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Any nomads living or travelling in any of the widespread rain areas at present? Here in Cairns we are getting pelted today. I spoke to a mate in Mt Isa and they have had most of the years rainfall already. Cloncurry had theirs almost overnight. Townsville has gone from dusty brown to lush green....

You have to Love the IrishPaddy was driving down the street in a sweat because he had an important meeting and couldn't find a parking place. Looking up to heaven he said, 'Lord take pity on me. If you find me a parking place I will go to Mass every Sunday for the rest of me life and give up me Irish Whis...

The priest in a small Irish village loved the **** and hens he kept in the hen house behind the church. But one Saturday night the **** went missing! The priest knew that **** fights happened in the village so he started to question his parishioners in church the next morning. During Mass, he asked the c...

Hi to all , back home again & all is good. Guess i have a bit of reading to do to catch up again , Been off the scene for the last week , it has been cloudy & light rain the last week. Under these conditions we were not getting full input from the solar , we needed all the battery power for the fridge &am...

IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER - by Erma Bombeck (written after she found out she was dying from cancer). I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day. I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it mel...

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The darlin misses is going to Albury so i ask her to pop out and get a new trogan water pump for the van from the caravan joint. Good little love gets what im after. Then she says in a demure voice "darling heart" ive seen the van of my dreams while at the caravan joint, then the man in me pipes up an...

I was last in Australia approximately 2 years ago when I attended a wedding. For a week I hired a camper van and toured the Northern Territories. Well, I say toured but we spent a couple of nights here and there and soon the week was over. It was on this trip that we met Gray Nomads and found out about the ad...

Today marks 4 weeks since I had a cigarette. Have tried previously without any luck so this time I set myself a goal. $100 per week into the new caravan kitty. geez I miss them.

So a few weeks ago I'm sitting with my GP who was giving me weird looks probably because of my head wear, but hey if Arabs can wear a tea towel on their head whats wrong with a custom tinfoil beanie... I digress the topic is arthritis and the fact that because of all the other mind altering drugs I'm on I can't...

Hi Everyone, Apologies for being away over the holiday period and not monitoring the forum as closely as we should have. It seems there has been some discord in ranks - not a good start for 2010. We would like to remind everybody that this is a friendly site where all are welcome. We suspect that the re...

Hi, Where can I buy the Grey Nomads Guidebook and what is the cost ? We live in - Adelaide - SA Cheers Doug

Thankyou Cindy for you're generousity! we just got our stickers in the mail & will display them with pride. Cheers Jon & Hylda

Hi all can any one give me the in's & out's of what to look for when buying an airbag jack

Here is a great recipe for a leg of lamb in a camp oven Place leg of lamb in camp oven 1 large cup coca cola 1 cup tomato sauce cook slowly intil cooked right through. discard gravy as this process takes all the fat from joint ( you may keep a small amount as base for gravy is required} Serve with yo...

Now for happy hour - What about Mars Bar slices Three mars bars 90 gr. butter (not bloody marg) three cups rice bubbles 200gr. good milk chocolate plus 30gr. butter extra FUN PART grease a slice tray combine mars bars and 90gr. butter in saucepan stir constantly over LOW heat, without boiling until...

A lady goes to her priest one day and tells him, 'Father, I have a problem. I have two female parrots, But they only know how to say one thing.' 'What do they say?' the priest inquired. They say, 'Hi, we're hookers! Do you want to have some fun?' That's obscene!' the priest exclaimed, Then he tho...

I am a bowman, second and third class. With my recurve bow of 40 lbs draw i would expect if aiming for an apple from 50 yards and shooting six arrows at that target to on average have four lodge in the apple and the two others hit within 3 inches of its centre, on average that is. I am a current member of Archery...

Found this and while its dated (2007) makes an interesting read for those thinking of hitting the road. Some of its already been mentioned before on here, but this is the first time I have seen it coming from Centrelink themselves. Pay to check with them for the latest info, but at least you know what to a...