Hi everyone, I'm very new here, unfortunately I lost my better half recently, we were going to become permanent nomads but now I'm doing it on my own and thought I would join GNF to see if there is someone to accompany me here.
hufnpuf said
03:54 PM May 22, 2023
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Possum3 said
08:13 AM May 23, 2023
Welcome to the Forum Ernwal.
There are many on here that are permanently touring, some meet up with like-minded people that they do tag along with, although they usually meet up out there camping in the great wide World whilst touring.
Tony Bev said
08:32 PM May 23, 2023
Possum3 wrote:
Welcome to the Forum Ernwal.
There are many on here that are permanently touring, some meet up with like-minded people that they do tag along with, although they usually meet up out there camping in the great wide World whilst touring.
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Also sorry for your loss, and hope that there are plenty of good road trips, ahead of you
Nomad008 said
12:45 PM Jun 23, 2023
Oh that's really sad Ernwal. I hope you find company along the way and enjoy your travels. I just spent 4 months on the road from FNQ to Pt Macquarie, was heading to Tassie but that was cancelled. I wasn't pulling a van so I found it difficult to connect with travellers.
If you or anyone else is heading to the Cape I'm near Palmer River Roadhouse so get in touch, come out and spend a night or two off grid in a remote area which is quite a magical spot: brumbies, dingoes, kangaroos, boars, cattle, freshwater crocs in my dam. Take care.
Possum3 said
02:22 PM Jun 23, 2023
Welcome to the Forum Nomad008 - Don't worry about not travelling with a van, there are many like the child-bride and myself that will wader over to nearby campers with a bag of Baja Mix ready for a chinwag.
Nomad008 said
05:36 PM Jun 23, 2023
Thanks for the reassurance possum3.
Can I offer you some free advice? If I were you I'd not make public declarations of your wife being a child bride, no matter what the situation or the reason! If you are travelling with a child bride what does that make you? Think about it. Not appropriate.
Any solo women travellers out there?
spida said
05:51 PM Jun 25, 2023
Nomad008 wrote:
Any solo women travellers out there?
Probably more than solo men actually and not just in motorhomes!!!!
Nomad008 said
04:59 PM Jun 27, 2023
That's interesting Spida. Never saw one in my travels south Feb-May. Would welcome all solo travellers heading north to the Cape or Cooktown to call in and stay over in hidden sanctuary off road 16kms west of Palmer River Roadhouse in Byerstown range - you'll be surprised! Women solos encouraged :D
gold dandelion said
08:08 PM Jun 27, 2023
things are sounding a bit suss to me on this one.
Nomad008 said
08:10 AM Jun 28, 2023
Hahah that''s your reality!? No offence taken. I'm a widow so no hidden agenda - just don't want complications or expectations from solo men .....
shakey55 said
06:45 AM Jun 29, 2023
gold dandelion wrote:
things are sounding a bit suss to me on this one.
Im with you Gold Dandelion, both new members and their first post, they are looking for companionship.
This is not a dating site
Kebbin said
08:25 AM Jun 29, 2023
shakey55 wrote:
gold dandelion wrote:
things are sounding a bit suss to me on this one.
Im with you Gold Dandelion, both new members and their first post, they are looking for companionship.
This is not a dating site
Wanting a female companion or solo women but no solo men for isolated property is sounding a little off. I agree do your hunting elsewhere or better still have a long hard think as to why others feel this way?
I have always disliked the way one member refers to his wife, as pointed out it implies a certain thought and is demeaning and nasty.
Just my thoughts if I'm proven wrong I will apologize.
Nomad008 said
08:42 AM Jun 29, 2023
Oh My Goodness! How things can be so misconstrued in a blink of the eye. I'm not a new member by the way. I've been a member for years, just only ever posted once when I joined way back. I've spent time travelling solo and camping in 2016 and again in 2023 and never met up with solo travellers. I offered free camping and an opportunity to see a great little spot now that I'm back from my travels as I've seen alot of nomads on the road, and the message, probably the way I worded it, got a little skewed and misinterpreted. But hey, we all see and hear and think differently, its our perception on life. Like attract like - birds of a feather flock together. So good luck to you all and enjoy your travels and thanks for the feedback. :D
Possum3 said
01:06 PM Jun 29, 2023
Kebbin wrote:
I have always disliked the way one member refers to his wife, as pointed out it implies a certain thought and is demeaning and nasty.
