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SMART ASS ANSWER #6 It was mealtime during an airline flight. 'Would you like dinner?' the flight attendant asked John, seated in front. 'What are my choices?' John asked. 'Yes or no,' she replied. SMART ASS ANSWER #5 A flight attendant was stationed at the departure gate to check tickets. As a man app...

Hi all, just touching base and letting you know that we head off in the morning on a five week adventure - with Crosby T. Bear of course - heading for Townsville, then out to Mt Isa, before turning south through Longreach to Charleville, and sadly for the time being, east to head back home north of Brisban...

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Got to chatting with Max next door about sausages. Soon had the overwhelming desire for a sausage for lunch. Very unappealling mass produced snag in the local shop, so off we go to the famous Kuttabul Butcher. After all its only a 60 odd klm trip for half a dozen snags. Lovely drive up through th...

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Howdy All, I was a traveller of this great country of ours for a year but now my physical disabilites preclude any further travel. My question to anyone who may take the time to answer is this:- Is there a need/market for travellers to stay at a 'safe site' on a private property - 4 minutes to Eumundi Mar...

I'm here to tell you all I'm now 75% healthier than I was 2 years ago, which is what stopped my travels when I arrived in Cairns. I'm recovering from surgery which removed a faulty parathyroid from my throat, which was tampering with my calcium levels, and would ultimately damage my bones. This follo...

On a recent trip through Victoria I ran into Jim (justcruisin) at Sale, who persuaded me to join the forum. It was good to meet you Jim, and good to join the group. I have been retired for a couple of years, and my wife finally retired on Friday, so next Saturday we are off to Cameron Corner and the Darling....

Good morning fellow GN's, once again due to my lack of technical experience could I ask the techies to comment on my proposed setup and use of equiptment. Our vehicle, 4wd triton dualcab will be our prime home away from home (rooftop tent) and our intention is to freecamp for longer periods than power...

Hello Lilly, I've taken the liberty of re-posting your info re Barky SG as a new topic for easy future reference quote... Hi ..just thought i let your know just heard from friend that Barcaldine showground has camping ...was when he was there powered sites $14.00 unpowered sites $9.50 hope this infor...

hi all and hope everyone is really enjoying themselfs was watching tv the other day and they had on a book of ghost towns of australia and you can buy this book, not sure how much it is.im going to get it. anyway i just thought it might be good for us to explore some of the old towns long gone on our travels. it...

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Hi fellow grey-nomads. Further to my post "Homeless by choice" & my offer for a free camp site at Chinchilla, it may be worth reading this article which is something I had in mind when I purchased the 700acres at Chinchilla. Post your thoughts so we can all share in them. www.pigswillfl...

Hi all, As you know from my newbie status that I have not been long doing this. But I hope to partly support myself by selling handcrafted bone jewellery at markets. I am currently at Caboolture for this Sunday and wonder if there are any tips or tricks to make this a success. And if there are other places t...

we dont have a garage big enough for the 80's viscount 14 ft pop top, so after its all clean and dry i pull the pop top down and then wrap it up in a huge tarp like a chrissie present. seems like its christmas when we unwrap it because we are off somewhere lol. now management came home from work yesterday an...

Hi all,we have just purchased our new caravan.An A Van Tayler Mk 2.Our other van went yesterday so its all happening now.We have to be out of the house on 11th August and pick up the van the same day.All our worldly possesions will be in the car that day to be transferred into the van.Its all happening so fa...

We are staying at the Big 4 Low Level Katherine. It is a nice park with plenty of shade and grass. The amenities are plentiful and very clean. We have just had the best night in ages. Bush poet during happy hour, he's the bloke who wrote that poem about caravans and early morning pack ups. Think it was on...

John went to a fortune teller for some guidance. The fortune-teller gazed into her crystal ball and then started laughing uncontrollably.So John punched her on the nose. It was the first time he'd ever struck a happy medium.

Merry Xmas & Happy N/Year to All, My Caravan insurance is coming up on the 31/01/09 and was wondering who is the better insurance my van ia a 17.6ft 2003 Coromal pioneer seka xc offroad pop top it is currently insured with CIL but I have got a cheaper Quote from MHIA by about a & $120 is there othe...

just bought an eco pot cooker from caravan etc camping show. cant wait to get some normal receipies. tried out corned beef yesterday - wonderful! Recipe book is good, but need normal recipes .. Dunmowin