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Well, I am at St Arnaud at the moment, with the Van parked at the rear of an old pub which closed down many moons ago. Called the Woolpack. My daughter and her husband are renting the place and after helping them move in and errect a colour bond fence, they convinced me a should try flying. I went with them t...

We are planning to drive to Adelaide next month. We are pretty new at this and have only been the proud owners of a Franklin's Micro for a couple of months. So we are in the stage of planning our trip. The plan is to get to Adelaide within a week. We have only four weeks to do the round trip. So if anyone o...

thanks for the input on the window tinting, heres the next hassle, (shes not really) Sorry put this into singles by mistake Who knows anything about Kung-foo, I have heard of a mushroom farm in Bendigo spending thousands to orient the farm so the dragon is at his back, and the drive is circular , that sup...

So when we get our Grey Nomads stickers, where do you all suggest would be the most identifiable, prominent location on our vehicles and/or vans? When just passing it will be hard to see. If following, then it will be obvious from the rear, if it's stuck on the rear. What do ya all reckon? Chris

Got a roll of window tinting film from my s/i/l for the bus, anybody know what the glue consists of

Airplane maintenance "Squawks" are problem listings that pilots generally leave for maintenance crews to fix before the next flight. Here are some squawks submitted by US Air Force pilots and the replies from the maintenance crews. (P) = Problem (S) = Solution (P) Left inside main tire...

We had a chance to catch up with Mike and Judy while we were in Sapphire. Mike took us on a guided tour of the gem fields which was very informative and later sorted what shreds of sapphires we found. Also had a bbq at the van one night. L_R gary, Judy, Mike,Kerry

The Lone Ranger was ambushed and captured by an enemy Indian war party. The Indian Chief proclaims, "So, you are the great Lone Ranger. In honor of the Harvest Festival, you will be executed in three days. But, before I kill you, I will grant you three requests. What is your first request?" T...

It was raised sometime ago about how this site can be accessed via a google search for words. Its just a function of the internet not a security problem of this forum. It does lend itself to a "slight" concern, paticularly to solo's, in my opinion. If you list your full name, address that is ea...

Have just been blow away with the prices of various after market bits for vehicles. Decided I wanted, not necessarily needed, a pair of half decent driving lights so started with the local guys and prices ranges up and down the scale like the opera house orchestra . Eventually decided on a pair of 150...

I just know it was someone on the forum who did this. I went to my swimming class earlier today and discovered a large cardboard box on the back patio containing about 100 78's...... Peter Dawson, Nellie Melba, Howard Keel, our Glad..... the piece d' resistance at this juncture seems to be a 12 record s...

Picked up the new Pathfinder today. what a rig. Diesels have come a long way since my last one in 95 . Sounds like a car has the pickup of a petrol and comfort is unbelievable.has creature comforts and gadgets for all to play with. Like a kid in a lolly shop . If you are looking for a deal on any of the Niss...

I know there are a few people interested in old loco's on the site so took a picture of teses at Maldon. The one on the turn table is used for tourist trips Wednesdays and Sundays.

I am not an Engineer, but do know my way around a welder and a variety of metal and woodworking tools, I have been a wanderer for most of my life, (second occupation) in that time I have built campers and trailers and also owned a variety of caravans, ranging in size from 15ft up to 22 ft, and a tonnage of 500...

A man and his wife were having an argument about who should brew the coffee each morning. The wife said, 'You should do it because you get up first, and then we don't have to wait as long to get our coffee. The husband said, 'You are in charge of cooking around here and you should do it, because that is your jo...

Barcaldine has a GN volenteer project going for 2009.Projects you can get involved in include; Workers heritage centre Cemetery-grave stone restoration 60's & better- DEVELOP GARDEN St Josephs Primary- Fungas Researcg Program Lagoon Creek-Tree planting, Bird Holes Musuem-maintenance...

Mid-Life Crisis After being married for 44 years, I took a careful look at my wife one day and said, 'Honey, 44 years ago we had a cheap apartment, a cheap car, slept on a sofa bed and watched a 10-inch black and white TV; but I got to sleep every night with a hot 25-year-old gal. Now I have a $500,00...

A couple drove down a country road for several miles, not saying a word. An earlier discussion had led to an argument and neither of them wanted to concede their position. As they passed a barnyard of mules, goats, and pigs, the husband asked sarcastically, 'Relatives of yours?' 'Yep,' the wife repli...

So easy and tasty. Ideal with a BBQ for 4. Or have it twice. Take a large bowl and add the following ingredients in layers: 1 pre washed bag of spinach 1 pre washed bag of rocket 1/5 red onion chopped into rings 1/5 cucumber sliced 4 large mushrooms quartered 1 Mango diced = chopped into squares 1 Orange dic...

Geez, Dave, I wish i'd known you lived there. I would have dropped in. I stayed overnight at Hawker on the way back from Leigh Creek and Arkaroola...then Port Augusta O/nite before I switched course and headed toward the Central Coast in NSW to pick up my son....(i was headed for the Nullabor)....I kno...