Just my thoughts if I'm proven wrong I will apologize.
Kebbin, if it is "Child-bride" you object to, tough. That is how my wife refers to herself, to many we meet and her family, as she is forever young at heart. There is nothing demeaning or nasty about the term of endearment.
SoloMC said
11:01 PM Jun 29, 2023
Good onya possum
So many fuddy duds here
shakey55 said
08:18 AM Jul 2, 2023
Nomad008 wrote:
I'm not a new member by the way. I've been a member for years, just only ever posted once when I joined way back.
Good luck on your travels.
You May wonder why some people are sceptical. You attempt to portray to others you have been a member for years, but your profile says you have been a member since 27/12/2022.
I just dont believe this forum should be used as a dating site, or men seeking companionship or women seeking companionship.
Just my opinion, which others may not agree with.
traveler said
05:29 PM Jul 30, 2023
Hmm, from 1newbie to another, I guess this would depend on where, when, duration of your travels. Im contemplating doing the half south up to Broome but not b4 end August, at which time it may just be 2hot??? Been trying to work the courage to for past 3years & still stuck in Sydney. Joined a couple of years ago but come into forum 1-2 times a year 2read up on latest good spots. In love with those gooorgeous pics of our western coast where fish jump up to be hooked...LOL so they tell us!!!
There are many on here that are permanently touring, some meet up with like-minded people that they do tag along with, although they usually meet up out there camping in the great wide World whilst touring.
X2
Also sorry for your loss, and hope that there are plenty of good road trips, ahead of you
Oh that's really sad Ernwal. I hope you find company along the way and enjoy your travels. I just spent 4 months on the road from FNQ to Pt Macquarie, was heading to Tassie but that was cancelled. I wasn't pulling a van so I found it difficult to connect with travellers.
If you or anyone else is heading to the Cape I'm near Palmer River Roadhouse so get in touch, come out and spend a night or two off grid in a remote area which is quite a magical spot: brumbies, dingoes, kangaroos, boars, cattle, freshwater crocs in my dam. Take care.
Thanks for the reassurance possum3.
Can I offer you some free advice? If I were you I'd not make public declarations of your wife being a child bride, no matter what the situation or the reason! If you are travelling with a child bride what does that make you? Think about it. Not appropriate.
Any solo women travellers out there?
Probably more than solo men actually and not just in motorhomes!!!!
That's interesting Spida. Never saw one in my travels south Feb-May. Would welcome all solo travellers heading north to the Cape or Cooktown to call in and stay over in hidden sanctuary off road 16kms west of Palmer River Roadhouse in Byerstown range - you'll be surprised! Women solos encouraged :D
Hahah that''s your reality!?
No offence taken. I'm a widow so no hidden agenda - just don't want complications or expectations from solo men .....
Im with you Gold Dandelion, both new members and their first post, they are looking for companionship.
This is not a dating site
Wanting a female companion or solo women but no solo men for isolated property is sounding a little off. I agree do your hunting elsewhere or better still have a long hard think as to why others feel this way?
I have always disliked the way one member refers to his wife, as pointed out it implies a certain thought and is demeaning and nasty.
Just my thoughts if I'm proven wrong I will apologize.
Kebbin, if it is "Child-bride" you object to, tough. That is how my wife refers to herself, to many we meet and her family, as she is forever young at heart. There is nothing demeaning or nasty about the term of endearment.
Good luck on your travels.
You May wonder why some people are sceptical. You attempt to portray to others you have been a member for years, but your profile says you have been a member since 27/12/2022.
I just dont believe this forum should be used as a dating site, or men seeking companionship or women seeking companionship.
Just my opinion, which others may not agree with.
Hmm, from 1newbie to another, I guess this would depend on where, when, duration of your travels. Im contemplating doing the half south up to Broome but not b4 end August, at which time it may just be 2hot??? Been trying to work the courage to for past 3years & still stuck in Sydney
. Joined a couple of years ago but come into forum 1-2 times a year 2read up on latest good spots. In love with those gooorgeous pics of our western coast where fish jump up to be hooked...LOL so they tell us!!!