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Simple question. Should political representation be based on gender or ability? If gender then shouldn't we also have quotas for gender 'diverse' people? What about quotas based on race? Where do you stop? Or should we have politicians that are smart regardless of what bits they have or haven't got...

Andrew Laming to undergo awareness training after appearing to dismiss apologies to female constituents (msn.com) Things are getting laughable.

Have just recently purchased a van and am doing a few short trips at the moment. Am planning to Road Trip from Bairnsdale to Great Ocean Road and over to Adelaide in March. Can anyone advise if you need to book ahead and how long you would spend sightseeing the towns from Barwon Heads to say Wye River. Appr...

Hi fellow travellers Been travelling on my own for a year and a half - nearly a year in Tassie due to Covid (Loved It) then Great Ocean Road and Adelaide via a few places. Been staying with my daughter on and off in Adelaide whilst doing a bit of SA. Love Adelaide. Now its time to head North via the Stuart Hwy...

My wife and I are taking delivery of a off-road caravan with a fully loaded weight allowance of 2800 kegs. So I guess we will generally be towing bet 2500 and 2800. We were looking at buying a Ford Ranger Wildtrak which gives us reasonable payload on the car to allow for Bullbar, winch and extras. Does a...

Good morning everyone, I hope everyone you have all made it through the rains ok! I have come across many posts online lately with people asking how to prepare for the nomadic lifestyle (by decluttering etc) so here's some steps to take in minimizing your house, car, office, etc or even just create mo...

Hi all, I've contributed a few times to the Grey Nomads forums but I've found the website hard to read and post to. Does anybody else have troubles with this website? Admittedly I couldn't be bothered to start up my computer so I use my mobile phone to access it and the small screen just makes it hard to re...

I am looking to purchase a set of bluetooth ear buds/phones. I have a genuine Apple set for the Ipad and have had them for a couple of years and they work fine, but at $200-250 I am having difficulty justifying buying a second expensive set. I want a second set of ear phones because I use earbuds for the f...

Hi does anyone have aclue on hoiw to fix the strings on thr skylight shades. The strings are all loose and hang now and the screens do not stay in position, Is there a fix Cheers Growie 2

I have two HR hitches, and two sets of bars, One set is complete, the other is a separate hitch, and separate bars. complete set $150, separate hitch $80, bars $20. Pick up Pinjarra WA. can send pics if you want..

The highly 'regarded' weather 'expert' and climate change guru, Tim Flannery, said the rivers wont flow and the dams wont fill. The ABC still rolls him out when they want an 'experts' opinion.

One day a florist went to a barber for a haircut. After the cut, he asked about his bill, and the barber replied, 'I cannot accept money from you, I'm doing community service this week.' The florist was pleased and left the shop. When the barber went to open his shop the next morning, there was a 'thank y...

Murphy, a furniture dealer from Dublin, decided to expand the line of furniture in his store, so he decided to go to Paris to see what he could find.After arriving in Paris, he visited with some manufacturers and selected a line that he thought would sell well back home. To celebrate the new acquisitio...

Energy Companies have a proposal up to the effect they can even charge you for surplus solar export to the grid. Depending on load and time of day. Once they get these keys it will be any time that suits them in my opinion. I lodged a brief complaint on the website submission form. AEMC.gov.au

Reading the ABC live news blog for Covid-19 Came across some info, which might be good to know, if anyone is thinking of long distance travelling, at the moment Today is Friday 26 March 2021, but I have no idea if things will/may change at a later date The two pics say it better than I could, and the link is a...

Seeking feedback/advice on the following please. I have a 206 off road van I have 2 x 100ah LiFePo4 batteries (2 years old approx) and use an Enerdrive ePRO monitor for my caravan. I also have 3 x solar panels to charge. For the last 3 or 4 weeks I have had van parked up and have turned off all appliances (f...

I am 65 yrs old now, i will be hitting the road full time in 18 months. I have had private health insurance for well over 30 years and have never claimed on it once in all that time. Thats about $54k in premiums. Do people continue with private health insurance when ythey are travelling full time?

Snowy River caravan group on Facebook There is a group for Snowy River caravans on Facebook with 500+ members. Having bought one of their vans I decided to join Facebook in order to access this group. It is a significant disappointment in many ways. 1 - Facebook is a truly awful style for serious discus...