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A young jackaroo from outback Queensland goes off to university, but halfway through the semester he foolishly has squandered all of his money. He calls home. 'Dad,' he says, 'you won't believe what modern education is developing. They actually have a program here in Brisbane That will teac...

Do any of you girls and boys out there in Greynomadland have any suggestions for a GPS. My primary requirement is for highway and by-way touring as much as for around town street navigation. Ability to interface with a computer to do pre-trip preparation would also be a high priority. Over to you (or in...

My thanks to all who responded to my previous query re GPS. All the responses contained useful information that I have taken on board. This really proves the benefit of being a part of this forum Jim

Hello it's us we are finally on the big island arrived this morning.The big adverture begins.Ballarat for 3 days .Has anybody stayed at this park,would appreciated any feedback. Thanks in advance Syd & Donna P.S Melbourne never again thankyou

A mother and daughter are dead after they were beaten and shot as a result of domestic violence issues. The man shot the 14yo girl and bashed the mother and she died later. Rotten mongrel! This happened at Mareeba up on the Tablelands. The mother died of her injuries at Townsville. The Domestic Violen...

Hi all .. .. I arrived here at North Richmond yesterday afternoon to visit with John and Anne (Jandas Fun) to finalise a few things and stock up with supplies before we three get away for a few days out west. Within 2 weeks, I hope to be in Wodonga (Vic) to get some further work done on the communications...

10% of road accidents are due to drunken driving . This makes it a logical statement that 90% of accidents are due to driving without drinking! Terro

Tired of constantly being broke & stuck in an unhappy Marriage, a young husband decided to solve both problems By taking out a large insurance policy on his wife with himself as the Beneficiary, and then arranging to have her killed. A 'friend of a friend' put him in touch with a nefarious dark-si...

Bob Hill and his new wife Betty were vacationing in Europe.... as it happens, near Transylvania . They were driving in a rental car along a rather deserted highway. It was late and raining very hard. Bob could barely see the road in front of the car. Suddenly the car skids out of control! Bob attempts...

The NSW Government and the NSW Greens party were recently presenting an alternative method to NSW Farmers for controlling that States rampant dingo population. It seems that after years of the farmers using the tried and true traditional methods of shooting or trapping the predators, the tree-h...

A Mallee farmer got into his ute, drove to a neighbouring farm and knocked at the farmhouse door. A young boy about 9 opened the door. "Is your Dad home?" the farmer asked. "No sir, he isn't," the boy replied. "He went into town." "Well," said the farmer, &q...

MOUSE BALLS... I don't know how they wrote this with a straight face. This was a real memo sent out by a computer company (IBM) to its employees in all seriousness. It went to all field engineers regarding a computer peripheral problem. The author of this memo was quite genuine. The engineers rolled...

We are currently parked at Rainbow Beach QLD and need to get to Wodonga in Victoria. Have had problems with our tow vehicle and need to find the easiest way, avoiding mountain ranges etc. We are in no hurry, can anyone assist?

Heading for the Kimberley? This new site looks like an invaluable source of information: http://www.gibbriverroad.net/ Cheers, TonyD

Hi Folks .. With the gracious support of John (Jandas Fun) who picked me up from my current abode, I was able to today take ownership of my long awaited Avan Ovation M4 .. Yeeeeeeeeeee haaaaaaa !! .. now to spend some time getting a few radios installed, together with all my worldly possessions .. the...

All was well here at the Cove,3 am and all was well until the pop of small arms fire came through the still of the night,cripes we are under attack from an enemy yet unknown.Lights came on at the homes both sides of us,swearing and not so nice words could clearly be heard above the pop,pop of yet more gunfir...

We are looking to be in Melb end of March 2010 and intend doing 6mnth WA. where do we start looking for a set up. we have looked at caravans in Melb last week when we were there. not too many 2nd hand around. any ideas from Aussie folks would be great.

From the end of April next year I will be doing my first long motorhome trip from Brissy. I need to finish at Jindabyne in August [where I will be staying at Lake Jindabyne for the ski season] So essentialy I have May, June July to fill in. First thought was to go north on the bitumen as far as I can and then com...

I note the article " NO free For All " on the Nomad home page states .... ' It seems like our friends across the Bass Strait ".... referring to an article on NZ camping issues Last time I was in NZ I had to cross the Tasman Sea - didnt go over Bass Strait ))