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How Times Change
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Is this appropriate on this site? DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE A KID AND YOUR PARENTS LINED YOU UP AGAINST A DOOR FRAME TO MARK HOW TALL YOU WERE AND DATED THE MARK?
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caravan registration advice
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Could anyone please advise me about renewing a NSW registered caravan in QLD. Do Qld mechanics give out pink slips that can be used for NSW registration? Also as we are traveling/living in our van so what method do you other grey nomads use to get the van to a mechanic.. ie: do you unhitch it & go wande...
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The Most Friendly Forum.
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Scanning through all the many Caravan,Travel.sites etc.and reading the comments and answers I realise just how Happy and understanding this Grey Nomads site is.Without sounding pious we all respect eachothers boundaries and opinions without personally attacking a Religious,Racial.Politi...
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Jayco Freedom
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G'day all. The Advance van has gone to new owners and I now own a Jayco Freedom model 52.59-5 dom 5/04 pop top. Nice clean looking van and I think it will better suit our needs.I bought the van from the local Jayco agent in Darwin. The unit came without any of the owners hand books or any info on the van.The lo...
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Editorial
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That is an interesting but not at all unexpected view on South Australia in today's editorial. As a South Australian it pains me to agree but in reality I have to. There really is nothing happening here at all because of a small minority of "Greenie doooo-gooders". We have absolutely no ne...
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DeBe
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Happy birthday and many more to come. John & Irona
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Brickies and palebushman
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Thanks for putting me on to Redtails. We have really enjoyed it here, are coming back early next month and might just stay around for a year or 3.
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Mt. Tambourine
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We spent a lovely day today driving up around Mt Tambourine, Qld. The scenery and views were spectacular on the way up. First stop was The Tom Thumm Gallery and winery. We talked with a very nice artist, John Palmer, who was happy to explain not only his art, but also the shells and coral that he framed....
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Scam Warning
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I hate it when people forward bogus warnings, and I have even done it myself a couple times unintentionally but this one is real, and it's important. Please send this warning to everyone on your e- mail list. If someone comes to your front door saying they are checking for ticks due to the warm wea...
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Tyres for the Patrol
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We need to get new tyres for the Patrol. Any suggestions / recommendations ? An all weather all rounder would be good. Cheers, Freddo
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Windscreen cleaners..... yet another expose of marketing hype an hubris
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See you can write hubris which means bullsh it.... So I got dissalusioned with the vast array of windscreen washing componds, fluids, concentrate that all guarantee to get rid of bugs of your windscreen and none of them are that effective.... I decided to do some research ( privately funded of course...
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Billabong Caravans
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Looking a purchasing a billabong van. Does anyone have one? What do you think of them? Darryl and Barb
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Friday 13 th.
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The date reminded me of my Navy days and friday 13th.No flying on that day,always a maintenance or make and mend day.Funny how aircraft were superstisious.In case you are wondering what aircraft had to do withe Navy.I should have said Fleet Air Arm.The F.A.A was the elite of the Royal Navy.............
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quails everywhere
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pulled up for a cuppa brought out by aggy! had it and was about to climb back up to the glass castle when I noticed movement underneath, ah snake I thought, had a look when a quail flew out, it was then I noticed all these other little fellers under there with tiny wings out and puffing like buggery I starte...
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Caravan Covers
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Can anyone recommend a good quality caravan cover? We live in a coastal area and want to protect our van when we are home. I've heard various stories about problems such as mould to the interior and damage to the exterior of the van through the cover rubbing off paintwork. What has been your experien...
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Dave are you ok in the fires.
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Dave 06 just watched the fires on S.A.Bales of hay going etc it looks really crook mate.Keep safe and good luck from us all at the G/N's.Cheers.Ibbo.
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Buying books, Amazon Vs Local
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I know that members of this forum are proud Australians and believe that it is the right thing to buy local and support local business, however if you're considering buying books online from overseas such as Amazon etc, go right ahead, you have a clear conscience. The "guvmint" has just pa...
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how metro centric is this
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I will get a day off Sunday, no not because of the lords day off but because it most probably will hit 40 degs in adelaide, we are of course uninsured if we reap in above 40 degs temp meanwhile here in my glass castle looking at the computer readout it shows 45.5 external temp and we are allowed to reap simply...
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Something good has come out of the drought....
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This is good news; The last decade of drought has undone the work of the Chaffey Brothers in raising the watertable and causing the salination of ther Murray/Darling Basin. With the water table dropping to levels last seen around 1907 salination is not as big a problem as it was going to be...... BLAH B...
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Distractions Whilst Driving
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G'day all, Reading "Using UHF While Driving" made me think about that bloke Due Care, he has a mate called Attention and that mate Attention can very easily be distracted by all sorts of things, changing a CD in the radio (Illegal whilst driving), looking at your passenger whilst talking (...
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