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Hi I thought I would introduce myself. afler all I have been reading your posts, and chit chat for a little while now. I'm John or Johno 58 years young from Perth WA. A short time ago I was made redundant through a factory closure after 25 years. I have been contemplating the possibility of traveling an...

I am about to fit a swing out alluminium utility box on the rear of the Hiace. This is to hold the tools, spare gas cylinder, tent pegs, stove, awning etc. Adds 300 mm to the vehicle length, and withing the overhang limit. It actually wont be holding a lot of weight. Just want to get these items out of the va...

Ozcaravantagalong.com is back online. My site partner has done the necessary repairs, so you can now log on and record your trip from departure to destination, so others may choose to tag along with you for part, or all of your journey. Or you may see a trip you'd like to tag along with. Making contact i...

G'day, We are hitting the road on Saturday heading for Adelaide, it's the Mother in Law's 94 birthday on Sept 1 so we need to be there for that, then it is on up to Uluru for a few days visit and then slowly back to WA in time for xmas with the family. I can't wait to get going and finally leave all this wet and co...

I received this email today from a Samuel Lees, Samuel.Lees@student.uts.edu.au I noticed a few of our members email addresses on on the email addresses including Cruising Granny and Ibbo etc, to the best of my knowledge mine is not shown on my profile. Does anyone know how they got our email addres...

Going to Gerroa for a week, listen to the pounding surf, try some fishing and eating.... If you are around drop in, staying beachside at the Seven Mile beach CP. You'll know our van as it's the only one with a big black dog eyeing you off.

I became confused when I heard the word "Service " used with these agencies: Internal Revenue 'Service' Australian. . Postal 'Service' Telephone 'Service' TV 'Service' Civil 'Service' State, City, Council & Public 'Service' Customer 'Service' This is not what I thought...

Q: Doctor, I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true? A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it... don't waste them on exercise.Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer;that's like saying you can extend th...

A man is driving down the road and breaks down near a monastery. He goes to the monastery, knocks on the door, and says, My car broke down. Do you think I could stay the night? The monks graciously accept him, feed him dinner, and even fix his car. As the man tries to fall asleep, he hears a strange sound; a so...

If you are travelling and planning to see wave rock, or even if your not I would reccomend that you travel along the tin horse highway. in our opinion more impressive than the rock and well worth the detour. Lake grace to Kondinin road.

If your out this way touring through the wheatbelt.... you can put your feet up for a couple of days on the farm for free! The wild flowers and wildlife are nice here in spring. So long as the open spaces don't frighten you its magic.

I had my signature ("what have you done today to make you feel proud") thrown up in my face by a grumpy pm sender this morning, I thought a little about this and now I would like to answer this in my usual, very public way what I have done so far today is to bathe, dress and feed my darling little &q...

Hi Folks .. Yes .. I am the former jon7360 .. now just "Jonathan" .. I did pull the plug due to a pervading atmosphere of negativity .. one which I simply didn't wish to be part of .. Why did I come back ? .. well .. there's a lot of good people in here that I do enjoy talking to and I wish to continu...

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I have a 7" LCD monitor surplus to requirements. It clips over your existing mirror and when on is an LCD monitor with 2 video inputs via standard RCA connectors and when off is a mirror. Excellent for towing. Complete with instructions and remote ( why you would need a remote I don't know) and is i...

Dare I hope that this topic doesn't head into "intensity"..... LOL I'm going into hospital next week and thought that since I have FULL cover for hospital and extras that it wouldn't eat into the travel fund toooooo much............WRONG!!! Got a letter in the mail today from the bloke t...

Here are a few pictures from our trip -- Edited by Gary and Kerry on Sunday 26th of July 2009 09:40:44 AM

Deirdre and I (plus pooches) are currently doing a "lap". We are enjoying it immensly - and are currently in Albany (WA) where we are about to turn east, for the run back home to Melbourne. Today we did something new to both of us - we went whale watching on a locally operated catamaran and were...

If you drove off after morning tea this a.m. and left your step behind(fiamma) in w.a. then I have it. 0427167410

http://www.lets-getaway.com/ambulance.htm This is a pretty informative site . Hope it works. I've had a heck of a job figuring out how to do it. Cheers, xina. Thanks Pale-bushman. -- Edited by xina on Tuesday 11th of August 2009 06:12:32 PM