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Just paid for our Tassie trip. Leave from Melbourne on the 15th November and don't come back till the 27th February. Boy it's going to be a good Christmas this year for sure. Ham sangas and bubbly beside a river somewhere, nothing nicer.

These are Myrtles stickers, some you have seen, some are new and the Happy Wanderer one yet to put up, probably above the front windscreen. Got the turtle and Happy Wanderer stickers from CafePress which is an american company. Very reasonable prices.

I was down the local IGA, and bananas were$16 a kg, and rump steak $9.99 a kg.This is on an island in the tropics!Maybe we should give up bananas and eat more steak.I have lady fingers and cavendish in my back yard, but the best and biggest were at Pete and Gails place at Scarborough in Sth east QLD.It just s...

Management and I were walking into the shops today and this bloke came out wearing a T shirt with a picture of Ned Kelly in his famous armour. The caption read... "Ned Kelly Outlaw..." Only because he was about 4 pickhandles across the shoulders did I restrain management from pulling hi...

Want to fit a rear view camera to the van, main concern is to see whats coming up behind me whilst travelling. Once again, its a minefield out there. Any advise, I've heard that wireless arn't much good. Thanks, Stan and Pat

How many budding poets are there on the road . We are toying with the idea of running a poetry competition where people read their own work to an audience,wether in a building or around a fire, some sort of judging takes place and prize money is awarded. This would happen in late autumn starting 2012 if...

BEST EVER SENIOR CITIZEN JOKE A little silver-haired lady calls her neighbor and says, "Please come over here and help me. I have a killer jigsaw puzzle, and I can't figure out how to get started." Her neighbor asks, "What is it supposed to be when it's finished?" The little...

Dropped my wife at work for the day and now about to go for my morning swim, how good is that, being able to swim at this time of the day. Tough I know but will have to go for another swim when Therese finishes work, We move on thursday and I start my new job as night manager at another park. cheers blaze

THE CHAUFFEUR,Julia Gillard is touring thecountryside in a chauffeur-driven car. Suddenly, a cow walks out ontothe road, they hit it full on and the car comes to a stop. Julia in her usual charmingmanner, says to the chauffeur:"You get out and check - youwere driving."The chauffeur g...

G'day everyone, dont know if you have heard about todays protest by spud farmers in Victoria protesting a $26.50/tonne reduction by McCains ( Canadian company) for their produce. As mentioned by others on this forum it wont be long before this country has dire problems in feeding itself. We import o...

Hi all, home again after a lovely sojourn on the south Coast NSW. We checked on the flood situation in the Bega area... yes back in business, so off we went. First caravan park we tried (an OZparks) was too soggy to accept anybody so went to the caravan park nearby on Wallaga lake near Bermagui... just hea...

I am planning a visit to Dougie's Place at Easter, but see that he has been deleted from the forum, so I can't PM him. Does he have a new name perhaps? I have an old email address I have tried, will have to see if he responds to that. Dunmowin

Hi,We have a sat tv that we are very happy with but I want to be able to watch tv on my pc like I did when we were in our house.I bought a sort of double adapter that plugged into the antenna plug on the back of the tv and then I plugged the regular antenna and the antenna to my pc into the other side and I had tv on my p...

Well I met with Jonathon during last week and weekend in the Perth metro area, he is doing fine on his trip around in his A'Van motorhome and trailer, and WA put on magnificent weather for him. (Not so good for the farmers though). I had a look at his rig and was very impressed with the layout and they way he k...

READ THIS IN THIS MORNINGS PAPER AND THOUGHT SOME OF YOU MIGHT LIKE TO COMMENT. I AM NOT EXPRESSING MY PERSONAL VIEWS. IF THIS ARTICLE OFFENDS ANYONE OR YOU THINK IT SHOULD NOT BE ON THE FORUM I WILL DELETE IT. CHILDCARE workers who send tantrum-throwing toddlers to "time out" risk hefty...

Little Lorraine went home from school and told her mum that the boys kept asking her to do cartwheels because she's very good at them. Mum said, "You should say "No" -they only want to look at your knickers." Lorraine said, "I know they do. That's why I hide them in my bag&qu...

Doctor says to the pregnant prostitute ..."Do you know who the father is?" Prostitute replies...."If you eat a can of beans.... do you know which bean makes you fart?..."

This is so cool...try it ALZHEIMERS' EYE TEST(I love this part.. it's absolutely amazing!!!) Count every " F " in the following text: FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS... (SEE BELOW) HOW MANY? THERE ARE 6 NO JOKE. READ IT A...

A man died and went to Heaven. As he stood in front of the Pearly Gates, he saw a huge wall of clocks behind him. He asked, 'What are all those clocks for?' St. Peter answered, 'Those are Lie-Clocks. Everyone who has ever been on earth has a Lie-Clock. Every time you lie, the hands on your clock move.' ...

For some reason I cannot add text to previous pics so this is it My best friend & wife have been touring Tassie for several weeks when it all came to an end yesterday afternoon when the yellow jeep crossed into their path , left them no where to go. They are very shacken & bruised , but ok. They helpe...