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Starting back in the sixties, I have lived and worked in Australias "Top End", from the Kimberley to Cairns. Yes, there are a lot more, "Mud Ghekkos" about since they were put under protection in 1972. "Sweetheart" was one big croc that lived in the South All...

After reading HW's experience with her High Ace purchase it does make you wary of dealing with used vehicle merchants although I am sure there are some who are not that way, I know a few I would deal with but not many others. HW's experience so far have been a nightmare, see this link; http://www.active...

One of the places I really want to see this time on my way north is Undara Lava Tubes. I've read all their jargon on their site, but wondered if anyone has any other advise/thoughts on this place.

I have been looking for a motorhome for some time now. Was wondering if any one has one of the KEA ex rental ones. They appear to be a good deal and have everything I need. What are the things I need to look out for? All advice or experiences would be much appreciated. Thanks.

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A man walks into the council office, & says to the Customer Service Officer: "I would like to put my name forward for the forthcoming elections to be a councillor." "I need some practice for becoming a member of parliament" The receptionist repli...

A lot of folks can't understand how we came to have an oil shortage here in Australia. ~~~ Well, there's a very simple answer. ~~~ Nobody bothered to check the oil. ~~~ We just didn't know we were getting low. ~~~ The reason for that is purely geographical. ~~~ Our OIL is located in ~~~ Bass Strait ~~~ Eas...

Leaving middle of next week for the G/Coast again , two weeks with family & the Alan Jackson concert in Brissy ,then S/E Qld hinterland for 3-4 weeks . We will then be heading to the NT again for some fishing. Hope to see some GN's along the way. -- Edited by justcruisin01 on Saturday 26th of February...

An onion can make people cry, but there's never been a vegetable that can make people laugh..

Husband Store A store that sells new husbands has opened in New York City , where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates: You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the value of the products increase as the sh...

Hope to be hitting the road at the end of this year. Neither of us will be on the pension and we would like to know how to cover ourselves for ambulance Australia wide. We also wont have a home address so are not covered by electricity bill.

You won,t believe it , but after todays earthquake, there is a cyclone heading down there, also!What have the kiwis done to warrant this sort of luck, except flog us at rugby?

Hey, you seen the ad. on TV, about the hardware store with the brown and yellow dogs as part of their sales. Well, when working in a northern town some years ago, I noticed that one of the local hardware stores had removed the two metal dogs and put them in a fenced off area next to the shop. The bloke who own...

Hi Folks, I have had two emails in the last few days allegedly from Westnet and using a Westnet email address. The first was shown as a Security Alert and gave a link to click onto to keep your email address secure (yeh, right...). The sender was using a Westnet email address. The second was similar excep...

The Driver has decided to tackle some of his bucket list, so we just got back from a 2 week trip to Darwin. This was a real departure from our usual caravanning travel mode, because we flew up, then caught Ghan back. The original hope was to Ghan one way, with the 4WD, and drive the other, but the Truck is too...

Hi, Just thought it would be interesting to see what other people travel with, ie there set ups.. there campervans, motor homes ., what ever you use and be proud to show it all off, and maybe just inspire some one to do something simillar that they maybe holding off doing... and also maybe a good referenc...

heading to Toowoomba from NSW, have some business early next week. Is there accommodation at the Show Grounds there? If not any suggestions? thanks all, terry

We are back from 15 wonderful weeks in Tassie. There has been earlier postings on the cost of getting to Tasmania and how that has turned some people off going there but really, if visiting for any length of time you will recoup the cost of the ferry. Tasmania really is a RV friendly state, so many beautif...

The campervan I have just bought has a 15 amp connection but the caravan where I currently live has only 10 amp sockets. I have overcome this problem by making up a short adapter so that I can use the 240 volts from the caravan. The question is when using powered sites in caravan parks will I need a 15 amp lea...

well the camper trailer is almost done,,,gear is stowed and a few bits and peices still to get(maybe at the adelaide caravan and camping show) then a bit of a short shake down trip maybe to a beach somewhere,,I have installed a generator, for when we are away from the parks, a solar panel will come along s...