the link I was trying to access is on page 4 and you are correct it looks like it links to facebook, it does say facebook fun on the right hand side
there is also a link on the front page of the GN web site, only just seen that one, will go have a look there now
-- Edited by _wombat_ on Saturday 30th of March 2013 10:46:47 AM
_wombat_ said
05:14 PM Mar 30, 2013
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.
brickies said
05:29 PM Mar 30, 2013
Which search engine are you using it dosen't happen to me when using Google
brickies said
05:36 PM Mar 30, 2013
Just work out what you are talking about on the front page of GN site , That click is a like button if only you want to , The Grey nomads website must now have a Facebook page by clicking the like button it put the site out there so more people know it exist
Gerty Dancer said
06:05 PM Mar 30, 2013
Yes its a facebook page Wombat. I use facebook, but I haven't figured out how to post photos to this particular page.
Webmaster said
05:25 PM Mar 31, 2013
Thanks for the feedback everybody. We're still slowly feeling our way in Facebook and working out the best way to use it. I think it became obvious that if we didn't get involved we risked getting left behind. Hopefully, it will be a great way of reaching a whole new grey nomad audience and will further boost the strength of our website and our forum. I know that many forumites will already be big Facebook users but understand that many others aren't ... and don't want to be. That's all fine. We just wanted to have a Facebook presence. I certainly didn't want to 'exclude' non-Facebook users from the 'show us your Boabs' photo fun, Wombat. Really, I just wanted to have a bit of fun and also increase awareness of our Facebook page at the same time (plus I absolutely love Boabs!). As I say, we're still feeling our way with this and will work out the best way to integrate everything. In the meantime, please feel free to post a pic of some Boabs on the 'Sharing Photos' section of the forum ... I'd love to see them! And, all you Facebook users ... please 'Like' us here https://www.facebook.com/thegreynomads1
Gerty Dancer said
06:23 PM Mar 31, 2013
hako, try googling Boab Trees
-- Edited by Gerty Dancer on Sunday 31st of March 2013 06:31:38 PM
Gerty Dancer said
06:31 PM Mar 31, 2013
Boab Tree used as a prison
-- Edited by Gerty Dancer on Sunday 31st of March 2013 06:33:08 PM
Webmaster said
06:37 PM Mar 31, 2013
Hi all, The rumours are true! The Grey Nomads are now on Facebook. We have actually been on for a while but are just starting to build it up a bit. We hope that it will be a way of reaching a new audience and attracting more people to the website and the forum. If you are a Facebook user, please take the time to pop by and ‘Like’ us. We occasionally have a bit of fun on Facebook ... and that is why we are asking readers to show us their boabs.Have a look at our page here: https://www.facebook.com/thegreynomads1 If you click on ‘Posts by others’ on the rights hand side you will see some of the boabs that have already been posted. To posts a pic, you need to sign in to Facebook and then click ‘Photo/Video’on the top left away you go! If you have any problems, please drop me a line. Thanks, everybody.
_wombat_ said
08:05 PM Mar 31, 2013
Webmaster wrote:
Hi all, The rumours are true! The Grey Nomads are now on Facebook. We have actually been on for a while but are just starting to build it up a bit. We hope that it will be a way of reaching a new audience and attracting more people to the website and the forum. If you are a Facebook user, please take the time to pop by and Like us. We occasionally have a bit of fun on Facebook ... and that is why we are asking readers to show us their boabs.Have a look at our page here: https://www.facebook.com/thegreynomads1 If you click on Posts by others on the rights hand side you will see some of the boabs that have already been posted. To posts a pic, you need to sign in to Facebook and then click Photo/Videoon the top left away you go! If you have any problems, please drop me a line. Thanks, everybody.
Hi Cindy,
please do not think I am against you being on facebook that is your choice, just as it is my choice not to be on facebook, however I do believe you are not giving all of your current members on this forum a fair go, why did you decide to put this boab topic on facebook only?
There are a lot of current members who are not on facebook.
Regards _wombat_
Happywanderer said
08:17 PM Mar 31, 2013
I won't be liking The Grey Nomads on Facebook. It is the one and only place where I can vent without my kids reading it, lol. Seriously though, they have their sites they go into that I don't and mine is the same.
Gerty Dancer said
08:30 PM Mar 31, 2013
I've discovered all sorts of great sites on facebook... my family barely gets a look-in nowadays. Theres "Outback Beds", "Corner Country Outback NSW" , "Ron and Viv Moon's Remote Australia" (They are in Alaska at the moment!) "Australian Parrots and Birds", "All in a days Work"(Outback station life), "Birdlife Australia", "Avaaz", "Weatherzone", plus a few of more personal interest. The Grey Nomads facebook page is there too, love it!
Willow said
08:55 PM Mar 31, 2013
Thanks Cindy. Over 500 likes already (I'm 517). Good on you for keeping up with the times. Some good reading there.
Dougwe said
12:32 AM Apr 1, 2013
Cindy, the only photo's wombat has will be unprintable on here, he also has plenty of photo's of wombat holes, messy but holes never the less.
hako said
12:39 AM Apr 1, 2013
OK - I'm dumb - what is a baob - I even GOOGLED it and it's nothing to do with caravans or facebook - it's not listed the the acronyms section either????
hako said
02:07 AM Apr 1, 2013
Gerty Dancer wrote:
hako, try googling Boab Trees
-- Edited by Gerty Dancer on Sunday 31st of March 2013 06:31:38 PM
Hmmmm....that proves I'm dumb, right? Well, I asked and I got the answer, well kind of. So the Boab and the Baob are both trees with the Australian Boab being a favourite photo on the GN website. I should read what's on the website more and not be so dumb. Thanks Gerty Dancer. I've since searched more and almost all has been revealed.
