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At breakfast the man asks his wife, "What would you do if I won the Lottery?" She replied " I'd take half and then I'd leave you immediately"... "Great!" he said," I won $12 yesterday....here's 6 Bucks..Stay in touch!"...

........................................................................... YOUR LESSON FOR TODAY. An old man, a boy and a donkey were going to town. The boy rode on the d...

i'm looking to add port solar panels to our solar setup , we've got 3x80w panels on the van and looking to add 250 watts of port panels my calculations are 490w divided by 12 v giving a max output of 40amps . Would a 30a reg be ok or do I go to say 50a ?

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Had an interesting situation in town the other day, towing the van in the central lane of a 3 lane road, I needed to move over to the right hand lane to be at the lights and make a right hand turn. I had my right hand indicator on for quite some time, and when I thought there was enough room, began to slowly move...

Mick: I've been going to Night Classes every night for 5 months now. Paddy: Oh! Mick: For example do you know who Alexander Graham Bell is? Paddy: No. Mick: He's the Inventor of the telephone in 1876;..if you took night classes you'd know this. The next day, Mick: Do you know who Alexander Dumas is? Pa...

Hi, All we are going to replace our caravan tyres on a Prinston 701 thinking of fitting Bridgestone Desert Dueler A/T D697 tyres same as on Tug the tyres cost $182 fitted My question is the Van only travels on bitumen roads very rarely on gravel do you think it is over kill to fit this tyres ??? https://www...

Hi everyone. What amp controler would I need for 500 watts of solar? ie 2 x 250watt mono panels. Thanks. i looked on here but couldnt find the answer.

Trip stats starting June 1st (Start of Grey Nomad Season). Ballarat - Port Augusta - Katherine - Broome - Jurien Bay - Kalgoorlie - Port Augusta - Ballarat 73 days / 72 nights. Original plan was 100 days adding going via Albany & S/W from Jurien Bay to Kalgoorlie. Bad weather caused shortened tri...

can you offer a assortment of caravan park discount cards names that i can join... thanks Phill

Went with Port Phillip FWD Club to the Big Desert and Pink Lakes for a week of sand and desert driving. Great country up there! Like so many National Parks, trailers were banned and since I had the only slide-on, I did it in comfort! Apart from not freezing to death in a tent, I could take a morning shower wi...

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Heat exposure is believed to have claimed the life of a second person in outback Australia in a week. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-04/heat-exposure-claims-the-life-of-motorcyclist-daniel-price/10463290 K.J.

A German Shepherd, a Doberman and a cat all died within minutes of one another. All 3 are now faced with God & he wants to know what they believe in. The German Shepherd says "I believe in discipline, training and loyalty to my master". "Good" says God. "You may sit down on my right side". The Doberman...

We are travelling from Sydney to the Gold Coast in November. Its our first big trip outside of our local area. We are planning on travelling half way and staying overnight then making our way to the Gold Coast where we will stay for 3 nights. We will then be free to travel for about 10 days. What are peoples...

Hello out there al you lucky travelers would like to hear if anyone out there are using a kogan sim only plan and have they had any reception problems in the outback we are looking to start travelling mid next year Look forward to hearing from you Cheers

Firstly you may ask why I am posting about 5G phones. In time when they are fully rolled out the speed for Data on your phone will be way faster than the NBN if that is ever finished. So 5G will benefit the grey nomad. Main point I am raising, the Australian Govt in their wisdom preclude Huwei from being inv...

Hi, Early next week I will be going from Wollongong to Gosford. What is the best and easiest way to get through Sydney towing the van. Ross

Blonde again.. A blond is telling her bff about her first time riding a horse. "So I got on this pretty little horse and it just took off galloping with me. I tried to hang on but, the saddle was so slippery that I started to fall off. I was yelling for help and hanging on for dear life. I had my arms wrapped ar...