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Re the earlier discussion on this topic here is the answer: Yes, there is an offence for unreasonably obstructing traffic, but nothing to do with specific speeds. The speed travelled must be abnormally slow, not just 20km/h slower than the posted speed limit. The offence is listed under the Road Ru...

What Religion is Your Bra? A man walked into the ladiesdepartment of Myer's and shyly walkedup to the womanbehindthe counter and said,'I'd liketo buy a brafor mywife.' 'What type of bra?' asked the clerk. 'Type?' inquires the man,'There's more than one type?' 'Look around,' saidthesaleslady...

This time of year in the hills is absolutely stunning especially so this year with the rain we have had of late. Almond and cherry trees blossoms are out , rolling green hills, dams full, best it had looked in a long time. We spent a couple of hours exploring yesterday and even though only 30 minutes from...

Has anyone out there stuck it out for the wet season in Darwin? We are here at a wonderful caravan park called Tumbling Waters,near Berrry Springs.The heat is not too bad,was worse in Katherine.On the way up here we assed heaps of vans going south,it felt like we were the only ones heading north. Cheers...

Beer- A Worrying Thought! This is alarming Beer contains female hormones! Yes, that's right, FEMALE hormones! Last month, April 2009, SydneyUniversity and scientists released the results of a recent analysis that revealed the presence of female hormones in beer. Men should take a concerned lo...

Just wondering if Christine is ok or has she hit the road?

Much to my regret i had to come home from South Australia. Neil and Lynne went to Becks either last tues or Wed and jenny was not there. Had planned to go back again but the weather was so perfect we went fishing a lot and got our bag limit of king george whiting everyday which was great. Not long now until you...

There is a factory in Northern Minnesota which makes the Tickle Me Elmo toys. The toy laughs when you tickle it under the arms. Well, Lena is hired at The Tickle Me Elmo factory and she reports for her first day promptly at 8:00 am. The next day at 8:45 am there is a knock at the Personnel Manager's door.. Th...

In the news today Woolworths and Coles will no longer be allowed to have restrictive leases that preclude another supermarket opening up shop. They have done this in the past and now it's to be stopped to allow competition, Costco are rumoured to have twisted the arm of the ACCC to allow them to set up sh...

A woman went to a pet shop & immediately spotted a large, beautiful parrot.. There was a sign on the cage that said $50.00. "Why so little," she asked the pet store owner... The owner looked at her and said, "Look, I should tell you first that this bird used to live in a house of Prosti...

Just watch a programme on television. Allan......a GN?.........fell in his caravan, broke his hip, drove 300ks towards Eucla. He was driving as he couldn't move to get out of the drivers seat to let his wife drive. Made it to Mundrabilla where the Ambulance met him and his wife and took him to Eucla M...

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Just received my caravan insurance renewal notice ... which announces a whopping 40 percent increase over last year! We are now being asked to fork out $1540, instead of the $1116 we paid last year. The company explains the rise by saying it received an avalanche of claims arising from this year's sto...

Has a bit of a run in with the Rude Ranger.We stayed at Northaven near Laurieton nsw for a few days recently.I took my dog "Wally"down to the off leash section of the beach.Not a soul in site,off we went happy little vegemites,skipping and jumping along the sand.Noticed a couple with a large...

im not good on maths , so need some help , we got a 3litre turbo diesel engine with a 120 l tank just wondering how much it would cost to fill up, which we havent done yet. been told we should get 800-900 ks, auto,with cruise control. any one know? or have something similar, diesel seems to be around the same a...

Ok, so its the first weekend in the new house that we dont have visitors, appointments, tradesman or gardening to do, so lets go off in the van. Just a short trip, about 1 hour to the local dam. Red alert for Blue green algae, no good for the dog or fishing. Well lets travel 2 hours to free camp on the river,...

Does anyone know of or stayed at any caravan &/or campsites along the river between Rockhampton township & the rivermouth with small boat access. Any INFO would be great.Thanks Jim & Leonie.

A virile, middle-aged Italian gentleman named Guido was relaxing at his favourite bar in Rome when he managed to attract a spectacular young blonde woman. Things progressed to the point where he invited her back to his apartment and, after some small talk, they retired to his bedroom where he ra...

Ben the dog and i are having a couple of test nights in the motor home while its parked at my dads place. the van is rockn a bit with the wind, ben the dog has seemed to settleled in ok. the van has a connection to connect a hose , theres one section that says non pressured water? i have to find out how big our tank...

Hi Big thanks to all you great people who reply to posts.Unfortunately being a newbie to this i can only contribute questions at this stage.Hopefully that will all change early in 2010. But in the meantime im getting more and more confused by all the choices out there.I think that's the problem with th...