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Would any SA Forum participents (wont call us members as we aren't a club) be interested in getting together for a BBQ/Picnic sometime before Xmas? It goes without saying anybody passing thru would also be welcome. I could find a park somewhere central to gather or we could could have it at my place. We...

Today, I renewed my acquaintance with that dog that s... on the tuckerbox. Good old Gundagai. Have been through there many times. Always brings a lump to my throat. Also visited a garden dedicated to Banjo Paterson this morning in Yass. It was good to read the extracts from his great poems, set in bronz...

The good old LG TU500 was acting up, phoning people at random, shutting itself off etc so being a few years old I ventured into Telstra to get it fixed............... Young guys serve me, says your phone is out of Contract I shall replace it for you. What type of phone would you like sir? (not your Grace, s...

Hi there everyone. Have just discovered this lovely, lovely site and so much great information for us to read. A little insight for you - My hubby and I are on the verge of retiring and hitting the grey nomad trail - with at least a 5 year plan - if not longer! never to return and quite content with the fact t...

My partner and I have recently arrived from New Zealand. We were offering free 2 hour memory workshops on our travels and found it a great way to meet people and to give something to the local community. We ran workshops for U3A, Probus and Mental Health Foundation. We are keen to do the same in Austr...

Hi, this is my first post, so I hope I'm doing this correctly. My husband and I will be travelling and working for a long period of time and are thinking of installing satellite tv in our van. We will be staying (probably for months at a time) at very remote locations, where no usual tv is available. We d...

Well! The super payout came through today - Down to pick up the Jayco Penguin tomorrow, couple a' days to fit Battery, Electric Brake Controller, Drawbar Box etc. and pack it out, 'nother couple to empty out the unit and I'm off like a piece of cheese, Hopefully on or before Dec 14. Heading up the Great Ce...

Read an interesting article today re those stickers that come with new vehicles informing us how many Lt/100 you can expect to consume , it's all part of the ADR (Australian Design Rules ) which is really a theory based calculation used by a vehicle design engineers to get a compliance plate fit...

There is a free website for tagalong travellers.Overtaken by the urge to spend my retirement years travelling with a caravan in tow, I realised I would be doing it alone.This thought then led me to the concept of seeking tag along travelling friends to share the road.I didn't want to join yet another t...

just reading another earlier post and thought that it might be a good idea to let it be known about the known "nasties" that dwell in "your" region. perhaps if we list the little "bighties" in our backyard then our visitors from another state may have an idea of what t...

All the snow on the mountains around here makes me feel like Bing Crosby. It's NOVEMBER, can one of you who have contact with the "supreme being" tell him/her we don't get snow for Xmas in Australia?

Hello all!, just thought I'd introduce myself to the forum. I've dreamed of becoming a grey nomad since I was twenty years old.Well I'm nearly there now, some 40 years on,just a few years work to go. I've been working on repairing an old caravan (Millard series 80) .Not as fl...

Hi there fellow nomads. Contemplating our first "big trip" I am wondering what vehicle to buy to pull a relatively small 12-14 ft van. My preference is "new vehicle" to take advantage of warranty and no major issues in the first 1-3 years. I have previously looked at the Nissan x...

there's been a fair bit of concern over employment for us nomads or wannabee nomads, I and others have offered up advice, but I was just wasting a bit of time waiting for the next load and came across a website that deals with exactly that sort of employment normally I detest using these url's but some are...

Partner and I have just arrived in Australia from New Zealand. We have been travelling since we sold our house in 2006. We have been housesitting and working in exchange for accommodation and food. If you know anyone needing a housesitter or help with gardening, painting, DIY, etc please let us...

A close mate of mine who I now have put into the keep a close eye on him category phones a few weeks ago to tell me, or rather ask me did I know anything about caravan brakes.. Ok cut to the chase I agree to have a sqizz at them Well brakes where the least of his problems The wheel bearings were as dry as as as Coobe...

Well as promised I have put up pictures of my van conversion from humble Toyota Hiace Commuter to full-time Mobile Home. If interested in seeing the photos, please click link below. http://www.fwillustrations.com/index.php?p=1_13 I thought this would only take a couple of months to do, that it...

I have read somewhere that you should travel around Australia clockwise (or anticlockwise, now I can't remember which!) so that you are traveling with the wind and not against the wind. Does anyone know anything about this? And does it really make much of a difference when it comes to how much petro...

An elderly couple, Margaret and Bert, move to Texas, Qld. Bert always wanted a pair of authentic cowboy boots, so, seeing some on sale, he buys them and wears them home. Walking proudly he goes into the kitchen and says to his wife, "Notice anything different about me?" Margaret looks him o...

Hi All, Iam new to this forum and looking for some info, I have brought myself a 17.6ft coromal seka 535 xc offroad poptop nearly 12 months ago just waiting for that day to come, but at present still have a few comitments to see through so we (My wife, son & grandaughter) have just been doing some week...