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Hi All Haven't been "in touch" for a while but for those of you who remember we were asking about Prado v Pajero or Pathfinder. Thanks for the very helpful comments for those who participated. We settled for a 2007, diesel, auto, VRX Pajero with low km's and are very pleased with the purcha...

A beautiful blonde teenager, wanting to earn some extra money for the summer, decided to hire herself out as a 'handy-woman', and started canvassing a nearby well-to-do neighbourhood. She went to the front door of the first house, and asked the owner if he had any odd jobs that she could do. " Wel...

Hi All, Yes, loong time since I last posted! I have been up the middle and on to Darwin. Not much there for me so headed back to Katherine to work. I am a checkout chick in Woolies. Sooo sorry Sue that I missed you when you were through here. I will be following you down the WA coast when I finish my 3mths commit...

I dont normally advertise one thing over another but this I gotta tell you about I recently upgraded my old gps (it died in echuca) I purchased a garmin nuvi 760 off ebay (got it cheap because its last years model, doesnt matter because I got all the latest updates off the garmin website to bring it right u...

Hello everyone out there, I would like some imput into wheather once on the road have many of you sold up and just played it by ear or have you still a home somewhere in the great country. Just interested. See you later Lynn

This story from the Fraser Coast Chronicle on the "Finda" site is doing the rounds of the forums at the moment. You may recall that Maryborough were going to allow free overnight parking in a town area for nomads as a trial. Looks like they have done a backflip, see; http://www.finda.c...

I've just found this forum. Am still learning how to opperate a computer. Something I promised myself I would do when I retired. Well, I retired 3 years ago altho my husband is still working. Now I have the time to check with fellow grey nomads and would like to talk with any other mad fossickers . My husb...

by jeeeez. those sand gropers,there just a different breed . this hungry customer at mc'donalds,gets into a bit of a scuffle outside the store. so he bit the other blokes ear off ( wonder if it tasted any better than a big mac )

TALK TOO MUCH ©By Christine Thiel The world says I talk too much.Who decides these things and such?If I cant speak up for myself or converse with them allDo I stay silent, and be thought a fool? My life has been solo for a long, long time.I raised children, managed household real fine.Running a bus...

Hi everyone, I talked to a solo nomad for 10 mins as I was leaving Newman for Meekarratha WA. (he had passed me several times since Katherine in NT. Got to Meekarratha, had to ring Telstra to find out the name of the park I stayed at (don't laugh), rang them and asked them to give a message to the fifth whee...

Recently stopped for cuppa in Goomeri, NE of Murgon, W of Gympie. A local approached me and said I was welcome to stay for 20 hours. This is a new initiative by the council to bring in money to the town which is attractive and in a great area. Camping is behind the information hut, near the oval and there are...

margaret went shopping today at woolies at the logan hyperdome, ( coles and woolies are offering 10 per cent off to pensioners on tuesday and wednesday ) " but" the prices on all the staple lines has shot thru the roof. there other offer is 40 cents off your...

I have just watched the most amazing ventriloquist on YouTube. If you have a spare 5 minutes or so click on the link (or cut and paste) www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNJ02rxaNrs&eurl=http://touringoz.yuku.com/topic/1388/t/This-guy-is-awesome.html&feature=player_embedded

Who Put The Dog Out ... A couple was going out for the evening. They'd gotten ready, all dolled up, but just needed to put the dog out when the taxi arrives. However as the couple walked out of the house, the dog shoots back in the house. They don't want the dog shut in the house, so the wife goes out to the taxi...

We are on the road now and before we left home we had a garage sale. It opened our eyes to how greedy humans can be. I have never experienced what material things mean to some people.They were like a pack of vultures (maybe that as a little harsh)but if this is what people are like I would prefer to have nothi...

My water tank is currently fitted under the bed at the rear end of the Hiace camper. I would like to fit one under the floor and remove the present one completly. The filling port is on the outside of the body and can be re routed to a new underfloor tank. The pump is a manual hand type. Anyone out there got an...

Just got interested in a very tidy 1999 Toyota Hiace 2.8 Diesel Pop Top Campervan. Took it for a test drive and crawled all over it. Seems to have been well looked after and cared for. Only two owners and 165k on the clock. Anyone got a ball park Number of what It may do "Litres to the 100 klms...

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We are now in Coral Bay and on booking in we were told at reception that it was not advisable to hook the van up to the water as it was bore water. Our neighbours to the left have heeded the warning, the guys on the right are hooked up, no worries. Within a 100m radius I would estimate that the hookers vs. non-h...

Dont normally play with the internet, but was wondering if an article I read on corrugations in the 60s was still current and came across this road report for the Barkly, Central, Katherine and top end , might be handy for some of you heading north http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/roadreport/obstructi...