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A thread similar to this may have been started before, if so, my apologies but no harm in starting again - bit of fun. In 2016 we were on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, driving to our B&B for the night in a little village called Finsbay. Driving along the scenery was nothing but hi...

If you are near Toowoomba at the moment and love gardens come and see the Botanical Gardens at Queens Park and the Gardens at Laurel Bank Park. Took some time to have a look today before the Carnival of Flowers starts on the week end.

The dead horse A young man named Donald bought a horse from a farmer for $250. The farmer agreed to deliver the horse the next day. The next day, the farmer drove up to Donald's house and said, Sorry son, but I have some bad news, the horse died. Donald replied, Well, then just give me my money back. The far...

Hi everyone, Were travelling up the Pacific Highway and cant decide where to pull up for a few days. We will stay in a caravan park...somewhere between or within Port Macquarie and Coffs Harbour. Id love to hear some opinions. We then plan to travel back down and stay in Moss Vale or nearby there.

Last night my Imac was updated with the latest IOS and I can see that a privacy tracker has been added to the safari front page. There is now a report that gives you a summary of who was blocked from trying to track the sites you visited and the website you were on at the time. So far today I have a list of six tra...

Going back a few years ago, when doing interstate, I used NO DOZE to make an extra kilometer. They helped me to stay awake, keep alert, and were perfectly safe, Best of all, they were about five bucks a box. More recently, when asked by a young driver what was available to help him keep awake. I told him abo...

Can't remember if I ever flagged my blog, which is currently an ongoing work being written up from diaries kept as we travelled and picked up occasional itinerant work in unusual places. Although it is a bit historic now, a lot of the incidental information is still relevant, and of course the places a...

Hi everyone. We are towing our van to Shoalhaven, NSW from Albury. We are looking for the least Mountainest way to get there. Someone suggested we leave the Hume Highway at Goulburn and travel through Nerriga on to Nowra and then Shoalhaven. Has anyone done this? We want to avoid the Clyde Mountain and...

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Every year in Bangkok , the men have a beauty contest to see if they're more gorgeous than the women. Here is an example. The answers are at the bottom, but don't cheat by going there first. In each of the following photos, try to guess which member of the couple is a girl and which is a guy. There are 6...

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I hope to visit the Flinders Ranges in late August and would like to know if I could tow a van through Brachina Gorge from East to West ..out to the Leigh Creek road . I have a 4x4 and van has reasonable clearance. I was there 6 years ago with a camper trailer and rain caused a mass evacuation of all campers.Th...

A Buddhist, a Christian & Bob Hawk had a meeting with God. God told them to go back to your people and tell them the world is going to end. The Buddhist went back and told the people, I have some bad news and some even worse news. There is a God and the world is going to end. The Christian went back and told t...

Has any one had their phone drop out of bluetooth? My phone was connected to Bluetooth and was working fine. Then I kept getting an error message saying that their was an error with the audio. The phone works fine on Bluetooth in other vechiles, so it is not a fault with the phone. Does any one know how to co...

Is there any type of "protection blanket" to protect panels during a hail storm?? (whilst on the road). I am guessing A) find a servo awning quickly.....B) make sure your insurance is up to date??.C) maybe find a bridge to drive under and quickly ?? wished you had portable panels as the storm approache...

WHAT THE DOCTORS ARE REALLY SAYING ABOUT COVID So ..... Medical experts were asked if it is now time to ease the lockdown Allergists were in favour of scratching it, but Dermatologists advised not to make any rash moves. Gastroenterologists had sort of a gut feeling about it, but Neurologists tho...

Hi, have a question. Can you use the trailermate to jack up the side of the caravan to change a tyre? Or is it just for jockey wheel or stand at front of van? Thanks -- Edited by the rocket on Wednesday 16th of September 2020 05:25:52 PM

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Hi All, I have been lurking in the background reading posts for a little while now. The apparent friendliness and willingness to share helpful information from others in this group has encouraged me to come out of the shadows! Covid has made us reassess how we want to holiday into the future. A couple o...