The Grey Nomads - General

Ma · Ma

Just read the Pacific Highway is closed at Blackadder Creek near Corindi Beach for the high tide..........Corindi Beach Van Park is a great park for anyone passing in that area. We were there a few weeks ago, great sites with eco matting, spotless amenities, beautiful outlook and parklands. Gre...

ROAMIN · ROAMIN

Hi Guys, Have a look at leading story on CaravanningNews about caravan registration in various states.

brickies · brickies

membership 2 more needed to reach 2000 kept watching -- Edited by brickies on Tuesday 5th of October 2010 08:54:30 AM

Kiwibound eventually · Kiwibound eventually

We have recently joined the forum as we prepare for the trip of a lifetime from Melbourne around Australia. We will be travelling in a new Nissan Patrol and a 21 foot Jayco Sterling. We have been getting mixed messages about spares that we should be carrying. Should be purchase an additional spare t...

geoffwh · geoffwh

Has anyone taken a caravan down to Jindabyne during the snow season and skiied there, we live North Brisbane and would like to do a ski season there next year. We are caravan virgins getting our van, Franklin X-Factor, on 26th August 2010 and would appreciate any advice.

DKay · DKay

Hi to all the GN's out there. The Federal Gov has funded "Broadband for Seniors Kiosk's" at various locations around the country. These "kiosks" are usually set up by volunteer organisations such as "Progress Associations" and others. It is designed to enable pe...

milo · milo

ive had it in my mind about a camper van, but are there any that ive over looked with a shower and toilet, ?? say under 20' feet? am i dreaming?

Gerty Dancer · Gerty Dancer

Has anyone stayed at this park? Its not mentioned in my NRMA guide, nor Badgers. Thought we might visit Grafton for the Jacaranda Festival. Thanks.

petengail · petengail

Well we got up to Stanage (70 ks north of Rockhampton QLD,turn right 100 klms of dirt), the dirt road was just like driving down a highway, it had been recently graded and was in top condition. The first few days were glorious - unfortunately the fish were not biting - neither inside the bay nor outside n...

VHW · VHW

As many of our RV population are ex ADF members and along with the general population feel very strongly about this subject, you may be interested in this link; http://www.gopetition.com/petition/39006.html

BigBadBruce · BigBadBruce

I'm a 63 yo Aussie guy, who wants to do the GN thing. My Japanese child bride (16 yrs younger, so no spring chicken) isn't so easily convinced. I've used words like sunsets, scenery, wombats, kangaroos, sleep in, less stress etc. She has responded with ants, spiders, snakes, scorpions, no Master Chef...

beachball57 · beachball57

hi all just thought i'd post this incase anyone was interested,, if you're in South Australia and are heading north towards Port Augusta there is a place alog the way called Port Germaine, you'll go right past it on the way north well if youre in the area on the weekend of the 19th and 20 of November this ye...

justcruisin01 · justcruisin01

Any one with a telstra mobile plan with the My Hour deal? I like many beleived that all calls made in this time frame had to be connected & finished within the designated hour in a max of 20min blocks. Not so, just found out that as long as a call is connected within that time frame you can extend beyond...

brickies · brickies

Called at the Home Hill Free Camp on Saturday it is a great set up , but local tell me they are getting fed up with the dunking back packers who stay for long time and make a nuisance of them self

DubDub · DubDub

G'day fine folks (long time since I posted), We just sold our house,don't have a permanent address and need to Insure our newly aquired pop-top camper van(82 Nissan urvan).We arn't "Nomading" to coin a phrase,just on a journey to look for another home to buy and are envisoning about 2mths...

