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Hi All, I am new to this forum and am really here because i am researching for a short student documentary on Solo travellers. I'd be really interested in your thoughts on the following if you don't mind: 1) what do you love about the "grey nomad" lifestyle? 2) how much time have you spent on th...

Am thinking about travelling the Great Alpine Road early feb, have heard conflicting reports on the suitability of this road for large vans. Some say not a problem others say no way. Has anybody done this road ,any advice appreciated.

A middle aged woman had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital. While on the operating table, she had a near death experience. Seeing God, she asked "Is my time up?" God said, "No, you have another 43 years, 2 months, and 8 days to live." Upon recovery, the woman decided to...

To all those who store fuel in fuel tanks and jerry cans ( those red plastic looking ones) that are stamped approved for fuel storage just be careful if storing fuels containing ethanol. It appears that tanks/ containers constructed from fibre glass or polypropylene may become brittle an...

Goolwa is hosting the 100 year celebration for the paddle ship Oscar this long wekend. http://www.oscar-w.info/100_Years.html We are heading down today for the thre days, will post pictures when we come back. Have a great weekend.

All you lovers of the English language might enjoy this: There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is 'UP' . It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP ? At a meetin...

Dave and Jim were a couple of drinking buddies who worked asAircraft mechanics in Melbourne. One day the airport was fogged in and they were stuck in thehangar with nothing to do. Dave said, 'Man, I wish we had something to drink!' Jim says, 'Me too. Y'know, I've heard you can drink jet...

The pics speak for themselves. The solar panel for the fridge fan is ex a solar shed light and the fan is a 12 volt brushless one with a "Vapo" bearing whatever that is... Notice how I cleverly concealed the coax for the TV output by drilling into one of the internal cupboards and dropping the c...

Hi to everyone, I am new to this site. My wife and I keep talking about taking the big trip around Australia. The time for talking is over, the time for doing is here. Any advice on where to start would be most welcome. We want to travel from Perth around to Broome, Darwin ending up in Cairns. We have looked a...

G,mornin or or arvo as the times is. Hi im putting together a list of Aussie bush type songs to send to friends in America. The sort old ditties im after are songs like "old farts in caravan parks" to put to discs has anyone out there got some favorites that i could use. Love this f...

HI everyone. I'm new here, looking for a ride at Chrissy from Sale to Hervy Bay.

Just a thought ..... I was just wondering what other ladies do to fill in time of a night ....... I knit. I do voluntary knitting for charity, for people with cancer, they find it hard to keep warm, perhaps you might like to do a few articles as well, a change from reading or watching telly. One of the ar...

ADULT: A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle. BEAUTY PARLOR: A place where women curl up and dye. CANNIBAL: Someone who is fed up with people. CHICKENS: The only animals you eat before they are born and after they are dead. COMMITTEE: A body that keeps minutes and w...

I had a interesting conversastion with a guy on the side of the road yesterday. He has a european van similar to mine fitted with a AKS stabiliser hitch. He got talking about swaying vans and that he had been involved in a accident caused by his van swaying. Now, conventional thinking is you gently apply...

Count Down...........yep, 2 weeks and I'm off for my first camping experience. Am joining a small gathering of a camper trailer group at the Black ****atoo Bush Camp located a little ways east of Naracoorte. The gathering is open to any and everybody, and the organiser has been most welcoming. ht...

How many Grey Nomads at this moment in time are converting there vans? Im about to start work on my van so I thought why not inform the group where Im up to and how I got to this stage. For the last 3 months I have been doing nothing but research, eg. what do I need to take with me; what type of van will I need; wil...

Mad Wife Disease A guy was sitting quietly reading his paper when his wife walked up behind him and whacked him on the head with a magazine. 'What was that for?' he asked. 'That was for the piece of paper in your pants pocket with the name Laura Lou written on it,' she replied. 'Two weeks ago when I went...

When we lose the travel bug and want to settle down this is an alternative to selling the van if you can handle the steps

Flynn staggered home very late after another evening with his drinking buddy, Paddy. He took off his shoes to avoid waking his wife Mary. He tip toed as quietly as he could towards the stairs leading to their bedroom, but misjudged the bottom step. As he caught himself by grabbing the banister, his bo...

As I promised here are a few cunning little bits of software to help you maintain your privacy ONLINE. It wont stop your posts being copied and pasted elsewhere but they do help you keeps some control over your Internet presence. The first one Ccleaner is a very good finder of crap that seems to somehow...