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Hi everyone, we are at nanango qld and this morning noticed heaps of caravans Etc. Going past. while convalescing i have heaps of time So decided to count them. From midday to 2 pm 27 caravans, motor homes and camper vans went north and 30 caravans, motor homes and camper vans went south. There were more...

I thought of an idea this afternoon after having a fight in removing the spare tyre cover so I could firstly check, then increase the pressure in the tyre - resulting in a couple of broken finger nails. I wondered about getting a flap cut out above/over the valve & having it held closed with Velcro - h...

sounds good Sex after Death!! A couple made a deal that whoever died first would come back and ... inform the other if there is sex after death. Their biggest fear was that there was no after-life at all. After a long life together, the husband was the first to die. True to his word, he made the first co...

My father served his apprentice as a blacksmith in a butcher shop - he was shooing flies...

Don't the Wallys trying to have Qld adopt Daylight Stupid Time also campaign for SA, the NT, and WA to all change their clocks to match the the other eastern states? Just asking because some are trying to link the opening of the Qld border to new Federal rules for movement between the states. Iza

I'll be passing through Dubbo in a few weeks and wondered about the zoo, I've heard a couple of good reports - what is the wisdom of the forum?

Gidday fellow Grey Nomads. The other day, I got back some cut and polished gemstones from Thailand. These are all stones I'd found in QLD and I believe the fished products are quite beautiful. There are polished sapphire as well as cut sapphires, topaz, a zircon and a spinel. I can't wait to get out and d...

Hi. Any help would be greatly appreciated. My relay for my headlights for my 1988 Nissan civilian is faulty and at the moment I can't get a replacement for months due to postal issues (covid). Need to get something sorted out to get the bus over rego and on the road for spring. My question is....can yo...

I've just purchased this vehicle a week ago. The Owners Manual for the Fiat lists the tyre pressures at 5.5bar (approx 80psi). That seems very high, but I'm new to this type of vehicle. I did online and confirmed that pressure. Now, the only problem is that all of my local servo's have those pumps that sw...

Hi Everyone, Does anyone know the $$$ cost / fines for being over loaded with your Car And Van in various states. I want to take my Aluminium Dingy / Fold up Trailer, and outboard motor along on our next trip. If its too much, I will rethink it. Grey

I see the BBC has banned Fawlty Towers "Don't mention the war" episode. Its called satire. Satire....the use of humour, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose and criticise people's stupidity or vices particulary in the context of contempary politics or other topical issues. Exactly what Jo...

I pull my 20ft Jayco caravan with a 2018 Isuzu D-MAX, 6 speed automatic. I have been told you should never tow a caravan in overdrive but drive it like its a manual.What I would like to know is when I drive it as if it were a manual 6th gear shows on the dash.Is 6th gear classed as an overdrive or is it OK to drive...

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A Harley Biker is sitting on his Harley, drinking a beer, by the Zoo in Washington, DC when he sees a little girl leaning into the lion's cage. Suddenly, the lion grabs her by the collar of her jacket and tries to pull her inside to slaughter her, under the eyes of her screaming parents. The biker jumps off...

Hello, Just a quick introduction, my name is Chris, I am 59 and about to head of from Victoria to Northern NSW with a small 35 year old camper trailer Mazda tray ute, couple of surfboards and an XR250 trail bike. ha ha I am really excited but also very nervous as haven't done this before and actually dreadi...