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Happy Easter to all grey nomads. I'm off to visit the grandkids, not sure who is more exicted. Am taking the kids on the Valley Rattler for a day trip and then doing the family day on Sunday including the easter egg hunt in the backyard. Gee might have to come back to work for a break .

My apologies if I get a bit long winded about the problem. As mentioned previously on forum, I recently, after the best part of fifty years, stopped travelling. I put my Mazda 4X4 and tiny 'van up for sale, and settled in Albany. But, now that I had "settled", I needed something bigger than...

I was in the six item express lane at the store quietly fuming. Completely ignoring the sign, the woman ahead of me had slipped into the check-out line pushing a cart piled high with groceries. Imagine my delight when the cashier beckoned the woman to come forward looked into the cart and asked sweetl...

hi all, i painted the out side our van 2 yrs ago and painted it with oil base paint but i keep getting mould on the paint. is there a way of getting rid of it please it looked great when it was first painted but now after a few weeks it looks disgusting when i wash it, it comes off but still leaves a bit on there pl...

As a newbie to this forum I just wanted to see if my picture came up with this message

Paddy is passing by Mick's hay shed one day when through a gap in the door he sees Mick doing a slow and sensual striptease in front of an old red Massey Fergusontractor. Buttocks clenched he performs a slow pirouette and gently slides off first the right welly, followed by the left. He then hunches hi...

Just thought I would get in early before you all leave for your trips have a Happy Easter and most importantly a safe one. Helena.

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this is one of my fav pics of my old boy... 5 months.. any way it was just such a relaxing time down by the tumut river.. right by the carvan park etc...

hi all just wondering has anyone been to lord howle island, i know you can drive over there, (derr) but was wondering what it was lke and what the accomodation was like and if it was very expensive, was thinking about going next year for a week or two,, saw a program on tv about it and it looked like the count...

Hi all: Just a quickie has any one bought solar panels off ebay ? what are your thoughts ? I Know you only get what you pay for but my budget will only stretch to ebay prices. I could wait but I would like them for this years trip away. Thanks AL

Two boys in Brisbane playing football in the park when one of the boys is attacked by a savage Rottweiler. Thinking quickly, the other boy rips a board off the nearby fence, wedges it down the dog's collar, and twists, breaking the dog's neck. A Courier Mail reporter hears about the incident and...

Hi to all, Just a story about the trials and tribulations of the sat dish. I had a satellite set up in my RV when I purchased it. The old Aurora system.Decided this 'U beaut' VAST would be the go.Free to air everywhere except WA.Friend in Goolgowi gave me a satellite dish he took down from the roof of his ho...

G'day everyone, I'm just a brand newbie and this is my first post. I'm wondering what folks do regarding carrying their gennys on the road. I have just bought a Yamaha 1000w generator and am wondering how feasable it might be to have a box made up to sit on the A frame. Could I also run the generator...

Part 6 Pic 1 2 & 3 Freebie on the way to Broken Hill Pic 4 Broken Hill Pic 5 Freebie on the way to Peterbrough Pic 6 Freebie @ Peterbrough Pic 7 Head of the Bight (along the Nullabor) Pic 8 Whales Pic 9 Whale Waving Pic 10 Head of the Bight Coast

Hello to all & a happy Easter & safe travells to those out there. We arrived in Mount Isa to day for a couple of days to restock etc before we mead across to the NT. All is going well as we have taken almost five weeks from Brissy . with free camping 95% of the time.Have had fine weather the last week or...

G'day everyone, I thought I'd let you all know about the upcoming strawberry season on the Sunshine Coast in Qld. Between May and October each year, Gowinta Farms employs between 300 - 350 seasonal workers to pick and pack strawberries. We love the grey nomad crew so much we built a 56 site caravan par...

I keep seeing people on their way to "who knows where", caravans hitched on, camper trailers, boats, rooftop tents - and I am so envious at this time. Oh, well hopefully this time next year I will be well on the way to heading off myself - just need to get over this year. Who else is having to sta...

Cindy's news on the front page here indicates the Northern part of the Stuart H'way is not going to be a boring drive. Has anybody travelled Pt Augusta to Alice recently? How was the road?