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Just saying hi to all members of the forum. We're an old married couple (him 60 and her 58 years of age) and have been caravaning for several years. We actually lived in a caravan for 2 years when we were first married. We did the lap last year and had a great time except for the midgies in the north which at...

Anyone got a CTECH muilti stage battery charger , have read the sales pitch on them but would like a user report as well before jumping in

Having found the van that we want (Comes in at 2.3t) we now need a tow vehicle. We are looking at a 2006 model, series 100 Landcruiser, 5 speed manual 4.2ltr diesel no turbo that, is in our price range. Off road travel is not being considered. Question's. Seeing as the loaded weight of the van is 2.3t would...

Thought I'd share a little of our journey in getting our coaster registered. We couldn't find a automatic one in NSW but finally found one in Queensland (we need an auto as hubby only has one arm) and I am used to a auto too. Apparently NSW had just bought in a new rule that motorhomes bought from interstat...

first off. i would like to thank ,our webmistress, for her very kind words,and her front page letter of support. "thank you cindy". all the support i can get, is much appreciated. marg and i see this as a good project, but...

i would like to ask all grey nomads,to support, this project. if you could write a e-mail to my member of parliment,and, the minister of main roads. barbara stone the state member for springwood,gave me a very good hearing with my submission,and she thinks that we can g...

A woman takes a lover home during the day while her husband is at work. Her 9 year old son comes home unexpectedly, sees them, and hides in the bedroom cupboard to watch. Just after getting into bed the woman's husband also comes home unexpectedly, she tells her lover to hide in the cupboard, not realisi...

An attorney arrived home late, after a very tough day trying to get a stay of execution. His last minute plea for clemency to the governor had failed and he was feeling worn out and depressed. As soon as he walked through the door at home, his wife started on him about, 'What time of night to be getting home...

A stranger was seated next to a little girl on the airplane when the stranger turned to her and said, 'Let's talk. I've heard that flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.' The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed it slowly and said to the stranger, 'W...

A boy and his date were parked on a back road some distance from town, doing what boys and girls do on back roads some distance from town. Things were getting hot and heavy when the girl stopped the boy. "I really should have mentioned this earlier, but I'm actually a hooker and I charge $20 for sex,...

Oh To Be 12 Again... A man was sitting on the edge of the bed, observing his wife, looking at herself in the mirror. Since her birthday was not far off he asked what she'd like to have for her Birthday. 'I'd like to be twelve again', she replied, still looking in the mirror. On the morning of her Birthday, he...

Has anyone stayed at the Coral Coast CP in Garbutt, Townsville. Plan to be up there around 4th Nov, 09 and probably stay for a week, 10 Days. Any comments, advice greatly appreciated. Maybe someone has a better place to stay, only thing is we would want to be fairly close to the RAAF Base. Thanks Ma

Judy goes crook at me for "pinching" tucker from the frig, like the left overs from dinners, love it cold , and love the choc coated snowballs Am I the only male whoe raids the frig, when on the road the frig in the van is pretty big, but I can empty it fast enought of all the goodies, And I aint talk...

One day , the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their trip , the father asked his son , "H...

It has been a while since our last contact but we have been in some very remote areas and e-mail connections are an unheard of thing! Last Friday we went out on the Great Barrier Reef and did some snorkling - great fun!! The trip out to the outer reef was just over two hours and a wee bit rough but the trip...

To see the difference between the two, Google Annona Atemoya ----- Custard Apple. Then Google Annona Muricata ------- Sour Sop. Cheers, xina.

Interesting though the diverse postings on this "Solo Grey Nomads" forum may be, many of them are hijacking a thread which was intended, I believe, to be the preserve of topics of particular interest to the 'lonesome traveler'. Yes, I'm being precious. Yes, I don't like my butter shortca...

The six man tent has been dusted off and aired, the sleeping bags as well. No luxury for us this weekend as we go off camping to Double Island Point. Mick is looking forward to it, as a few of the old army buddies and thier wives are also going. I have already organised a 'few" bottles of sparkling, jus...

Well after a lengthy passage of time, Mike has finally CLEANED THE WAGON!!!!!! 4 (yes thats right!!) vacuum empties later, it now looks like a well loved wagon, totally unrecognisable. On Mike's behalf I wish to apologise to all the GN's (Gayle and Jim, Dave and Jenny, John W and Anne, Gary and Kerry,...

The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 > feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number. > Why was that gauge used? Because that's the way they built them in > England , and English expatriates built the US railroads. > Why did the English build them like that...