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I'll bet they change that tail number ASAP

A question to all full time grey nomads.... How do you go about insurance on your vehicle and van while on the road full time? Freddo.

I am surprised at the lack of posts re the article on the Gray Nomad Home Page re the rather scary reaction to a proposal to build a smallish motorhome/caravan park in a spot called Plainlands, in Qld. The business proposal included a on site caretaker to oversee things. Locals seemed to be totally u...

what are the must see's on the way

we are thinking about taking a ride on the puffing billy that runs out of Belgrave to cranbrook Vic., now here it tends to get a bit confusing the website states the glorious and undoubtebly illustrious "puffing billy" but then produces no less than approx. four steam engines all under t...

A fella comes into his vet in tears holding his apparently dead dog and says "doc you gotta help me - I luv him dearly is there anything you can for him ?" (by the way readers I am adlibbing this a bit) The vet who can obviously see the dog is dear departed says "well ok bring him in here and put...

Has anyone got Track ranger and if so is it any good? A bloke I know has a setup for sale and I asked him why he was selling it and his response was that he no longer needed it....Before I lash out on yet another gadget I thought I'd ask around first....

bloody koalas now they are drinking our booze, I say an eradication program is in order, they've just gone too far this time

Good God I have been wittering on about doing this for years! I thought I had it sussed, I thought I had a good idea, but no, I have NO idea!! Having read lots of messages and banters, and queries, especially from other women such as Bubs and Cruising Granny and Bamphoto, I realise that despite how many Gl...

We had our first big trip all planned, departing Adelaide around 15th Jan for the southern part of WA returning early June. Have now been informed that we need to be in Brisbane early March for a family birthday. The way I see it I have three options, carry on as planned (not really an option if i want to sta...

. Wife from Hell A police officer pulls over a speeding car. The officer says, I clocked you at 80 miles per hour, sir.The driver says, Gee, officer I had it on cruise control at 60, perhaps your radar gun needs calibrating. Not looking up from her knitting the wife says: Now dont be silly dear, you k...

So, here's the story. . . Tired of constantly being broke & stuck in anunhappy marriage, a young husband decided to solve both problemsby 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 wi...

There is a free camp about 12K's outside of Lorne up the Lorne-Deans Marsh road. As you pass the only road off to the left it is about 200M further up on the right,no sign from that side just look for track in. It is called Big Hill campground, has drop loo's, phone coverage and plenty of open spaces. there...

Ok.changing the subject..........Who's going to the Adelaide Caravan & Camping show? I'm going on Saturday morning Dave

Smythesdale Gardens,19K's south west from Ballarat off the Glenelg Highway. Turn onto Gardens rd for about 200m driveway on left. S37. 38370, E143.41170. $5pppn, power available, toilets and hot and cold showers. Plenty of level shady spots. Ring Dennis on 0418 503938 and he will come and collect...

why oh why is there so many "watchers" this is not the Dave and Basil show, you do not just come in and switch us on and sit back and relax, this is supposed to be a forum. A FORUM is where people with like interests DISCUSS like minded activities, discuss as in join up and talk, not look in and read...

what is your main concern, if like us you are considering "selling up and hitting the road" is it having no permanent residence, I.E. no house any more, selling everything that you own that took you a life time to acquire, is it "living on the road". is it the fear of the unknown, i...

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a lecturer was standing in front of a group of women trying to give a lecture on involuntary spasms within the human body having tried to gain the noisy and disruptive class time and time again with no success he finally cracked walking over to one of the noisier women in the front row he asked the questio...

Alocal policeman had just finished and was at home with his misses. You wont believe what happened this evening, in all my years in the force iv never seen anything like it. 'Yes dear what happened" I came accros two blokes down by the river, one was drinking battery acid and th...