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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...

Just a couple of days in a van park to wash off the red dust from the gravel roads between Gregory Downs and here. Gregory Downs was a very picturesque spot, beautiful river, great for swimming or canoeing and plenty of redclaws. Room for about 15 vans or m/homes. No facilities but it's only about 200 met...

Answer YES, apparently sexual prowess has nothing to do with it at all...... http://www.sexparty.org.au/ -- Edited by Basil Faulty on Tuesday 11th of August 2009 01:59:54 PM

Was watching TV last night and some American TV Evangalist has said that Global Warming is on the increase simply because there are now more "sinners" burning in hell. We did debate this issue a while ago..... Ok so who thinks this is plausible? You know I get really upset because I have to se...

On another post Chris mentioned that Barkley downs are thieves, I agree 100% top dollar even for a cup of coffee, Another mongrel I wont visit is the P**** at the Belyando Crossing, always used to till he abused me and Pixie for crossing an imaginary line in his head, defining the limits you were allowed...

Had an operation on both feet Monday and am laid up for the next 2 weeks. 2 days in and i'm bored S#$%$less. Daytime TV has got to be the pits. Will use the time to go through posts I missed while away. -- Edited by Gary and Kerry on Wednesday 5th of August 2009 05:56:45 PM -- Edited by Gary and Kerry on Wednes...

An elderly gent was invited to an old friends home for dinner one evening. He was impressed by the way his cobber preceded every request to his Wife with endearing terms such as: Honey, My Love, Darling, Sweetheart, Pumpkin, etc. The couple had been married almost 70 years and, clearly,they were Stil...

As an off topic posting, I offer this At Belmont Pk horse races today (WA race 7), ran a horse called "Dare to be Grey" It won (of course) and paid a "top fluctuation" of $4.00 and you could have had it on UNI Tab and received $3.70. Trained by J P Taylor and riden today by Jason Brown I w...

Finally the B&B on wheels is packed & ready to roll.Tomorrow we leave the cold climes of the A.C.T. to venture somewhere NORTH.As stated in an earlier post,we are heading up the Newel to Brisbane to catch up with rellies unseen since the last wedding/funeral (too many of the later these days)...

Hi folks .. Well .. it's all coming together finally .. House is sold .. I'm outa there and staying at my son's place .. "Settlement Day" came and went & briefly fills the coffers .. .. The MH arrives in about (2) weeks and then I can fit it out out how I want it .. no grass will grow under my feet...

Col, the Country Lawyer, ran across an old client outside of the Alice Springs Court, an aboriginal lady who was beaming from ear to ear. She was carrying a sheet of corrugated iron under one arm & a slab of Fosters under the other G'day Mary, says Col, what are you looking so happy about today ? Ju...

have you got many on tge back of your vAn/motor home?

An Irish daughter had not been home for over a year. Upon her return, her Father cussed her. 'Where have ye been all this time? Why did ye not write to us, not even a line? Why didn't ye call? Can ye not understand what ye put yer old Mother thru?' The girl, crying, replied, 'Sniff, sniff.....Dad....I beca...

How do I get my Paste option out of the grey? It's Greyed out in every box I try. Cheers, xina.

A senior citizen goes in for his yearly physical with his wife tagging along. When the doctor enters the examination room he says, "I will need a urine sample, a stool sample, and a sperm sample." The man, being hard of hearing, turns to his wife and asks, "What did he say?" The wi...

G'day, I was wondering for those experienced travelers, when traveling and need to stay over night , have you ever pulled up to a place but looked around and found it was dodgy or unsafe? I like some towns might have places that have trouble late at night or something like that, just as an example..

A woman was sitting at a bar enjoying an after work co cktail with her girlfriends when a tall, exceptionally handsome, extremely sexy, middle-aged man entered. He was so striking that the woman could not take her eyes off him. The young-at-heart man noticed her overly attentive stare and walked dir...

Just got back from the Wauchope caravan show. Really enjoyed the day but now Im all fired up about 5th wheelers. Anyone got one and how do you like it. Hubby"s happy because he finally bought his rooftop boatloader. Now we cant wait to load it all up and head out to the dam. Just need the weather...

Whitworths [ the Marine people] have 12 volt Blow-dryers, with fold-up handles for easy storage. 2 models, one for $19.9, and a Delux model for $25.95. Not sure if they're in other States. This lot's in Qld. Just Google 12 volt Hair-dryers. Cheers, xina. -- Edited by xina on Monday 10th of August...

Hi all, was wondering whether to take our reasonable DVD collection on our travels when we hit the road permanently? Even though we may have seen some of them many times, thought we could maybe put up a sign in van site when we setup to swap with those who may have ones they were ready to part with themselve...