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Morning all; well what a diverse country we live in. Storms in SA and Vic, and bushfire warnings in SE Qld,!! Expected max temp in Mt Gambier -12; est. max here on Sunshine Coast 30. Pity my poor hubby working as Traffic Controller here today!!!

hi all this happened to me a week ago.wife and i staying in caravan park wife taken car into town to do some shopping i'm laying on bed reading book hear noise out side of van look out window see some dirty little sh*ts pissing into my water tank. find out later one of the kid is12 years old i go out side grab th...

When you go into hospital for an operation and you have allergies......MAKE SURE THE STAFF FULLY UNDERSTAND what those allergies can do to you. I thought I had explained to the theatre staff what my iodine and tape allergy would do to me, but they, in their wisdom decided they knew best. After swabbing...

Met some people at Albany van park who had their roll out awning shredded while they were travelling. Apparently it just blew onrolled while they were motoring and a truckie pointed it out to them. the legs etc were still locked in place so either the latch failed or they had it in the roll out position. I...

Suppose this should have gone on Milos weather thread, as that was the memory stirrer At Mallacoota parked side on to the sea , that is on the south east heading, The wind picked up the annexe of the fella next door and blew it several vans back , you learn not to put out the canvas on days like that, the va...

An older,white-haired man walked into a jewelry store one Friday evening with a beautiful young gal at his side. He told thejeweler he was looking for a special ring for his girlfriend. The jeweler looked through his stock and brought out a $5,000. ring. The old man said, 'No, I'd like to see something...

I know this topic was raised earlier in the year and I have read the posts, just wondering if anyone has bought one since.

Hi All, Firstly, great book and site. My Wife 32, myself 35 and two children 3.5 and 5 are planning a 4 month trip alongside the GN's. When researching our trip we found it extremely hard to find information on just travelling oz, however research GN's and voila! The GN book is invalueable, it just see...

I am toying with the idea of buying a 2000w Kipor Generator. Has anybody heard anything about them or is anyone used/using one. If so can you give me a run down on them. Thanks. Doc.

A little girl asked her mother: 'How did the human race appear?'The mother answered, 'God made Adam and Eve,they had children, and so all mankind was made.'Two days later the girl asked her father the same question. The father answered, 'Many years ago there were monkeys from which the humanrac...

with Australian weather as we know it, how do you go in really bad weather in your motor homes / vans?

I posted this on my previous thread as a newbie-oops! Want to know best way to buy a cheap reliable campervan. Any suggestions? Price range $2000-$5000 Thanks

I wrote this in 1986 but it could still be relevant. SINGLE AGAIN © Its hard to be single again,Especially for lonely women.The World says, Go get em!But not till youve met em.So where do you suggest we begin? Theres always the pub or the discoThat gives us somewhere to go.But then theres the kidsAnd t...

it's getting close to that time of year again when all you fellers hitch up the wagon and start heading out time to check your wheel bearings, brake shoes and activation units as well as tyres and pressures on tug and tow vehicles don't just hook up and go, do your pretrip service checks and maintenance f...

As I head toward Camooweal the into NT to Barkly Homestead and then either north or west (?) seems a UHF radio might make be feel safer in case of an emergengy etc. Seems you can get a Uniden or GME rfor about $300 or so. (In the absence of Telstra, god love 'em - not!).Do they need to be fitted? or can you get a h...

A woman meets a man in a bar. They talk; they connect; they end up leaving together. They get back to his place, and as he shows her around his apartment. She notices that one wall of his bedroom is completely filled with soft, sweet, cuddly teddy bears. There are three shelves in thebedroom, with hundre...

If this has been covered before my apologies. Is it legal to have your fridge running on gas when under tow. I realise that when going into a servo the fridge would need to be turned off, other than that, I cannot see any reason why it can't.

prince charles was on tour in the remote regions of australia, upon arrival at Kalgoorlie he was inquired upon by the local mayor of his animal skin head wear his reply was "I said to Mummsy that we would be dropping in on Kalgoorlie, and she replied OHHhh!!! wear the fox hat!!"

A New Zealander was washed up on a beach after a terrible shipwreck. Only a sheep and a sheepdog were washed up with him. Looking around, he realised they were stranded on a deserted island. After being there awhile, he got into the habit of taking his two animal companions to the beach every evening to w...

i was just listening to a few slim dusty cd's.most of his songs are about towns and areas of australia.every time he mentioned a town i thought of what it was like when we were there and which way we were headed.there were a lot of areas sung about which we have not yet visited and it made us think how big this...