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Selling your home and centerlink
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Hi all, we are now getting closer to making the major decision about heading out. We are now planning at least two years maybe three and the whole matter of money has arisen as we knew it would. We own our home but need the finance to buy caravan, two vehicle, etc and while we have money that we can access it w...
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Centerlink and travelling
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I am on a DVA and centerlink disability pension. My first trip is intended to be 12 mnths, I have a permant postal address. Do they really care if you are travelling when you are on a disability.
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Renmark SA
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In between appointments this afternoon went down and checked out Plushes Bend, there were a few CV's , MH's sitting down there on the river. No ammenities and allowed to stay 7 days. Looks OK, I think it is in the bible.
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King of the Mountain
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All Holdens on the podeum (spelling), back where they belong.
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in Condobolin NSW for a few days
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dad and I had a nice drive from nowra to Condobolin NSW, About a 5hr drive, I did most of the driving, some of the roads leading here are a bit dicey but we took our time, had to make a few pit stops for Ben the dog. dads gone down to the river to try his luck then tomorrow were going to look at the house where dad an...
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DIESEL PRICES
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Just got back from up the Street and noticed that Uleaded petrol is down to 115.9 pl while diesel is still up at 121.9. Like Pauline said: "please explain" I certainly can't. Ma
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Uniform Colour Coding Needed
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Why is it that each fuel company has different colour codes on there pump handles . Surely there needs to be a standard colour code nation wide . Recently stopped a GN from filling his diesel with ULP , he like a lot thought that Black was diesel when in fact at this particular outlet diesel was dark blu...
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road works
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hi all not really relevent to any thing but it just annoys the hell out of me. had to take van to have work carried out on it. i knew there was road works being done on my normal route so went an alternative way guess what road works. so turned off to go another way guess what, more road works. my biggest bitch i...
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Diamond Python.
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We have a new house guest,came uninvited this morning and took up residence on our back verandah.A beautiful creature about 6 feet long a bit on the thin side,I guess that it just came out of hibernation.The Magpies and Mynahs alerted us to his arrival with loud bird noises(could'nt spell squawking)...
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Trip report /09
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G'Day to all, This years trip had us on the road for 7mths , left in March heading south we followed the coast to VIC, by late April & meet the C O L D change with a zero temp the first night.I know now why they all go north for winter,we had the state to our selves. Upon reaching Sale we we headed to nint...
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ELECTRIC BRAKES
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Hi, do you think electric brakes are essential for a 17ft van and what do they consist of etc.......Cheers.
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Blonde flying to Melbourne
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A plane is on its way to Melbourne when a Blonde in Economy Class gets up & moves to the First Class section and sits down The Flight attendant watches her do this and asks to see her ticket. She then tells the Blonde passenger that she will have to return to her Economy seat. The Blonde replies, 'I'm bl...
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Road vs Air
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After the last couple of days I've had, give me the road every time. I had to fly out of Cairns to Brisbane on Wednesday. Apart from the fact Cairns Airport is an absolute mess under reconstruction, the airline management is a matching mess. Everything is a long wait and a long walk. The planes were banke...
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WARNING: A bit rude.
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At the Senior Citizen's luncheon, an elderly gentleman and an elderly lady struck up a conversation and discovered that they both loved to fish. Since both of them were widowed, they decided to go fishing together the next day. The gentleman picked the lady up, and they headed to the river to his fishi...
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Old Fellow
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A man was sunbathing naked at the beach. For the sake of civility, and to keep it from getting sunburned, he had a hat over his privates. A woman walks past and says, snickering, "If you were a gentleman you'd lift your hat." He raised an eyebrow and replied, "If you weren't so ugly it wou...
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WAY TO GO MUM
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Brian invited his mother over for dinner. During the course of the meal, Brian's mother couldn't help but notice how beautiful Brian's roommate, Jennifer, was. Brian's Mom had long been suspicious of the platonic relationship between Brian and Jennifer, and this had only made her more curious. O...
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THE VAN GOES INTO STORAGE
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Monday morning the van goes into storage for a month. Fly to Karratha on Tuesday morning, do a 4 week stint then back to Perth pick the van up and lug her home to the Shoalhaven. We will only have 10-11 days to get home as i will fly back to perth after that for another 4 week stint
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Warning May Offend
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A dog, a cat, and a penis are sitting around a camp fire one night. The dog says, "My life sucks, my master makes me do my business on a fire hydrent!". The cat says, "I don't think so, my master makes me do my business in a box of cat litter." The penis outraged, says "At least you...
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DUMP POINTS
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Hi, i am going to use a Porta Potti toilet in my van, if i use Bio- Magic in it would i be allowed to empty at a dump point?
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Solar panels
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http://cgi.ebay.com.au/SOLAR-PANEL-mono-120W-Folding-Camping-READY-TO-USE_W0QQitemZ350259148659QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Gadgets?hash=item518d127773&...
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