The Grey Nomads - General

peter and rose · peter and rose

Hi everyone We are both in our early 50s and have finally made the decision to rent the house and go on the road for a couple of years or more. Our previous caravan was a 1973 chesney poptop (don't laugh : everybody has to start somewhere) We have decided on an expanda 18 (1900 kg) but have not yet decided on...

glassies · glassies

----- Subject: FW: From Gary Briggs in Dalby There has been some amazing great story's come out of the floods. But there are also the ones that will never be told because in this country we tolerate idiots in government jobs and no one wants to point the finger in case it somehow blows up in their face. ...

justcruisin01 · justcruisin01

Just how much profit do these theives want? My regular beer at woolies has risen to $47 a carton in their bottle shop & $48 in their new BWS, which was Celebrations until xmass time. The local IGA is $42 normal , just had a special @ $36.95, big difference. A celebrations store in the next town has just...

jules47 · jules47

Well, on 22 Feb my plan is to leave Boonah Qld to go to Porepunkah Vic, for about a week, I have allowed myself 3 days to get there, it is my first solo trip towing my 14ft Coromal Cygnet pop top. Bit apprehensive, but as I have plenty of time, I reckon I will be ok. If you see me - Black Nissan Terrano towing 14f...

justcruisin01 · justcruisin01

I know I done this one 12mths ago , There has been a few hundred new members since then & thought it was worth a rerun for them. There was movement at the station' so wrote down a famous man But how did Banjo know this? p'raps he towed a caravan. Maybe Banjo had been woken in a van park from his s...

frogandtoad · frogandtoad

Heading off in June for three months yah taking our two small dogs 5kgs each and want to take our bikes any ideas how to transport dogs on bikes? Cheers Cheryl

Gerty Dancer · Gerty Dancer

For those of you with a tent, and those who can remember... We have found that when sleeping on the blow-up mattress all our body heat seems to go into the ground underneath it, and we are cold even on a warm night. Have tried putting a rug under it which improved it a little. We used to have one of those self-...

Smokeydk · Smokeydk

28 years ago today...SA and Vic burnt.......lives lost...homes destroyed.....Have we learnt anything??

petengail · petengail

http://www.eldoradocountyweather.com/satellite/ssec/australia/spacific-color-ir-sat2.html-- Edited by petengail on Tuesday 15th of February 2011 06:11:26 PM

pipes · pipes

Sorry about that. By being a Grumpalian, it meant that many of us can look back, and in my case, remember collecting, and taking soft drink bottles to the green grocer. Collecting beer bottles for the "bottle-o". Newspapers for the butcher, and horse s**t for the local gardners. Thinkin...

tezza · tezza

We have started our new career as park managers and are happy to offer members of this forum 10% of the daily rate for a powered site which would make it $18/night Unpowered are very cheap @ $7.50 per night and weekly rates are $100/powered and $37.50 unpowered. Looking forward to meeting you.

Cee · Cee

Hiya, Just wanted to say a great big thank you to the GN's at Port Vincent Foreshore Caravan Park for their help and support. I finally took my first short trip towing the van from Adelaide to Port Vincent and was feeling really really nervous about reverse parking the van onto the site and lining it up...

pipes · pipes

Kununurra is a beautiful town. Then there's the Bungles. However, when travelling between these two, take the time to go to Wyndam. It has a wonderful history. A great little museum, but best of all, the Five Rivers Lookout. If you are dragging a van, leave it in town. It is an easy drive for ordinary ca...

Us · Us

We are leaving on a 9 month trip to WA next month and wonder if it is worth taking the kayack on the top of the car, will we use it enough to warrent the added load.

jimbo · jimbo

Are there any comments on the Home pages Good neighbours letter......I would love for the Councils too help out a little bit more rather than Grab,Grab, and More grab

pipes · pipes

Many years as a tour driver, so here are a couple of clues. The horizontal waterfall in the Kimberley. When booking, ensure that the "falls" are "falling" Don't take, Maybe, Should be, No worries. Ask, that if there is no falls, do you get a refund. The people making the booking s...

pipes · pipes

I guess that I'm not the first one to throw my PC into a river. Anyway, pulled it out, put it in the spin dryer, and finally read the instructions a couple of you folks gave me. Richo and Gayle, your discs are on the way. No charge, and thanks for the info. The stories are about life in the roadtrains in the six...

