to an inch of her life. Looking very shiny. Have also stripped off most of the ugly brown stripes down the side which were tacky and broken. Thank you to Ken Thomas for all your hard work today. Can only get one photo up at a time. Tried more and it wouldn't go through.

Sad story from the web site of the West Australian newspaper: A 29-year-old woman has been killed in a freak accident on a Geraldton beach today. Police say the mother-of-three was sitting in a car which was reversing in an attempt to pull another car out of sand at Drummond Cove, about 12km north o...

Just heard, an arrest may be imminent in the Daniel Morcombe case. At long last those poor parents will be getting closure. Cheers, Sheba.

We have been settling in well to our new home with our new adorable Golden Retriever pup Charlie. The fences are up, the turf lawn laid, gardens becoming established. Charlie was very happy, trying to dig under the fence, lifting & chewing the newly rolled turf, digging new plants in the garden,...

Has anyone done the trip from Bourke to Wilcannia along the Darling with a van ? If so what were the conditions like regarding the road? Any info welcome. Thanks.

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What hope has the future got with these IDIOTS living in and running Australia? ---------- Subject: They walk among us....UNFORTUNATELY IDIOT SIGHTING. My daughter and I went through the McDonald's driveway window and I gave the cashier a $5 note.. Our total was $4.25, so I also handed her 25c. Sh...

last weekend the subaru club went for a drive all around drake area out rocky river way had a blast camped at some campsite in the middle of nowhere was a great spot had a creek,leeches though as well. but i did notice there was a winnebago camped out up the hill a bit from us and an aline, there were sixteen...