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Can someone tell me how you get your avitar or picture thingy to be visible when you post a reply or wot not. Computerly challenged, that's me. Thanks Happy day, safe travelling

Hi again folks and thanks for all your good wishes on our plunge into fulltime GNomading. We have upgraded the solar panels on the Coaster and have two BP Solar Panels for sale, they are 75watt ($300 each) also we have an Orion TV and video for sale 12v/240v ($500 ono) So if anyone is after any of these it...

Any info on 3 way fridges for caravans. our exlectrolux has agiven up the ghost and we now have to put in a new one or similar. gitsho

An elderly couple had dinner one of there friends homes, after eating there meals the 2 wives excused them selves and headed to the kitchen. The two gents were talking and one said, we went to a new restaurant the other night and i would recommend it highly. The other bloke asks "what was the...

The boss walked into his office one morning not knowing his fly was wide open. His assistant walked up and asked him did he know he had left the garage door open this morning. the boss told her he was sure it was closed, then walked into his office a bit puzzled the question. When he had finished his paper...

saw a cooker made from an old 9kg gas bottle, legs bought it up to a comfortable level laying on its side and a oblong hole cut in the side to hold a grill, (looked like reo) the valve had been removed and a door for the firewood and the other end had a 2inch chimney all compenents fitted in the bottle itself...

My elderly Parents are arriving this arvo on their way home. We will celebrate Mum's 85th. We are going out for Indian. Simply because Dad hates anything that has any taste, it has to be bland and stewed in a bain maree for at least 2 days and have a tag "Pensioner Meals" before he will eat it......

We are in the ridge staying at Lorne Station, $18pn powered, $12 unpowered. Managers are really nice and very helpful. Showers, toilet and bush kitchen, there is a large fire ring with wood provided, a dam to go yabbing and Chris(manager) does a hour and a half walk three nights a week. She spent 12 year...

Chatting to some travellers at a truck stop on the way home from Melbourne last week. They were going to Sydney to collect a cheap annex to fit onto their Toyota campervan. paid $350 0n e bay for secondhand one. Managed to track down the makers web site for anyone thats interested. Dont know how to make it...

It's been a hectic few weeks, the house is now sold, we picked up the motorhome on Thursday and we are now officially Grey Nomads of no fixed abode. We are trying to find places to put everything in the Coaster and the chief is sorting out his 'workshop/trailer' which we are towing with us. We are headin...

Mate posed the question at lunch today" if you put a heap of solar panels on the roof of a bus would the government consider the bus to be carbon neutral and give you a carbon credit to offset you running your diesel without fear of the pollution police. Maybe he could plant a tree or two in the A...

just done all the vehicle servicing, went to wash my hands and ran out of V O 5 hairshampoo, cant buy it anymore so settled for Pappilion hairshampoo from the $2 dollar shop, removes all grease and even the black stain that you get from the diesel oil recommend it for all who get there hands dirty

an elderly woman walked into the reserve bank of australia and asks if she could make a deposit, a gentleman aproached and told her that "in the reserve bank of australia we do not take deposits" "but it is a rather large ammount for just any bank" the lady said "oh all right I...

A successful rancher died and left everything to his devoted wife. She was a very good-looking woman and determined to keep the ranch, but knew very little about ranching, so she decided to place an ad in the newspaper for a ranch hand. Two cowboys applied for the job. One was gay and the other a drunk. Sh...

Would like to know how long the forum has been going and who had the brilliant idea of starting it. Helena

Dragging a lot of different trailers over the years, and a lot of them were vans I have never worked out why there is not a good tyre filler on the market, The minute you feel the van lurch and you check the mirror and see the lean there gos over a hundred bucks, by the time you have stopped, the steel wheel has...

G'day, A few years ago I had a Hayman Reese solid state brake controller installed in my car, after about 6 months use I couldn't stand it any more so I replaced it with a Tekonsha Prodigy and have never looked back, it is so easy to use, no more fiddling around changing the settings for different road spee...

This has all the hall marks of speed cameras " Revenue" Never see a ranger around any of these parks anymore now replaced by Robo Cop.

G'day, Well it looks like our travel plans will have to be put on hold for a few weeks longer than anticipated, we were planning on leaving the first week in June but now it seems we will not be leaving until August, reason - head on the car cracked and the total cost of a reconditioned head, supply and fit,...

January Took new scarf back to store because it was too tight. February Fired from pharmacy job for failing to print labels..... Helllloooo!!!.......bottles won't fit in printer !!! March Got really excited.....finished jigsaw puzzle in 6 months..... box said '2-4 years!' April T...