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Has anyone purchased the new Oyster V sat tv system? Any feedback or is it too early?

Hi all,new to forum.My wife and I are contemplating attending the Finke desert races,and then moving on to Bigredbash at Birdsville. Wehave a 4x4 +16 ft off road poptop.Any suggestions re route/precautions/extra equipment etc would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in anticipation. Andrew Smal...

Brown Mountain, at an elevation of 1,243 metres AHD, is the highest mountain in the Monaro region of New South Wales

A friend went to Beijing recently and was given this brochure by the hotel. Getting There: Our representative will make you wait at the airport. The bus to the hotel... runs along the lake shore. Soon you will feel pleasure in passing water. You will know that you are getting near the hotel, because you...

Hi fellow nomads, Just stumbled onto this great forum and thought to join. Hair started to turn grey and only a few more years to "full" retirement. Bought a second-hand BA XT Falcon wagon and thought to join the backpackers to travel from Perth to Sydney/Melbourne. My son happens to be interested in...

A man was leaving a cafe when he noticed an unusual funeral. A funeral Coffin was followed by a second one. Behind the second coffin was a solitary man walking ...with a black dog. Behind him was a queue of 200 men walking in single line. The man couldn't stand his curiosity. He approached the man walking...

The challenge to make WA roads safe is always on-going and the latest step is that under the new legislation from July 1st, drivers will have to pay $1,000 and receive 4 demerit points for using their mobile phone. The WA Government has announced tough new, two-tiered penalties for drivers caught usi...

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A message for anyone who tows a boat or caravan. SA Police have received several reports indicating split pins (also known as R Pins) have been removed from hitch pins which secure a tow bar to a vehicle (trailer ball mount). The owners were not aware the split pins had been removed until they attempted...

Two married mates are out drinking one night when one turns to the other. You know, I dont know what else to do. Whenever I go home after weve been out drinking, I turn the headlights off before I get to the driveway. I shut off the engine and coast into the garage. I take my shoes off before I go into the house...

I've been thinking since my previous post. Yep, that was the rusty squeaky wheel noise you heard. Now that I have started to get around a bit more after being sort of grounded for health reasons, I don't want to get stranded away from the reservation so thinking of getting a new battery for the Collie. Th...

We have been on the road for 15 months and done some pretty amazing things, but snorkelling with sea lion pups in Western Australia has to have been THE highlight so far. If you want to read about it, here's a link. https://asoundadventure.wordpress.com/

People are born so that they can learn how to live a good life like loving everybody all the time and being nice, right? Well, dogs already know how to do that, so they dont have to stay for as long as we do. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Remember, if a dog was the teacher you would...

Im new to oz but after leaving the states to Explore Australia Im looking to be here for the rest of my life. Between my savings,retirement acct. back home and my visa & MasterCard I can help on expenses of course. I have a license for vehicles and motorcycles and I found out in a rental car I have GOT to...

Isnt it amazing, how many varieties there are in the design of a simple family home, particularly in older houses. Back when such houses were being built, architects and builders tended to stick more to the established old details, which were often built into the house for specific reasons, though m...

One night, a daughter brought her boyfriend home to meet her parents. Upon first sight, the parents were astounded and appalled by his appearance - leather jacket, motorcycle boots, tattoos, and a pierced nose (and tongue they found out later at dinner). At a discreet time, the parents pulled the...