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We would like to say hello to all the folks belonging to the Grey Nomads Tribe,tribe being meant in the nicest way.We are starting out to meander our way around this great land.my name is Martin,my wife is Sylvia.Our gear is a Ford Falcon EL station waggon,a Jayco Penguin camper trailer.We also have ou...

- With his platoon at attention, the drill instructor yelled, "All right! All you dummies fall out." As the rest of the recruits walked away, one man remained at rigid attention. The drill instructor walked over until he was eye to eye with the man, raising just a single eyebrow. The recrui...

Hi All I have just found a mobile phone that has blown me away. This phone works on normal Optus mobile when you are in town, and when you are on the road, it changes to Satellite signal on the same mobile number. I am never out of range. I just have been so happy with it I needed to tell people. I have only found...

Hi All I thought that it was about time I posted my first message. My husband, Jeff, and I live in the UK and are hoping to spend a year doing the 'Big Lap' starting this June or July. We are both retired and want to do this trip before we get too old and decrepit Our 12-month Tourist Visas have been appl...

This sums up the Rudd view on backing the Aussie savings account for Mr and Mrs average

After an exhaustive review of the research literature, here's the final word on nutrition and health.: 1. Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.2. Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.3. Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer hea...

WRONG E-MAIL ADDRESS This one is priceless... A lesson to be learned from typing the wrong email address! A Minneapolis couple decided to go to Florida to thaw out during a particularly icy winter. They planned to stay at the same hotel where they spent their honeymoon 20 years earlier. ...

Miss Beatrice, the church organist, was in her eighties. She was admired for her sweetness and kindness to all. One afternoon the pastor came to call on her and she showed him into her quaint sitting room. She invited him to have a seat while she prepared tea. As he sat facing her old Hammond organ, the yo...

this is directed at the true grey nomads, what is your main means of communication, mobile phone or uhf, if it is uhf what brands are you using, or do you just rely on your next meeting place to get the required information, do you access the internet if so how, do you use gps or is that just for the yuppies...

We have the camper-trailer and 7 weeks. We plan to head to Busselton via Kununurra, Halls Ck, Broome etc. My wife is concerned about security/safety issues while on the road. Is there a forum whereby others with similar plans can flag their intentions so that we may travel in "convoy" or...

We are about to purchase a new phone that will probably need good coverage in the country areas as well as metro, anyone have any suggestions.

BE CAREFUL! A new shopping scam has started here and all Solo GN males should be told. At my local shopping center two pretty young ladies with gr8 boobs, tiny tops and hot legs are offering to clean windscreens in the car park.!!!!!! When done they will ask for a lift as payment??? Then while travel...

Like I am keen to do some more travel and I am going to try and get a little van like a Nipper there are a few second hand ones around and I have just bought a second hand Suzi GV 4x4 as I like to fish and do outdorsy stuff. A dude was trying to sell me a Camry but I am not confident towing with front wheel drive. Has a...

Hi everyone Hope all is well and travelling is both enjoyable and safe for all. The link to the Grey Nomads email address is not working for me but I need to contact them. Can anyone forward me the contact emaill address for the work wanted section of Grey Nomads please. You can contact me at janineandp...

I just thought I'd throw this in as most of us are either grandparents or parents, something different for us to discuss. I am not suggesting Henson is anything other than a well respected artist who has no intention of hurting anyone. I am not suggesting his photographs are pornographic or anything o...

We have a tent style camper trailer and hubby has put 2 slides inside the trailer which are good BUT could be better. Hubby originally used black plastic 'chopping board ' looking stuff to slide the drawers in and out and would now like to convert to roller bearings. Does anyone know how to do this rela...

Where are you Dave, I, for one miss you, I miss your good advice, the fun and good jokes we had, regardless of if your single, solo or otherwise I would like to see you ( and anyone else for that matter) come back and post in the solo forum. I think it is a disgrace that you started the Solo forum and now you do...

A Queensland jackeroo is overseeing his animals in remote territory when suddenly a brand-new BMW advances out of a dust cloud towards him. The driver, a young man in a designer suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie, leans out the window and asks the cowboy, 'If I tell you exactly how many co...

Can anyone tell me whether there will be a new Camps 4 edition out soon? Want to buy one but will hold off if there is an updated version due.

Apply same warning to drop bears