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Gidday all. Finally back from the shakedown cruise Perth, Carnarvon, Exmouth then back to Perth. First time ever towing a caravan of any size let alone a 23 footer. The van towed and tracked perfectly and the Land Cruiser (2005 Series 100 6 cyl non turbo manual) towed perfectly at 2300 rpm (80kph) in...

Bob was in trouble. He forgot his wedding anniversary. His wife was really pissed. She told him "Tomorrow morning, I expect to find a gift in the driveway that goes from to 200 in 6 seconds AND IT BETTER BE THERE !!" The next morning he got up early and left for work. When his wife woke up, she lo...

Dear Child, I am writing this slow because I know that you can't read fast. We don't live where we did when you left home. Your dad read in the paper that most accidents happen within 20 miles from your home so we moved. I won't be able to send you the address, as the last family that lived here took the house n...

Here is a question for the sparkies..............amateur or pro. If I put my car fridge in the back of the car and connected it to one of those portable power supply................come jumpstart ...........things with the jumper cables attached to them (whatever they are called) You know what I m...

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...