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I was looking through some photo's from way back before all the doom and gloom of CV19 and came across this one from the good old days at GreenS Lake, North Central VIC. Edit....For all those newbies out there, these are or were back then members of this GN Forum. -- Edited by Dougwe on Sunday 19th of Jul...

We were heading south to Perth from Carnarvon over the weekend and the number of vans heading north was staggering, Ive never seen anything like it. We witnessed one accident involving a jack knifed van and another vehicle, countless numbers of idiots ignoring double white lines and just a general s...

A young man, hired by a supermarket, reported for his first day of work. The manager greeted him with a warm handshake and a smile, gave him a broom and said, "your first job will be to sweep out the store." "But I'm a college graduate," the young man replied indignantly. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know that...

I am looking to replace the above in my van, however through searching I am unable to find any business in Australia that could supply what I need. A standard single bed doona is too wide as my single bed is 70cm wide. if I can get one my preference would be a wool doona. Any help please?

Hi am looking at a 2009 aussiewide paringa caravan but can not find much about them, can any one tell me if they have any faults. cheers

Quite funny......but true.

Clever dog..........

Arriving home, a husband was met by his sobbing wife. Tearfully she explained, "The Chemist. He insulted me this morning on the phone. I had to call multiple times before he would even answer the phone." The husband drove down to confront the Chemist to demand an apology. Before he could say more than a...

Hi - We are looking at making the trip from Lightning Ridge down to Walgett then through Collarenebri to Inverell to Glen Innes to Grafton then on to Yamba along the Gwydir Hwy. We will be driving a 26' Winnebago Motorhome and wondering what the roads were like as noticed a lot of tight bends on some secti...

Well some of us are stuffed in our household!

If you are travelling west on the Capricorn Highway in Central Queensland and you wish to stop at the freedom camping area in Duaringa, AND if you need an 8.5 kg. Swap and go at the local roadhouse, check the price first; we paid $45.00 and the Truma scan gauge read half full further down the road. Not cast...

*Oh my goodness, these youngsters!! Yesterday I received a friend request from a young attractive girl. ..about 22-23 years old... I was curious. I wanted to know why someone that young wanted to be my fb friend. So I accepted it. Then she started sending me private messages.. She called me handsome...

Hi I received a Technical bulletin from Lithium Labs as a previous customer, about continuous use above 100A from their battery powerpacks.As these have an internal fuse that limits current to 125A continuous and ~250 for 10 seconds, if you use more that those currents the fuse will blow. They offe...

Hi all, couple of newbies here. Thought we better introduce ourselves, we are the Allens. We have already posted & received great information already, what a great forum this is. We are not really grey nomads yet but love the thought of road touring. We have a 79 series & an old Bubble carava...

gday, possibly plenty of permutations to this scenario but I have 2 house batteries, 130w solar panel and a spare Anderson plug for anything else. Question is if I want to stay off grid for a couple of days without panicking, can I get a small gennie and charge through the Anderson or do I get an inverter i...

Saddam Hussein was sitting in his office wondering whom to invade next when his telephone rang. "Hallo, Mr. Hussein!", a heavily accented voice said. "This is P...addy down at the Harp Pub in County Sligo, Ireland. I am ringing to inform you that we are officially declaring war on you!" "Well, Paddy,...

Hi all, any advice on overnight accommodation along the Hume Hwy between Syd & Vic? We are moving to Tassie with our two cars & a caravan, so will need easy turn & parking access. We can't stay in the van as it will be full stuff. A nice quiet B&B or motel. Any advice would be great.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-14/11-hospitalised-with-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-hobart/12452230"Eleven people including nine children have suffered carbon monoxide poisoning after an open charcoal grill was used inside a house. Two adults and five children are currently...

Hi all, We have just semi retired from full time farming ,have purchased a van to explore this great country of ours,looking forward to sitting around camp fires sharing stories with fellow travellers