Happywanderer · Happywanderer

This was in todays paper. I will type out the whole story, surprised me!! Residents are being encouraged to say Triple Zero instead of Triple O to avoid confusing young people. Nat Triple Zero group chair Mark Whybro said mis-dialling could occur in emergency situations when numbers were confused....

Pejay · Pejay

'Evening Everyone, Well, if I thought we would have a quiet start to our retirement, guess who got it R-E-A-L-L-Y wrong!!! First off, Pete retired 16 Dec - great!!! Daughter's (Katie) f-i-l (Brian) was diagnosed with throat cancer week before Christmas - not good. Christmas was great shared with...

pipes · pipes

I wasn' born in the NT, but did a lot of growing up there. I got my "C" class license to drive road trains at age 17, by just driving around the block in the family ute. That was a long time ago. Now I have written two books about my, and other young blokes life style, in those trucks, in the si...

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	newbies needing advise (Preview) Hi everyone We are both in our early 50s and have finally made the decision to rent the house and go on the road for a couple of years or more. Our previous caravan was a 1973 chesney poptop (don't laugh : everybody has to start somewhere) We have decided on an expanda 18 (1900 kg) but have not yet decided on...	peter and rose	12	1938	11:16 PM Feb 18, 2011 by relaxblueskywater
	A MUST READ (Preview) ----- Subject: FW: From Gary Briggs in Dalby There has been some amazing great story's come out of the floods. But there are also the ones that will never be told because in this country we tolerate idiots in government jobs and no one wants to point the finger in case it somehow blows up in their face. ...	glassies	12	2048	07:15 PM Feb 18, 2011 by Vic
	woolies? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Just how much profit do these theives want? My regular beer at woolies has risen to $47 a carton in their bottle shop & $48 in their new BWS, which was Celebrations until xmass time. The local IGA is $42 normal , just had a special @ $36.95, big difference. A celebrations store in the next town has just...	justcruisin01	37	3068	02:00 PM Feb 18, 2011 by Ma
	To Victoria (Preview) Well, on 22 Feb my plan is to leave Boonah Qld to go to Porepunkah Vic, for about a week, I have allowed myself 3 days to get there, it is my first solo trip towing my 14ft Coromal Cygnet pop top. Bit apprehensive, but as I have plenty of time, I reckon I will be ok. If you see me - Black Nissan Terrano towing 14f...	jules47	15	1283	07:59 AM Feb 18, 2011 by Jacko
	CARAVANING BLISS! (Preview) I know I done this one 12mths ago , There has been a few hundred new members since then & thought it was worth a rerun for them. There was movement at the station' so wrote down a famous man But how did Banjo know this? p'raps he towed a caravan. Maybe Banjo had been woken in a van park from his s...	justcruisin01	8	5253	07:33 PM Feb 17, 2011 by capt cream bun
	dogs and bikes (Preview) Heading off in June for three months yah taking our two small dogs 5kgs each and want to take our bikes any ideas how to transport dogs on bikes? Cheers Cheryl	frogandtoad	11	1752	07:32 PM Feb 17, 2011 by Allara
	Air beds (Preview) For those of you with a tent, and those who can remember... We have found that when sleeping on the blow-up mattress all our body heat seems to go into the ground underneath it, and we are cold even on a warm night. Have tried putting a rug under it which improved it a little. We used to have one of those self-...	Gerty Dancer	15	2134	07:25 PM Feb 17, 2011 by Allara
	Ash Wednesday 1983 (Preview) 28 years ago today...SA and Vic burnt.......lives lost...homes destroyed.....Have we learnt anything??	Smokeydk	7	1129	06:48 AM Feb 17, 2011 by Allara
	Another cyclone in the North (Preview) http://www.eldoradocountyweather.com/satellite/ssec/australia/spacific-color-ir-sat2.html-- Edited by petengail on Tuesday 15th of February 2011 06:11:26 PM	petengail	2	872	06:31 PM Feb 16, 2011 by Happywanderer
