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Any nomads here?

*hangten* — Thu, 30 May 2013 01:10:14 GMT

Just wondering if there's anyone else here living permanently on the road (nomad style) interested in chatting with me now and then? OK with me if by PM or on open boards. Age/sex/relationships irrelevant as only interested in friendly chat now and then.

I have a 2011 Winnebago Menindee 26.5 footer and towing a tandem trailer loaded with my 4x4 with my 12 foot tinnie on top. Vic plates. What are you in/with?

Right now I'm parked up just outside Cooktown Qld and headed across toward Darwin soon but in no hurry

I'm often out of mobile internet areas but will try to stay in touch as best I can

Been on road just over 12 months now

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kengillard — Thu, 30 May 2013 01:16:16 GMT

That sounds wonderful. We're a bit to old to be doing that tho.

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the_hawk* — Thu, 30 May 2013 01:23:15 GMT

There are a few on this forum that travel and are doing the big lap

http://www.candm.com.au/forum/index.php

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c64champ — Thu, 30 May 2013 05:48:43 GMT

You got the life ! 🙂

Great Work !

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*hangten* — Thu, 30 May 2013 05:57:28 GMT

That sounds wonderful. We're a bit to old to be doing that tho.

Met a lady of 78 couple months back still going strong in her whiz-bang combie. She loves the lifestyle and said she'd keep going until she croaked it as long as they don't stop her and find out she hasn't got a driver's license any more. Not sure if she was joking about that or not 😛

Great old gal too

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*hangten* — Thu, 30 May 2013 06:00:17 GMT

There are a few on this forum that travel and are doing the big lap

http://www.candm.com.au/forum/index.php

Thanks but I'm already a member there and met up with a few face2face from there while traveling. Some great people there

Just thought I'd see if there was any nomads on this site

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*hangten* — Thu, 30 May 2013 06:03:17 GMT

You got the life ! 🙂

Great Work !

Has its good points as well as a few not so good ones.

The lifestyle doesn't suit everybody and its seen more than one previously happy relationship go down the gurgler

I'm on my own so nobody to fall out with :^O

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*crikey*mate* — Thu, 30 May 2013 07:15:31 GMT

I'm not living the nomad life, but I envy the lifestyle, looking forward to hearing about your travels.

One of the Crikey Kinder is headed up to Cooktown in 2 weeks and then down to Bloomfield for a bit and will be visiting Wujal-Wujal Falls on one day.

Keep an eye out for him, he'll be the one in the funny hat.

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*hangten* — Thu, 30 May 2013 13:55:16 GMT

I'm not living the nomad life, but I envy the lifestyle, looking forward to hearing about your travels.

One of the Crikey Kinder is headed up to Cooktown in 2 weeks and then down to Bloomfield for a bit and will be visiting Wujal-Wujal Falls on one day.

Keep an eye out for him, he'll be the one in the funny hat.

Just got dropped back here from town (read pub :-p) after a great dinner and evening out but not ready to hit the sack yet so doing a bit of internet browsing because I'm still trying to find the sort of scuba gear I'm after buying. Ebay is an absolute waste of time for that kind of thing 😞 Thought it worth trying though

I had never considered I would end up doing the nomad thing until a couple of years ago but now love it. Don't know how long I'll continue for as I'm only a spring chick in my 40's, and it will depend on when I find the kind of place I feel like settling down in for the long term again. Outer Melbourne area won't be it again though, totally over that one even though I still own a house and business premises there still, but only until I'm ready to sell them up to finance my next home and surgery somewhere else

In the meantime the rental incomes from them are keeping the wolf from the door in a style I've learned to enjoy 😄

The past 12 months or so have been the first time in the better part of a decade I've felt as though I'm alive again instead of waking up every day wishing I hadn't so the nightmarish existence continued (long story most people wouldn't believe can happen)

I'll most likely be on my way toward Darwin by the time your rellie hits Cooktown but even if I wasn't I'd still have a hard time trying to pick one person wearing a funny hat from all the others around the place. That kind of town 🙂

I've been here just over a week and will most likely stay on for another one but that'll about do Cooktown for me I think. Only so much fishing anyone wants to do and that's about all there is around here unless you want to spend all day in a pub, but that isn't my thing no matter how much I enjoy a glass or two of vino

I'll keep a weather eye out on the board here until I pull out of town to see if any other nomads shout up but unless there's something more interesting than most of the other topics turns up on these boards I doubt I'll be chipping in much, just waaay too boring for my tastes and the petty sniping I've seen here is waaay too childish (Are they really adults?:|)

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*crikey*mate* — Thu, 30 May 2013 14:08:50 GMT

There is a little town in Northern NSW called Illuka - I reckon that's where I'd like to put down roots once the kinder all grow up - there or there was this little town somewhere between Hobart and Port Arthur - can't remember the name, but it had a famous pie shop and either the first prison or first police station - one of those - was a pretty spectacular view that I reckon I could get used to until it's time to pop me clogs LOL

and if you see my kid in the pub - get cross at him and send him on his way - he's supposed to be up there helping to clear some scrub!

BTW - "adults" is a term used very loosely around here sometimes, but on the whole it's not too bad a place, eh? Some pretty good people here.

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*hangten* — Thu, 30 May 2013 14:37:02 GMT

I'll know the right place when I find it alright.

Some reasonable sized country town somewhere where there's a decent mixture of large and small animal patients needing my skills (I'm a Vet btw)

If your kid is out clearing shrub all day long around this neck of the woods he'll deserve a coldie or two at the end of the day so I wouldn't be depriving him of it 😉

My days of kicking kid's backsides are over and done with long ago. Been there, done that and don't plan on doing any more of it thanks 😛

My two are living back in the UK with my ex now, or perhaps I should say they are doing their own thing over there by now, but what I don't know about and not seeing for myself ain't hurting me (too much :|)

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2106greencat — Thu, 30 May 2013 21:42:21 GMT

Hi hangten - you sound eerily familiar ?

Have we met before on the boards ??

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freddie*rooster — Fri, 31 May 2013 00:05:42 GMT

Do you like markets?

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*hangten* — Fri, 31 May 2013 02:30:33 GMT

Hi hangten - you sound eerily familiar ?

Have we met before on the boards ??

Possibly on my other ID long ago but I hadn't used that for so long I had trouble trying to get Ebay to let me use it again when I couldn't remember my secret question so made a new one

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cherry*135 — Fri, 31 May 2013 02:31:24 GMT

I doubt I'll be chipping in much, just waaay too boring for my tastes and the petty sniping I've seen here is waaay too childish (Are they really adults).

How long have you been reading Community Spirit for? If you feel that way, it is a wonder you even bothered posting here to start with.

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*hangten* — Fri, 31 May 2013 02:34:39 GMT

Do you like markets?

Odd kind of question (scratching head) but answering anyway, not particularly, why? Do you? (not because I want to know)

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*hangten* — Fri, 31 May 2013 02:37:17 GMT

I doubt I'll be chipping in much, just waaay too boring for my tastes and the petty sniping I've seen here is waaay too childish (Are they really adults).

How long have you been reading Community Spirit for? If you feel that way, it is a wonder you even bothered posting here to start with.

Isn't that obvious? If not just read my original post again asking if theres any nomads around here so it'll become more obvious

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*hangten* — Fri, 31 May 2013 02:40:04 GMT

And so it begins

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sandypas — Fri, 31 May 2013 03:29:27 GMT

Very familiar style. 😉

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freddie*rooster — Fri, 31 May 2013 03:43:36 GMT

Odd kind of question (scratching head) but answering anyway, not particularly, why? Do you? (not because I want to know)

:^O just :^O