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As many of you are no doubt aware the forums guru of gurus, Dave06, has decided to leave the forum. To say he will be missed is, of course, an understatement of the highest order. He has been with us from the very start and has been instrumental in building the forum into the active, friendly and useful pac...

Planning a trip out to Longreach and Townsville and back down the coast . Intend taking my Lab with us and will be looking for places to leave the dog while I go visit various un-dog friendly places like National Parks and the general tourist traps . Anyone know of places that will take dogs on a day care b...

Not only a legend, but also my Champion. The CD's arrived today and now the locals, (birds, mammals, chooks and reptiles) are rollicking & frollicking around my property. Thanks cobber! and I feel most humbled with your generous presentation. Absolutely fantastic. But: No invoice, stateme...

New pictures uploaded,can be viewed at http://picasaweb.google.com/garynkerry1

I celebrated with a full English Breakfast (not eating tomorrow) and a few rousing tracks from my Empire Day CD, you were all so busy worrying about Tenors you all forgot about Empire Day, I mean how could you forget such an important day.... How about joining in in a rousing chorus of: THERE'LL ALWAYS B...

I am sure this has been posted elsewhere although I couldn't find it. Comon givus a break its 2.54am ok... But what I desire to know is, with the fridge/freezer units, whats the best temprature to set them to. I started off at -19 and it was pretty much running a lot, I've now knocked it down to -15. Is there...

.. Hi all .. Here's a question which, no doubt many have worked their way through. After I sell my house and car, how does one go about buying a motorhome when I no longer have a fixed address to provide. There would be many who simply use an address of their kids or other close associates to fix the problem....

Well, sort of! After two weeks on the road and still just reaching Sydney from Melbourne we have had our second - count 'em - 2nd day with sun in it. After seeing the downpours on the NSW north coast we are thankful we did not head off as originally planned or we would have been in the middle of it. Still thi...

Good evening all; when purchasing our new Jayco Sterling (21 ft) last year knowing we would be in WA and now in Qld thought we wouldn't need an annexe!(! HO HO ! )so just got a long and one side shade awning. Have been on Sunshine Coast since beginning of April and obviously last few days has been a tad wet. W...

Just back from a trip to Cairns, and discovered a really great free camp. Bushy Parker Park, at Rollingstone, between Townsville and Ingham. Plenty of shade, a great swimming hole, outside cold shower. You can camp here for 48 hours. It's in Camps. xina. -- Edited by xina on Sunday 29th of March 200...

... have finally got the Winnie mended (t'was a gearbox problem) and am getting on my way again in the morning. I thought I was going to have to stop here to work to pay for the blimmen thing, but, still a few pennies left and heading to Darwin in the 'moro!! I will take my time, maybe over a week, to get there b...

I have an issue with the Falcon BA transsmission oil smell entering the cabin at traffic lights etc through vents. This has started only after we flushed the transmission with new fluid. there appears to be no leaks anywhere in the system and transmission performs well with no flaring or problems e...

I buried my old mate today, funny how the undertakers had a "vacancy", stranger still how the coroner concluded "no suspiscious circumstances" and released the body very quickly, D.V.A. supplied barely enough to cover costs, anybody would think he was a damn cat, we slung th...

to those of you who have taste I have sent your CD's with all possible despatch

Mansors established 1906 now gone forever after threes days notice to the public supposedly due to the economic downturn .. I ask how can a company that has been in the trade for 103 years just go down like that . So much for training retail managers at university level , nothing replaces that...

Hi all enjoying this forum, don't want to sound like a whimp but I had sorted planed to travel where its takes me using the free spots as much as possible. I'm on a pension and have to conserve the dollars, I will be using a camping trailer and tent. I have been reading the posts and would I be correct in think...

Hi there, Saturday Morning and I can't get to my business in Kempsey ( bugger ) For anyone thinking of heading north, the SES reckon it will be days before you can get through. The river at Kempsey bridge still hasn't peaked and it's at 6.72 metres at present. The 2001 flood peaked at just over 7 metres and...

I wish everyone affected by the current floods in SE Qld and Northern NSW. Thousands of people have been evacuated, their homes and businesses have been inundated, they've lost valuable personal items and their cars. While lives haven't been lost yet, thousands of lives have been afftected. I wish...

A nursery school teacher was delivering a station wagon full of kids home one day when a fire truck zoomed past. Sitting in the front seat of the fire truck was a Dalmatian dog. The children fell to discussing the dog's duties. "They use him to keep crowds back," said one youngster. "No...

My wife sat down on the couch next to me as I was flipping channels. She asked, Whats on TV? I said, Dust. And then the fight started My wife was hinting about what she wanted for our upcoming nniversary. She said, I want something shiny that goes from to 150 in about 3 seconds. I bought her a set of scales. A...