	Grumpalians. It was only meant as a joke (Preview) Sorry about that. By being a Grumpalian, it meant that many of us can look back, and in my case, remember collecting, and taking soft drink bottles to the green grocer. Collecting beer bottles for the "bottle-o". Newspapers for the butcher, and horse s**t for the local gardners. Thinkin...	pipes	15	1031	06:28 PM Feb 16, 2011 by Ma
	mukinbudin caravan park (Preview) We have started our new career as park managers and are happy to offer members of this forum 10% of the daily rate for a powered site which would make it $18/night Unpowered are very cheap @ $7.50 per night and weekly rates are $100/powered and $37.50 unpowered. Looking forward to meeting you.	tezza	12	1439	09:51 AM Feb 16, 2011 by Gerty Dancer
	Gotta say thanks to GN's at Port Vincent Foreshore Caravan Park (Preview) Hiya, Just wanted to say a great big thank you to the GN's at Port Vincent Foreshore Caravan Park for their help and support. I finally took my first short trip towing the van from Adelaide to Port Vincent and was feeling really really nervous about reverse parking the van onto the site and lining it up...	Cee	11	1409	09:59 PM Feb 15, 2011 by jimricho
	Another great spot to visit in the top of WA (Preview) Kununurra is a beautiful town. Then there's the Bungles. However, when travelling between these two, take the time to go to Wyndam. It has a wonderful history. A great little museum, but best of all, the Five Rivers Lookout. If you are dragging a van, leave it in town. It is an easy drive for ordinary ca...	pipes	6	959	07:46 PM Feb 15, 2011 by BushbabyandGumnut
	kyack (Preview) We are leaving on a 9 month trip to WA next month and wonder if it is worth taking the kayack on the top of the car, will we use it enough to warrent the added load.	Us	12	1598	07:19 PM Feb 15, 2011 by BushbabyandGumnut
	Good Neighbours (Preview) Are there any comments on the Home pages Good neighbours letter......I would love for the Councils too help out a little bit more rather than Grab,Grab, and More grab	jimbo	3	873	02:28 PM Feb 15, 2011 by jimbo
	tourist attractions WA (Preview) Many years as a tour driver, so here are a couple of clues. The horizontal waterfall in the Kimberley. When booking, ensure that the "falls" are "falling" Don't take, Maybe, Should be, No worries. Ask, that if there is no falls, do you get a refund. The people making the booking s...	pipes	10	991	12:11 PM Feb 15, 2011 by Firefly
	Me and my PC (Preview) I guess that I'm not the first one to throw my PC into a river. Anyway, pulled it out, put it in the spin dryer, and finally read the instructions a couple of you folks gave me. Richo and Gayle, your discs are on the way. No charge, and thanks for the info. The stories are about life in the roadtrains in the six...	pipes	2	656	07:06 PM Feb 14, 2011 by Popeye
	112 is NOT the emergency call number from mobiles. ( 1 2 ) (Preview) This was in todays paper. I will type out the whole story, surprised me!! Residents are being encouraged to say Triple Zero instead of Triple O to avoid confusing young people. Nat Triple Zero group chair Mark Whybro said mis-dialling could occur in emergency situations when numbers were confused....	Happywanderer	32	2940	05:32 AM Feb 14, 2011 by NeilandRaine
	Back on Line (Preview) 'Evening Everyone, Well, if I thought we would have a quiet start to our retirement, guess who got it R-E-A-L-L-Y wrong!!! First off, Pete retired 16 Dec - great!!! Daughter's (Katie) f-i-l (Brian) was diagnosed with throat cancer week before Christmas - not good. Christmas was great shared with...	Pejay	8	1204	08:31 PM Feb 13, 2011 by Pejay
	selling on GN forum (Preview) I wasn' born in the NT, but did a lot of growing up there. I got my "C" class license to drive road trains at age 17, by just driving around the block in the family ute. That was a long time ago. Now I have written two books about my, and other young blokes life style, in those trucks, in the si...	pipes	11	1644	11:22 AM Feb 13, 2011 by pipes
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