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Winfield Park is 4 klms out of Malanda @ TRC nursery sign.Park just across a river,creek goes left & right.Huge lawned area ,picnic tables,toilets,taps.Swim holes but plenty of rocks so NO DIVING JUMPING in..Repellents needed -- Edited by GYPSY CAT on Wednesday 23rd of December 2020 03:40:56...

COLES buy 1dz Cinnamon Donuts,1 Lge Custard,1 LGE Punnet Strawberries.(1 pk Xtra cinnamon). Chop S' berries,Break up Donuts into a bowl.Pour Custard over..Is YUM...Xtra jelly & cinnamon..Receipi invented during strawberry farm crisis -- Edited by GYPSY CAT on Wednesday 23rd of December 2...

Crumble 2-3 pks of Marie biscs.Melt 1 LGE butter in saucepan,low,add cocoa & vanilla.Stir till all dissolved ad 1 full egg..Take off heat & ad biscs.Cover all & push into a 1-2" bake tray- to fridge it.After 1-2 hrs it will be hard.Cocoa into Icing sugar & ice all top.Sprinkle crush...

Keep all toilet rolls.When comes to a beach with plenty of fallen fronds cut ends of 1-2 ft..Dry fronds & insert all can fit into toilet rolls.You now have a stash of -" fire kindeling-" that will stay alight 15++ mins.Many Lakes,Dams camps have no wood,so a BYO is essential.

Hi If and when the Queensland border is opened we are planning a trip to North Queensland, we were planning to go from Innisfail up to Millaa Millaa. Some years back authorities advised against using this road towing a caravan. Don't know why. Anyone got any info on that route. Thanks

when in doubt ask my Grey Nomad mates. Towing caravan today the PowerTrain light came on. Checked the manual it says it will go to limp mode, hence not overheating the turbo and to go to dealership! Bit hard, currently at Marla SA. 475 from Alice, 780 from Port Augusta. Total care RACV with tow pack on...

Great comedy from two masters of the art, we lost them both way too soon.

I have a caravan in the planning stage and I have a Dometic 180w regulated portable solar panel and a 75 ltr car fridge. When parked up at times I may wish to run my car fridge from the caravan (2x 100 Ah batteries & 2 x 170w roof mounted panels) and plug the portable panel in to assist the van battery syst...

Yesterday my trusty computer keyboard ceased to function and so I contacted HP for assistance. It is a laptop and seven years old so I figured it was on its way to computer heaven. After about 30 minutes with the technician on the other end of the line she pronounced it beyond help. She then went into sale...

Morning all, We keep our van in the cave while at home.I took it for granted that the vans Dometic fridge was still on/ operating on AC, and keeping our door seals from drying out on the lowest setting (1). On Friday night while showing some folks the van, I opened the fridge door to check the temp. Not wo...

I spend a fair bit of time camped in the forests of central Victoria: if possible I try to camp by a dam for a supply of non potable water - shower, washing up etc. Dams seem to vary; a few have excellent water and are usually close to full all year around, others seem to be like a large puddle which dries up in h...

We are going to miss him.......... Merry Xmas Bob

I am interested in anyone who is towing with a Silverado 1500. Your general thoughts, weight of your van, fuel economy etc. I am not interested to hear from owners of any other vehicles. Thanks in advance.

the way some cops wear their guns in those low slung holsters look so stupid. more like something from a cowboy movie

XMAS EVE AT THE NORTH POLESantas alarm clock didnt go off as planned. He wakes up 3 hours late. He rushes around to get his reindeer yoked up, but because of his panic, they got spooked and disappeared into the forest. It took him another 30 minutes to round them up. Santa throws the toy bag onto th...

Time to trot out the oldies again.... THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMASOn the first day of Christmas my true love said to me; Im glad we bought a turkey and a Christmas tree On the second day of Christmas, much laughter could be heard, as we tucked into the turkey - a most delicious...

On their wedding night, the bride said to her new husband that she had a confession to make. The groom asks to hear it. Well darling. When I lived in the United Kingdom, I used to be a hooker. Groom says This sounds exciting. Tell me the whole story The bride says, Well my name was Nigel, and I played 5 seas...