Good Luck.
_wombat_ said
02:10 AM Apr 1, 2013
hako wrote:
Gerty Dancer wrote:
hako, try googling Boab Trees
-- Edited by Gerty Dancer on Sunday 31st of March 2013 06:31:38 PM
Hmmmm....that proves I'm dumb, right? Well, I asked and I got the answer, well kind of. So the Boab and the Baob are both trees with the Australian Boab being a favourite photo on the GN website. I should read what's on the website more and not be so dumb. Thanks Gerty Dancer. I've since searched more and almost all has been revealed.
Good Luck.
OK, I'll ask, what is a mercury measurer?
vk6tnc said
02:16 AM Apr 1, 2013
_wombat_ wrote:
OK, I'll ask, what is a mercury measurer?
As a guess, I'd say he worked for the Bureau of Meteorology chasing weather balloons and reading thermometers ?
_wombat_ said
02:21 AM Apr 1, 2013
vk6tnc wrote:
_wombat_ wrote:
OK, I'll ask, what is a mercury measurer?
As a guess, I'd say he worked for the Bureau of Meteorology chasing weather balloons and reading thermometers ?
As a guess, I'd say he worked for the Bureau of Meteorology chasing weather balloons and reading thermometers ?
Spot on Chris, and also showing GN's over the station - anyone who visited the Met office at Charleville, Townsville or Mt Isa in the past may have met me. Anyone passing through a town that has a staffed Weather Office, call in and say hello, it gets pretty lonely sometimes and visitors are always welcome.
the link I was trying to access is on page 4 and you are correct it looks like it links to facebook, it does say facebook fun on the right hand side
there is also a link on the front page of the GN web site, only just seen that one, will go have a look there now
-- Edited by _wombat_ on Saturday 30th of March 2013 10:46:47 AM
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.
Thanks for the feedback everybody. We're still slowly feeling our way in Facebook and working out the best way to use it. I think it became obvious that if we didn't get involved we risked getting left behind. Hopefully, it will be a great way of reaching a whole new grey nomad audience and will further boost the strength of our website and our forum. I know that many forumites will already be big Facebook users but understand that many others aren't ... and don't want to be. That's all fine. We just wanted to have a Facebook presence. I certainly didn't want to 'exclude' non-Facebook users from the 'show us your Boabs' photo fun, Wombat. Really, I just wanted to have a bit of fun and also increase awareness of our Facebook page at the same time (plus I absolutely love Boabs!). As I say, we're still feeling our way with this and will work out the best way to integrate everything. In the meantime, please feel free to post a pic of some Boabs on the 'Sharing Photos' section of the forum ... I'd love to see them! And, all you Facebook users ... please 'Like' us here https://www.facebook.com/thegreynomads1
hako, try googling Boab Trees
-- Edited by Gerty Dancer on Sunday 31st of March 2013 06:31:38 PM
-- Edited by Gerty Dancer on Sunday 31st of March 2013 06:33:08 PM
Hi all,
The rumours are true! The Grey Nomads are now on Facebook. We have actually been on for a while but are just starting to build it up a bit. We hope that it will be a way of reaching a new audience and attracting more people to the website and the forum. If you are a Facebook user, please take the time to pop by and ‘Like’ us. We occasionally have a bit of fun on Facebook ... and that is why we are asking readers to show us their boabs. Have a look at our page here:
https://www.facebook.com/thegreynomads1
If you click on ‘Posts by others’ on the rights hand side you will see some of the boabs that have already been posted. To posts a pic, you need to sign in to Facebook and then click ‘Photo/Video’ on the top left away you go! If you have any problems, please drop me a line. Thanks, everybody.
Hi Cindy,
please do not think I am against you being on facebook that is your choice, just as it is my choice not to be on facebook, however I do believe you are not giving all of your current members on this forum a fair go, why did you decide to put this boab topic on facebook only?
There are a lot of current members who are not on facebook.
Regards _wombat_
Theres "Outback Beds", "Corner Country Outback NSW" , "Ron and Viv Moon's Remote Australia" (They are in Alaska at the moment!) "Australian Parrots and Birds", "All in a days Work"(Outback station life), "Birdlife Australia", "Avaaz", "Weatherzone", plus a few of more personal interest. The Grey Nomads facebook page is there too, love it!
Hmmmm....that proves I'm dumb, right? Well, I asked and I got the answer, well kind of. So the Boab and the Baob are both trees with the Australian Boab being a favourite photo on the GN website. I should read what's on the website more and not be so dumb. Thanks Gerty Dancer. I've since searched more and almost all has been revealed.
Good Luck.
OK, I'll ask, what is a mercury measurer?
As a guess, I'd say he worked for the Bureau of Meteorology chasing weather balloons and reading thermometers ?
ya I knew that, like bloody hell I did (not)
Prison Boab tree, Derby WA.
Spot on Chris, and also showing GN's over the station - anyone who visited the Met office at Charleville, Townsville or Mt Isa in the past may have met me. Anyone passing through a town that has a staffed Weather Office, call in and say hello, it gets pretty lonely sometimes and visitors are always welcome.
Regards
Denis