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For those evenings when there is no one to chat too (excluding the other half,) Crazy clarks have a lot of B grade movies for $2, Sorry Dave no Technical stuff Watched Happy Feet on the Tele last night, on the Imparta channel, for those of you one the eastern slopes this the the one that advertises that you...

Gerard O'Connell reckons that if older travellers are given one night free in the Queensland city of Maryborough, it might just encourage them to linger longer. Well if I were in the vicinity I would in all probabilty stop and have a look around and if we liked what I saw would probably book into the loca...

Mohammed enters his classroom - What is your name? asked the teacher. - Mohammed, answered the kid. - Here we are in France, there is no Mohammed,from now on your name will be Jean-Francois, replied the teacher In the evening, Mohammed returned home. - The day went .................. well Mohammed...

my wife has had the misfortune to catch one of the mosquito caused fevers that is now prevelant in Qld and now our part of NSW.Karuah,North Arm Cove.Until blood tests come back we will not know which strain it is.I would ask you to take all preventative sprays,lotions etc.The symptoms Sylvia has are pa...

Hi all Well I can't get around oz for a while, but we are going to Singapore and Jakarta for about 8 days and then down to our beach houser at Loch Sport for a few days over Easter. It will have to do for now. Won't be any posts from me for a while. That'll be a relief did I hear someone say ? Mike

Can someone tell me how you get your avitar or picture thingy to be visible when you post a reply or wot not. Computerly challenged, that's me. Thanks Happy day, safe travelling

Hi again folks and thanks for all your good wishes on our plunge into fulltime GNomading. We have upgraded the solar panels on the Coaster and have two BP Solar Panels for sale, they are 75watt ($300 each) also we have an Orion TV and video for sale 12v/240v ($500 ono) So if anyone is after any of these it...

Any info on 3 way fridges for caravans. our exlectrolux has agiven up the ghost and we now have to put in a new one or similar. gitsho

An elderly couple had dinner one of there friends homes, after eating there meals the 2 wives excused them selves and headed to the kitchen. The two gents were talking and one said, we went to a new restaurant the other night and i would recommend it highly. The other bloke asks "what was the...

The boss walked into his office one morning not knowing his fly was wide open. His assistant walked up and asked him did he know he had left the garage door open this morning. the boss told her he was sure it was closed, then walked into his office a bit puzzled the question. When he had finished his paper...

saw a cooker made from an old 9kg gas bottle, legs bought it up to a comfortable level laying on its side and a oblong hole cut in the side to hold a grill, (looked like reo) the valve had been removed and a door for the firewood and the other end had a 2inch chimney all compenents fitted in the bottle itself...

My elderly Parents are arriving this arvo on their way home. We will celebrate Mum's 85th. We are going out for Indian. Simply because Dad hates anything that has any taste, it has to be bland and stewed in a bain maree for at least 2 days and have a tag "Pensioner Meals" before he will eat it......

We are in the ridge staying at Lorne Station, $18pn powered, $12 unpowered. Managers are really nice and very helpful. Showers, toilet and bush kitchen, there is a large fire ring with wood provided, a dam to go yabbing and Chris(manager) does a hour and a half walk three nights a week. She spent 12 year...

Chatting to some travellers at a truck stop on the way home from Melbourne last week. They were going to Sydney to collect a cheap annex to fit onto their Toyota campervan. paid $350 0n e bay for secondhand one. Managed to track down the makers web site for anyone thats interested. Dont know how to make it...

It's been a hectic few weeks, the house is now sold, we picked up the motorhome on Thursday and we are now officially Grey Nomads of no fixed abode. We are trying to find places to put everything in the Coaster and the chief is sorting out his 'workshop/trailer' which we are towing with us. We are headin...

Mate posed the question at lunch today" if you put a heap of solar panels on the roof of a bus would the government consider the bus to be carbon neutral and give you a carbon credit to offset you running your diesel without fear of the pollution police. Maybe he could plant a tree or two in the A...

just done all the vehicle servicing, went to wash my hands and ran out of V O 5 hairshampoo, cant buy it anymore so settled for Pappilion hairshampoo from the $2 dollar shop, removes all grease and even the black stain that you get from the diesel oil recommend it for all who get there hands dirty

an elderly woman walked into the reserve bank of australia and asks if she could make a deposit, a gentleman aproached and told her that "in the reserve bank of australia we do not take deposits" "but it is a rather large ammount for just any bank" the lady said "oh all right I...

A successful rancher died and left everything to his devoted wife. She was a very good-looking woman and determined to keep the ranch, but knew very little about ranching, so she decided to place an ad in the newspaper for a ranch hand. Two cowboys applied for the job. One was gay and the other a drunk. Sh...

Would like to know how long the forum has been going and who had the brilliant idea of starting it. Helena