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Old TimersBar Four old retired guys are walking down a street in Port Macquarie, Australia . They turned a corner and see a sign that says, 'Old Timers Bar - all drinks 10 cents. They look at each other, and then go in, thinking this is too good to be true. The old bartender says in a voice that carries acro...

Here is a pic I took from my 8 ft dingy in Horseshoe bay, Magnetic is, Qld. Its 3m across!

Are there any Nomads going to the Bendigo caravan show 21st Nov...My wife and I are going too a wedding on the Saturday and figgered we'd go and have a look...

Is anyone sick of that thing flashing up above, it drives me crazy and I find it hard to concentrate with the d...n red thing flashing all the time. Or am I the only one who has it on my screen. I'm not a winner so stop telling me I am.

Well my old dear is sold , my new avatar pic is 'my "visualised" replacement' I call it th "bat-bus"

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Hi everyone. We finally made it across the top of Aussie and have now stopped in Broome for the Wet. After needing new shocks, new tyres (after a blow out) and a bit of 'down time' we thought a stop in Broome to recoup would be a good idea.We will stop here to see how we cope with the cyclone season and the hu...

Newbie here and wondering if anyone has any suggestion on what type of cheaper campervan to buy for solo travelling woman. Am only thinking about it at this stage. Reading all your posts with interest.

What a week! and it is not even half way through - don't know why, but i thought of your guys to share this with. On Sunday, whilst Pete was at golf, one of the guys told him that he had inoperable cancer with about 14 mths to live, sounded like he had quite a good posistive outlook, and he at least had time to pu...

Well, the child bride (she does have a name) and I have decided to escape from the humdrum of small business and do the GN thing, leaving around Easter, next year. We have decided on the kind of van we want (18'-20' with shower and wc), so now begins the agonising task of buying a tug. In the esteemed opin...

Hi All, well, this is our second full day at Bjelke Peterson Dam and took 'The Tub' out for a bit of fishing this morning - and, yep, moi, caught a yellowbelly around 40cm, then I caught a tree!! However, 'im, who shall remain nameless, just caught a tree!!! First time out for the tinny , and first time fish...

Hello All just introducing myself have been planning this trip for a long time and am in a position to get away and enjoy this wonderful country. would like some advise as to what is the best caravan insurance around. happy trails cliff

Darryl and I will be in Glen Innes at the Glen Rest Van Park. Anyone in the area please stop by and say Howdy!!! Barb

today as i was bouncing along in the truck doing my job and thinking that i'd rather be on a beach somewhere,, (god i gotta stop thinking) anyhoo,, wouldn't it be kind of "neato" to have an annual get togeather for the people on this web site somewhere in australia once a year ( hence the annu...

well , I celebrated my dads 87th birthday, with my sister down today from sydney.. we got a nice chocolate spunge cake thing with heaps of cream!!! and a musical candle for him to blow out.. I wonder if I'll get to that age... the way i feel like latley i have my doubts, I always said if I get to 40 , with all the...

We use a small Webber type BBQ to cook Pork,Lamb etc.These meats are cooked uncovered.The thought entered my head about the safety health wise from the heat Beads.Does anyone have any thoughts or tips about this form of cooking.The Webber certainly cooks to perfection,is cheap,easy to clean and no...

under the popup menue thing down the bottom of the page thst you can pick what part of the forum there used to be a button that said go, now seems to be gone?

How lucky am I ????? It's a lovely rainy day... not much to do...I'm in the office, andddddd, I THOUGHT Roger was in his shed playing with boys stuff, till I could vaguely hear him on the phone. Still didn't take much notice, till he came in here and told me he had just bought me a present. THAT'S when I knew h...

We're looking for a rollout awning to buy, any colour, would like it to be about 4.5mts long if anyone knows where we can get hold of one that would be great.

Has anyone heard of 5 Star Caravans? Any reports...good or bad...please let us know. Cheers Dellie