The Grey Nomads - General

Greendale · Greendale

Hi All, Happy New Year to everyone. We are looking at buying a caravan to travell around Australia. We will have no time frame and want to see as much as we can. We are tending to go towards a semi off road van to enable us easier access to National Parks etc. we have looked at several brands and some, tha...

drongo & wendy · drongo & wendy

G,DAY Well we had our first outing with the van, hooked her on to the Holden away we went just a 11/2 hour drive on to a free camp on the Ovens river at BUNDALONG. Set up van ect near our kids and others then into the river great, got cold cramp hits out of water wind comes and stays for 4 days but...

Wombat 280 · Wombat 280

Make sure the NSWNP, Dark Greens and NPA don't get a look at this black snake making a meal of the brown otherwise we will be looking down the barrel of a very expensive and drawn out tax payer funded research project to development an intervention program. The catchcry would certainly focus on '...

dave06 · dave06

just finished booking our tickets on the good ship ss spirit of tasmania, heading out on the 31 jan 2009 back on the 11 feb 2009, should have 11 clear days over there by my reckoning, we were there about 10 years ago so about time we refreshed our memorys of the place anyone got any suggestions as to where to...

suenami · suenami

Question 1: I need the chemicals for the Thetford cassette toilet. Is there anywhere between Batemans Bay and Bega in NSW where I can buy what I need? And does anyone know if I can buy them on-line? Thanks in advance cheers

Gary and Kerry · Gary and Kerry

Happy new year to all forum members. May 09 be prosperous, full of adventure and safe travels.

Captain · Captain

Tourism NSW puts out a brochure titled 'Darling River Run'. Over the years, I have done bits and pieces of the Darling River but was thinking of doing the lot. The trip goes from Walgett to Wentworth with off the track detours to places of interest, e.g. National Parks, lakes, etc. I'm planning on le...

Gary and Kerry · Gary and Kerry

Festive season over, back to the drudgery of work..................bugger. 24 working days left before we hit the road for 5 months.

suenami · suenami

Hi everyone, I've missed you! I settled the sale of my home last Wed 17th and picked up my new Avan Ovation the same afternoon. In my next door neighbour's property for the school hols whilst I learn the ropes of this thing. Have just connected. And it's wonderful! Feels just like home. Which of course...

Wombat 280 · Wombat 280

Just returned from South West Rocks (Mid North Coast NSW) Stayed at a the Top Tourist Park on Gordon Young Drive a great spot ,well laid out and maintained, close to everything that one needs and a few that I could have done without . Had ten days without the need to be overly security minded had the...

ibbo · ibbo

Merging lane changes are going into place for the xmas holiday season,26/27/28.December.Traffic will be very slow on those days.RTA have put temporary toilets and non drinking water containers at all pull over places.In a nut shell the Hwy north of Karuah will merge into one lane until Buladelah....

dave06 · dave06

well thats that over for another year, thank god, now we can start to get the household back in to some sort of normallity (whatever that is) I hope you all had a great and safe xmas, we dont want to lose any gn's at this or any other stage, I must take this oppurtunity to make a correction, in one of my earlier...

Captain · Captain

Can anyone beat this? Brand new van, parked outside my home at 1630, last seen by me at 2200, gone next morning by 0830. Fortunately, it was located about 200 metres from home, with draw bar/tow hitch lock still in place. Attempted theft or prank - who knows? Naturally, I wanted better security so...

Wombat 280 · Wombat 280

Mate has 2005 STD Nissan Patrol that has covered 80000 hard surface km's and is having suspension problems . Taken it to a couple of suspension mods and they are quoting anything from an arm and leg to a first born child to replace the coil suspension and shockies . Anyone out there having same prob...

Wombat 280 · Wombat 280

Mate has 2005 STD Nissan Patrol that has covered 80000 hard surface km's and is having suspension problems . Taken it to a couple of suspension mods and they are quoting anything from an arm and leg to a first born child to replace the coil suspension and shockies . Anyone out there having same prob...

