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Beating the price crunch on food
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Shopping trolley full of groceries for $20 Where: Lighthouse calvary care 19 monte-Khoury drive longanholme Also available discount food. I volunteer there. So I know everything is great. Have been buying discount tins of tomatoes, sultanas, long life noodles, milk, beetroot, and whatever...
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More thinking
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Hi everyone Hope you don't mind me sharing my painful deliberations with you. I have been doing so much research it is scrambling my brains. I don't have the opportunity to upgrade or experiment too much and need something that can get me and the 3 dogs on the road fulltime and thus need a set up to supp...
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Closures;
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Just had a look at the Camps 6 updates, three more showgrounds closed to camping due to caravan parks complaints, NSW Dubbo & Guyra. also a few rest areas closed due to road realaignments. QLD Cairns.
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Mingo Creek Crossing
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Does anyone know whats at Mingo Creek crossing in Qld, off the Gayndah to Mt Perry Rd. Ive tried the Google Maps but there doesnt seem to be anything there, its listed as a caravan park in Camp 6 ?
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MOTORHOME FOR ONE
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I thought you might like to see this motorhome for solo nomads. Cheap to run and keeps you fit as well! Bonus! -- Edited by Beth54 on Friday 19th of August 2011 02:48:26 PM
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The generator debate
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Interested to see that the great generator debate has made it out of our electronic world and into the print media.
Monday's The Australian newspaper mentioned it in the Soapbox column on the back of the A Plus section.
Unfortunately, I can't seem to find it on The Australia's web site, so can't repe...
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for Neil and Lynne
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Just this side of Heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge. When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here,they go to Rainbow Bridge.There are paddocks and hills for all our special friends to run and play together. There is plenty of food and water and sunshine, and our friends are w...
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tassie
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anyone down in tassie the bride and i are heading over there in 3 weeks time for 3 weeks of site seeing and fishing and just general relaxing was wondering should we pack the thermals
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.. back in Sydney area !
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Hi folks .. well .. lets see .. I've made it safely back into the Sydney area .. stopping overnight tonight with my good friends John & Anne (Jandas Fun) at North Richmond. Tomorrow .. off to stay with one of my lads near Liverpool. How long I'll stay is yet to be determined before I head up north slowly...
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HP Printer Cheap.
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HP Products. Saw a HP printer on sale in Joyce Maynes' [Rockhampton.] 2 days ago for $37.00. Waited 'till today to buy it, and paid only $22.00. From today, 40% off all HP Products at the moment, even those already on reduced. Cheers, Sheba.
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Don't but a lottery ticket with me!!
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Don't share a lottery ticket with me this month - must have kissed a chinaman because negative stuff is clinging to me like glue !!!! In under 4 weeks have had a death in the family, a family member very ill with diabetes, a friend diagnosed with dementia, had a tooth abcess, then tooth extraction - a week...
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Helicopter Crash at Lake Eyre
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Just heard on the news a Tourist helicopter crashed at Lake Eyre, somewhere north of Maree, Cooper Creek area. Not sure if I got it right, either 4 killed or 4 on the helicopter. Weill try and find some more news on it.
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Bus, caravan, tent or just give up and stay put?
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Ok, so that last isn't an option, this place is driving us both nuts. We are leaving, but choosing a rig is tough. Partly because we have bugger-all money, and partly because we don't know what we want. Plan is simple, pack up and spend the next however long travelling the country, stopping til we deci...
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Heavy Rain and Flood Warnings
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For anyone heading to the North of Victoria. We have heavy rain and strong winds. Bad enough not to go outside today. Also flood warnings were issued for the north east area including around the Goulburn River. The Goulburn enters the Murray east of Echuca so not sure how that will affect the Murray whi...
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Friendly Whyalla
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We are staying at Footy club grounds & a lady from a house the other side of the road came over with some homemade bikkies & homemade sweets. She does this to all new arrivals here to welcome them. Isn't that nice!!
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Just orded the new tug and van..
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Saw this on the net today and went for it ..
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Some questions about the Nullabor
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For those that have travelled the Nullabor: Are the fuel stops at reasonable distances from each other? And what do you reckon the distances between them would be. Are the roads/tracks between the Eyre Highway and the Bight sufficiently signposted? Would not like to take a track thinking I'm going t...
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Volunteering
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When we arrived in Darwin nearly 12 weeks ago I looked up govolunteer.com.au to do some volunteering, as we planned to be here nearly 3 months. The only thing that looked suitable was with the red cross, so sent off an 'application', telling them my situation and experience (IT background). 3 weeks la...
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Our Recent Shake Down Trip in WA Mid Cereal Crop Area
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We have just returned from a quick trip (first one in the campervan) around the Mid East Wheatbelt area of WA. Unfortunately due to medical appointments etc we had to be back within a certain time, but if we live our lives around health issues at our age we would never go anywhere. In all we did 1,447 kms o...
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Personal saftey;
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A little while back there was a topic on personal saftey/self defence while in you van/m home. The house hold type door saftey chain can be fitted to your van, house door opens inwards, your van outwards so just reverse the instalation of the saftey chain by mounting the chain to the door & the slide...
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