Gerty Dancer · Gerty Dancer

Marvelous what you find when you crawl under a brand new caravan! The air intake vents for the air-con are under the floor, and consist of 6 circular holes 3" wide protected only by nylon insect screen. (Its a Jayco Discovery "Outback" pop-top) The dealer, when we complained, sai...

glassies · glassies

well weve just purchased a realy nice 2003 subaru forester, selling our beloved WRX i swear my hubby will have a tear in his eye when it does go out the gate, but we saw a realy good buy from a guy in palmwoods car has 10grand worth of stuff done on it alone without just the car being in such good nic. pick it up n...

nanja · nanja

Sat 25 & Sun 26th September saw the Barellan Working Clydesdale Show go off with a bang. 17 clydesdales yoked up to a wool wagon for 4500 croud to see most likely for most the very first time. Barellan is holding the event again next year so keep an eye open for the dates.

TraceyandKim · TraceyandKim

Hello All We are new to the web site, we are going to Crystal Brook SA to work the Grain Harvest, for the first time, have any of you worked there before, do u have any words of wisdom We will be travelling from Darwin can you recommend any free parking along the way? Look forward to you comments Kind Regards...

gunadoo · gunadoo

Hello to all Forum Folk Had a great day today at Monsoon's in Darwin,meeting new people,debating with many and having a drink with too many probably but the object of the exercise was the AFL Grand Final,or one of them.It seems we can still have more than one in any given year. ( did think it had been cha...

