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None of us have been everywhere in Australia but if all us grey nomads combined our photo's the result would probably cover most of it. This is the spot to try and stump each other as to where a particular scenic photo has been taken. Please include something in the photos submitted that will be an obviou...
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What's the weather like where you are?
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Are you boiling hot, freezing cold, or soaking wet? Is the wind howling or is there a gentle sea breeze cooling you as you sip a pina colada on the beach? Feel free to use this section to let other nomads know how the weather is where you are in this wonderful country, and how you are planning to make the most...
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MAGIC Place you have been...
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For me two places stand out ( more will come to mind, but I'm a senior so I am having a moment) 1 Mataranka, a stunning spot I thought, the springs are usually full of grey nomads immersed in the warm water, the meals at the resaurant were fantastic and the Van Park though a bit on the dusty side was very clean...
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The following is on a trucking companies web site to assist drivers who will be on the highways with trucks: https://centurion.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Driver-Road-Safety-Tips-Card.pdf Copy and past onto your browser.
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Fire Updates
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for those travelling around NSW this might be a good site http://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/ thanks Cindy for making this a sticky with this crisis still going -- Edited by milo on Wednesday 23rd of October 2013 11:14:43 AM
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GN Merchandise update
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Hi everybody. Just wanted to let you all know that – due to ‘overwhelming’ public demand – we have recently extended our line of grey nomads merchandise. You can see the range at our shop here. I know there was some chat on here a month or two ago about people wanting shirts and I am delighted to say we have...
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Reminiscing
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A wet day at home so looking through some old photos taken in the early 1980's. Wittenoom - we stayed at the caravan park, bought fuel at the BP. I remember streets of houses with timber uprights and roofs. The walls were all gone. How we travelled. Back then we weren't worried about falling off a cliff...
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Wiki camps
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I havnt trvelled for a while, medical problems now i am ready to,go again, when I travelled before I relied on wiki camps and word of mouth but now. What happened to wiki camps its nearly useless now for me, I cant even get a decent map. Or info,. Is ther an alternative? O
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Word association
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On another forum, back in 2014, I started a topic called Word association. As of today, it has had 49,325 responses and 356,704 views. Maybe this will be of interest to some and may prompt them to at least post something. Let's see. Your response can be directly related or anything at all. How it works. I...
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Fulchur caravans
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Hello all, are Fulchur caravans any good
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questions re mazda 4600 motorhome
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hello all, considering buying a mazda 4600 motorhome and have a couple of questions of people who had had one, cant ask prevoius owner as he is no longer with us. can you comfortly drive at highway speeds of does fuel economy take a dive ? would you recommend them or look for a more modern outfit, this on...
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Bogong Moths
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The annual migration of Bogong Moths has started early this year. I have lived in Cooma NSW for over 60 years, but have never seen Bogongs like this year. The rear of my flat faces North, the front South. There is a dark brown aluminium framed sliding glass door at the rear, and the frame is absolutely co...
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Dune fridge freezer iceing up
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Hello, has any body purchased a dune frontier 20lt fridge freezer purely to run as a freezer? I bought one and the seal freezes up after it has been opened. The next time I try to open it I have to force it open. It is used to store frozen food as a backup to my fride with a shoebox sized freezer so I only open it u...
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A newbie
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Whilst I am well and truly grey and in my late 70s I haven't previously seen myself as 'grey nomad'. The last four years I have travelled around much of Queensland and NSW in my car being away from home for up to four weeks at a time. I have stayed at motels and in cabins at caravan parks. The issue has beco...
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Parkit 360 trailer mover.
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Hello, We are considering buying another property and the yard area is a bit tight. I was considering buying a trailer mover and have been researching the available products. There are obviously many different brands, designs and models to chose from and I have a tandem caravan weighing 3 t loaded a...
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Tare weight discrepancy
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Hi folks Do you have any recourse against the van manufacturer if the actual tare weight is higher than that on the compliance plate, reducing your actual available payload
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The border track
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We are planning on doing the border track this weekend
Has anyone got any recent experience
With the amount of rain just wondering about the current conditions
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An Aldi "Handy To Have"
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Hi everyone,
In the current Aldi catalogue (from today 29th July) is an instrument that I wish I had in the van a few times.
It is a Workzone Infrared Temperature Measurer for the cost of $20.00. It's temperature range is from -50 to +500 degrees C. It even comes with the batteries & weighs next to n...
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Folding away bedding
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We are looking at buying a new LDV 6 metre motor home, we are selling a Crosstrak caravan and tow vehicle so motor homing is new to us. This motor home has a north south bed that is a couch/table by day. We were wondering what people generally do with the bedding during the day? We thought attach a fitted she...
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Healt aspects of "LAGOONS"
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It's been a long held aspect of my camping mantra to avoid contact with water in lagoons. These sometimes attractive appearing waterholes are potential deathtraps because of the pollution of the long-standing & stagnating non flowing water. The water is especially prone to enormous proli...
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