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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...

Save a fortune, don't buy a BBQ

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

Leinster, Shire of Leonora, (home of the Wedgetail Eagle or the jewel of the northern goldfields) WA, has a beaut caravan park. Reminiscent of Leigh Creek in SA, and as good as any, its only $10 per night for a powered site. But the laundry has free washing machines and dryers! (Which is a bugger because...

Two little kids are in a hospital, lying on stretchers next to each other outside the operating room. The first kid leans over and asks, 'What are you in here for?' The second kid says, 'I'm in here to get my tonsils out and I'm a little nervous.' The first kid says, 'You've got nothing to worry about. I had...

Why can't we start a section for Caravan Parks and Caravan Retailers and the like to offer Specials to all these GN Members? EG A caravan park often makes an offer like stay 6 days get 7th day free. We could have this site link sent to as many caravan parks and caravan retailers to offer specials like say, F...

G'day, just wondering if if there are any laws in having say a biggish block of land somewhere, and when not traveling, just live in the motor home with for periods of time between travels?

we got to the magic 31 today, time to slow down and start getting ready for the wet, although by all accounts its going to be a EL NINO effect again ,---dry as a desert, Tisha had her first encounter with a snake, christ she can move quick?? Losing too much sweat down the mine, lucky to have had a 150 caret th...

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A businessman met a beautiful girl and agreed to spend the afternoon with her for $500. They did their thing, and, before he left, he told her that he did not have any cash with him, but he would have his secretary write a cheque and mail it to her, calling the payment "Rent for Apartment." On th...

my dad is copping a lot of flack (aged 86) or what ever from the family, i can understand where there coming from in his safety, i think he just wants to enjoy his last few years, last few were crap when mum died from Alzheimers and dementia , are we nuts for motor homing? what did your family say?

Hi Everyone, I'm back. I have been busy getting my life in order. It has taken time but I now hope to get down to some serious travelling. I have found a little van that I bought and I am busy getting it ready for the road. Talk about decisions, decisions on what to pack. I have been trying to keep it to th...

Hi there, My husband Ted and myself took the first step today! We applied for a year of leave from work! Not sure yet as to whether it will be granted ... but it has begun the preparation for us to undertake a year of travel around Aus. Any tips on how to get ourselves prepared for this big adventure? We...