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	ROAD CLOSED (Preview) Just read the Pacific Highway is closed at Blackadder Creek near Corindi Beach for the high tide..........Corindi Beach Van Park is a great park for anyone passing in that area. We were there a few weeks ago, great sites with eco matting, spotless amenities, beautiful outlook and parklands. Gre...	Ma	0	609	09:36 PM Oct 4, 2010 by Ma
	Caravan Registration (Preview) Hi Guys, Have a look at leading story on CaravanningNews about caravan registration in various states.	ROAMIN	3	959	09:34 PM Oct 4, 2010 by Dunmowin
	2 To go (Preview) membership 2 more needed to reach 2000 kept watching -- Edited by brickies on Tuesday 5th of October 2010 08:54:30 AM	brickies	3	699	08:40 PM Oct 4, 2010 by brickies
	Spare tyres (Preview) We have recently joined the forum as we prepare for the trip of a lifetime from Melbourne around Australia. We will be travelling in a new Nissan Patrol and a 21 foot Jayco Sterling. We have been getting mixed messages about spares that we should be carrying. Should be purchase an additional spare t...	Kiwibound eventually	22	4092	03:51 PM Oct 4, 2010 by Ma
	Perisher Blue (Preview) Has anyone taken a caravan down to Jindabyne during the snow season and skiied there, we live North Brisbane and would like to do a ski season there next year. We are caravan virgins getting our van, Franklin X-Factor, on 26th August 2010 and would appreciate any advice.	geoffwh	11	937	12:23 PM Oct 4, 2010 by geoffwh
	Broadband for Seniors Kiosk's (Preview) Hi to all the GN's out there. The Federal Gov has funded "Broadband for Seniors Kiosk's" at various locations around the country. These "kiosks" are usually set up by volunteer organisations such as "Progress Associations" and others. It is designed to enable pe...	DKay	4	1028	10:40 AM Oct 4, 2010 by Happywanderer
	an idea or pipe dream? (Preview) ive had it in my mind about a camper van, but are there any that ive over looked with a shower and toilet, ?? say under 20' feet? am i dreaming?	milo	13	1314	12:24 AM Oct 4, 2010 by Sheba
	Grafton Greyhound Racing Club Caravan Park (Preview) Has anyone stayed at this park? Its not mentioned in my NRMA guide, nor Badgers. Thought we might visit Grafton for the Jacaranda Festival. Thanks.	Gerty Dancer	6	2138	06:17 PM Oct 3, 2010 by Dunmowin
	Back from Stanage - (Preview) Well we got up to Stanage (70 ks north of Rockhampton QLD,turn right 100 klms of dirt), the dirt road was just like driving down a highway, it had been recently graded and was in top condition. The first few days were glorious - unfortunately the fish were not biting - neither inside the bay nor outside n...	petengail	0	476	05:33 PM Oct 3, 2010 by petengail
	Support Our Troops In Afghanistan (Preview) As many of our RV population are ex ADF members and along with the general population feel very strongly about this subject, you may be interested in this link; http://www.gopetition.com/petition/39006.html	VHW	5	1016	12:50 PM Oct 3, 2010 by milo
	How do I CONvince the wife to be a GN? (Preview) I'm a 63 yo Aussie guy, who wants to do the GN thing. My Japanese child bride (16 yrs younger, so no spring chicken) isn't so easily convinced. I've used words like sunsets, scenery, wombats, kangaroos, sleep in, less stress etc. She has responded with ants, spiders, snakes, scorpions, no Master Chef...	BigBadBruce	21	1618	10:17 PM Oct 2, 2010 by BigBadBruce
	blovember (Preview) hi all just thought i'd post this incase anyone was interested,, if you're in South Australia and are heading north towards Port Augusta there is a place alog the way called Port Germaine, you'll go right past it on the way north well if youre in the area on the weekend of the 19th and 20 of November this ye...	beachball57	8	1174	07:56 PM Oct 1, 2010 by Allara
	MY HOUR; (Preview) Any one with a telstra mobile plan with the My Hour deal? I like many beleived that all calls made in this time frame had to be connected & finished within the designated hour in a max of 20min blocks. Not so, just found out that as long as a call is connected within that time frame you can extend beyond...	justcruisin01	14	2576	05:11 PM Oct 1, 2010 by Allara
	Free Camp at Home Hill (Preview) Called at the Home Hill Free Camp on Saturday it is a great set up , but local tell me they are getting fed up with the dunking back packers who stay for long time and make a nuisance of them self	brickies	5	1632	03:54 PM Oct 1, 2010 by Gerty Dancer
	Insurance problems..... (Preview) G'day fine folks (long time since I posted), We just sold our house,don't have a permanent address and need to Insure our newly aquired pop-top camper van(82 Nissan urvan).We arn't "Nomading" to coin a phrase,just on a journey to look for another home to buy and are envisoning about 2mths...	DubDub	4	1017	09:27 PM Sep 30, 2010 by glassies
	Air intake vents for air-con in pop-tops (Preview) Marvelous what you find when you crawl under a brand new caravan! The air intake vents for the air-con are under the floor, and consist of 6 circular holes 3" wide protected only by nylon insect screen. (Its a Jayco Discovery "Outback" pop-top) The dealer, when we complained, sai...	Gerty Dancer	7	1102	06:47 PM Sep 29, 2010 by Gerty Dancer
	subaru (Preview) well weve just purchased a realy nice 2003 subaru forester, selling our beloved WRX i swear my hubby will have a tear in his eye when it does go out the gate, but we saw a realy good buy from a guy in palmwoods car has 10grand worth of stuff done on it alone without just the car being in such good nic. pick it up n...	glassies	4	874	03:51 PM Sep 29, 2010 by coyotte
	Barellan Working Clydesdale Show (Preview) Sat 25 & Sun 26th September saw the Barellan Working Clydesdale Show go off with a bang. 17 clydesdales yoked up to a wool wagon for 4500 croud to see most likely for most the very first time. Barellan is holding the event again next year so keep an eye open for the dates.	nanja	2	1394	10:27 AM Sep 29, 2010 by Gerty Dancer
	Crystal Brook SA to work the Grain Harvest (Preview) Hello All We are new to the web site, we are going to Crystal Brook SA to work the Grain Harvest, for the first time, have any of you worked there before, do u have any words of wisdom We will be travelling from Darwin can you recommend any free parking along the way? Look forward to you comments Kind Regards...	TraceyandKim	5	915	10:06 PM Sep 28, 2010 by gold dandelion
	AFL (Preview) Hello to all Forum Folk Had a great day today at Monsoon's in Darwin,meeting new people,debating with many and having a drink with too many probably but the object of the exercise was the AFL Grand Final,or one of them.It seems we can still have more than one in any given year. ( did think it had been cha...	gunadoo	13	1391	02:19 PM Sep 28, 2010 by Happywanderer
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