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As I've travelled around Australia, I've been blogging about the interesting stories behind many amazing cemeteries and gravestones. If you would like to have a look, here is a link to the latest one, and from there you can access all the others and subscribe to read more. http://waytogoaustralia....

An Obituary printed in the London Times.....Absolutely Dead Brilliant!!t Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years.No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remember...

Margaret and Bert, a spunky older couple, had just moved to Texas, where everythingincluding dreams of becoming a cowboywas bigger. Bert had always fancied himself as a bit of a cowboy, so when he spotted a pair of authentic boots on sale, he couldnt resist. He strutted home, wearing them proudly, hi...

Hi everyone, I just tried to raise the roof on my new (Chinese made) slide on camper, for the first time. I don't have the strength. I'm 64 years old, 5'10" tall, mild build male, and I could not budge it (and yes the corner clips have been released). Could be that its sticky as its not been raised since mad...

Travelled from Broken Hill to Noccundra on the 28/10/24 in a Ford Ranger towing a Golf Bush Challenger 2 camper trailer. Broken Hill to Tibooburra, all bitumen and good quality. Tibooburra to Cameron Corner the dirt wad pretty good, get upto 80 km/h in places average of around 70km/h. Cameron Cor...

Good afternoon all. I am wondering if anyone has had any dealings with the THETFORD 105 ltr compressor fridge. I would like to know how much power draw there is on a 12 volt battery. Our 3 way fridge has given up the ghost and THETFORD have discontinued the 93ltr range of 3 ways. Any advice would be appreci...

I clicked on a FB image to save to my desktop. Now I have attached to here. Aussie Paul

I clicked on a FB image to save to my desktop. Now I have attached to here. Aussie Paul

Hi all NG trendsetter.. planning the big trip end on November..so what's the roads, hilly, Wendy etc, coz thinking of either cobar to morree via bourke, waglett or cobar to moree via nygan..ta

Just completed Cobb from Hay to Wilcannia and Silver City to Warri Gate. Both now sealed all the way and the entire routes-except for a few soft spots South of Ivanhoe, in excellent shape. There is one grid about 8km from Tibooburra which is quite dangerous with a 'speed hump' on either side: dead slow r...

Ok, This is not a caravan topic, I do not know about your experiences with the shocking phone customer service by large corporate companies. Of late I had to wait on my mobile for 48 minutes to receive a response from my insurance company. Similar to the run around that I experienced from a telecommuni...

What's the easiest way to drive from new England area to the Northern rivers, grafton

Had been tossing up between a caravan and motorhome to do northern Australia during the Tasmanian winters, then did a 1 month house sit in France mid 2018. I thought 'sod that, I'll come over here instead!' Bought a UK registered 2002 Hymer Classic B584 motorhome in early 2019. An Australian bloke th...

A Day At The Horse Races....Two female teachers took a group of students from grades 1, 2 and 3 for a field trip to Flemington Racecourse. When it was time to take the children to the 'bathroom', it was decided that the girls would go with one teacher and the boys would go with the other.The teacher assign...