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How old is elderly?
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Just saw a headline in a WA newspaper describing a 66 year old driver as "elderly". Wot? I'm 68 and I certainly don't think of myself as elderly. They say the definition of old is anyone 10 years older than you are. Anyway, I often refer to myself as an old bloke, and am quite happy with being one...
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insurance,
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this is my first time on this gn forum so pls bear with me if i am a bit slow, firstly, i have been ret. since 2006 since then i have been teaching myself computer skills( trial & error style with a little bit of help now & then)(wifey).secondly, i have built myself an enclosed type canopy camper(s...
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Dumb Kindle question
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OK, wife has a Kindle with a keyboard, which she loves. I see much cheaper Kindles for sale, with no keyboards. How do you order books on these? Does a "virtual" keyboard come up on the screen? I am trying to avoid the process of downloading to computer and then transferring to Kindle. The few...
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Cleaning Drains??
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Can anyone recommend a method to clean the drains in our van and sullage hose?? We didn't think draino or similar would be suitable. Thanks Lorraine
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Van key hiding spot
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This is a handy hiding place for a spare van key,lay the key down of course,you wouldn't know the key was there ,and also a spare globe.
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Granit Creek Rest Area Closed QLD
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Yesterday i had to go to Brisbane from Gladstone, and noticed the Granite Creek Rest area at Lowermead between Miriam Vale and Gin Gin on Bruce highway is still closed due to the floods.
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Maybe we will, maybe we won't
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I've just past the magic age of 60 and with my partner, Di (who has yet to reach that magnificent milestone), we started thinking about what to do now that the kids have left and the house is too big and there's heaps of places we haven't been and heaps of things we haven't done. Our minds turned towards tra...
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Wirrina Cove Caravan Park
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Can anyone give me some info on the Wirrina Cove Caravan Park i.e. cost, amenities anything in general please?
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A Reason To Do The Nullabor
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The remants of Tropical Cyclone Rusty crossed the country to SE WA, refreshing this usually dry and dusty region of Australia to a glowing "forest". The foliage shines in the morning sun, and muddy puddles still reflect the glistening foliage of every shade of green overhead. A carpet o...
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Cruising Granny
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Test to upload a photo
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Gday... As some have stated problems with uploading a photo, I thought I would try. Apologies for wasting anybody's time Cheers - John
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Blues Festival Perth
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well we flew to perth last friday for the perth blues n roots festival, gees we had a good time it is a long flight, but worth every bit of it, My niece lives in Attadale so we were not far from fremantle and the festival, My sister elaine flew over from NZ and my brother and his wife Joanne and there daughter...
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Three Months Today
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In exactly three months to the day we will be leaving our old life behind and starting on the next chapter in our life!!! Right now we are five weeks away from taking delivery of our new Royal Flair Van and Holden Colorado, then the last 10 weeks of work for me (pete finishes on the 23rd april!!) and all t...
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Clean water tanks
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I now this has been on before. i have gone back 13 pages but cant find it what does one use to flush out water tanks that have been sitting for a while before filling there is a bit of water in the tanks which have been in for 3 months as the van has been in storage any ideas we would be gratefull
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More Greens Lake Visitors
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Yep there sure was. Today Easter Saturday saw Plendo, David and his lovely wife Carol vist from Melbourne, now I had a message from David saying he was comeing up and he said he might have some hitch hickers, well, there was, guess who, ok I will tell you, THE KIWIS, yep, Kiwi-as and Kiwi Rainbow hitched a...
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Kingaroy Showgrounds Camping
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Has anyone stayed at Kingaroy Showgrounds recently? What is it like? Also any advice on freecamping spots between Toowoomba/Dalby/Kingaroy. Maiden journey
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GN Times 42
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anybody have this problem, when I click on the link to get more info about the boabs I get a warning pop up saying if I don't trust facebook then click cancel. as I do not trust facebook I was unable to see what the info was all about, could one of you facebook fans have a look for me and please let me know.
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solo
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what a bugger , The mind tells me that there is much to see and do but alas there is that dam job that gets in the way of having a great trip away, What is the answer, a few more lousey dollars in the kitty or do it now, a good trip away.pack up now and head off to some place .......where ? ..... some...
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Fossicking my way to Scone in NSW and maybe beyond
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Hi all, One of my best vet mates is, very unwell and why we are having Anzac Day this year in his town. I will be leaving early with the intention of fossicking on the way: Adelaide-Scone. Which way? Any road that leads to some digging will do. Anyone interested? Not to sure at this time whether I tow my van o...
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Back from Overseas
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Hi everyone. Back at last from our cruising - through Panama & around South America. Had a great time. While on ship you become very isolated from what's happening back in Oz so I suppose there's been lots of good & some bad events I've missed. Now in our motorhome at Westwood (just west of R...
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Bye Tassie Hello Victoria
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Tomorrow night (Sunday) I'll be on the 9.00p.m. Spirit to Melbourne. This trip I'll be away 3 months around Victoria. I've been around the State before but I've obviously missed some of the popular spots such as Green Lake that I've read so much about on this Forum. Hopefully at some of these attracti...
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