Gary and Kerry · Gary and Kerry

Can anyone recommend the best place to stay at Phillip Island? Haven't been able to find any free camps, any there?

ibbo · ibbo

Read a saying on the back of a 33 record"The intimate Jim Reeves"circa 1960.It was."As mellow as an old mans memory".Pretty true I think.Cheers Ibbo.

BeeDee · BeeDee

Hi Everyone As 'First Timers' to this Forum we would like to introduce ourselves - Bruce and Diane. Bruce has been involved in the Coach industry for 40 years while Diane's expertise lies in the field of administration & computers. Apart from travel, our interests are woodwork, cars, golf, f...

Gary and Kerry · Gary and Kerry

Can anyone recommend the best place to stay at Phillip Island? Haven't been able to find any free camps, any there?

clazandaza · clazandaza

Will be in Adelaide in the second week of March 2009. Me and the child bride are flying from there to Perth to see the granddaughter and some of Western Australia for about two weeks. Does anybody know of a storage centre, caravan park, abandoned prison or paddock where we could leave our car and van (...

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	Selecting the right van (Preview) Hi All, Happy New Year to everyone. We are looking at buying a caravan to travell around Australia. We will have no time frame and want to see as much as we can. We are tending to go towards a semi off road van to enable us easier access to National Parks etc. we have looked at several brands and some, tha...	Greendale	19	1232	06:52 PM Jan 2, 2009 by lynnenbarry
	we done it we done it (Preview) G,DAY Well we had our first outing with the van, hooked her on to the Holden away we went just a 11/2 hour drive on to a free camp on the Ovens river at BUNDALONG. Set up van ect near our kids and others then into the river great, got cold cramp hits out of water wind comes and stays for 4 days but...	drongo & wendy	7	989	06:30 PM Jan 2, 2009 by JRH
	Black- V -Brown (Preview) Make sure the NSWNP, Dark Greens and NPA don't get a look at this black snake making a meal of the brown otherwise we will be looking down the barrel of a very expensive and drawn out tax payer funded research project to development an intervention program. The catchcry would certainly focus on '...	Wombat 280	5	894	05:46 PM Jan 2, 2009 by Wombat 280
	well we are off again ( 1 2 ) (Preview) just finished booking our tickets on the good ship ss spirit of tasmania, heading out on the 31 jan 2009 back on the 11 feb 2009, should have 11 clear days over there by my reckoning, we were there about 10 years ago so about time we refreshed our memorys of the place anyone got any suggestions as to where to...	dave06	31	3624	02:57 PM Jan 1, 2009 by dave06
	Thetford Toilet Chemicals (Preview) Question 1: I need the chemicals for the Thetford cassette toilet. Is there anywhere between Batemans Bay and Bega in NSW where I can buy what I need? And does anyone know if I can buy them on-line? Thanks in advance cheers	suenami	22	8581	01:18 PM Jan 1, 2009 by dave06
	Happy New Year (Preview) Happy new year to all forum members. May 09 be prosperous, full of adventure and safe travels.	Gary and Kerry	6	734	01:04 PM Jan 1, 2009 by JRH
	Darling River Run (Preview) Tourism NSW puts out a brochure titled 'Darling River Run'. Over the years, I have done bits and pieces of the Darling River but was thinking of doing the lot. The trip goes from Walgett to Wentworth with off the track detours to places of interest, e.g. National Parks, lakes, etc. I'm planning on le...	Captain	10	1804	10:14 PM Dec 31, 2008 by mike and Judy
	Back to work (Preview) Festive season over, back to the drudgery of work..................bugger. 24 working days left before we hit the road for 5 months.	Gary and Kerry	6	779	10:33 AM Dec 31, 2008 by Wombat 280
	Finally. At last. I've done it! (Preview) Hi everyone, I've missed you! I settled the sale of my home last Wed 17th and picked up my new Avan Ovation the same afternoon. In my next door neighbour's property for the school hols whilst I learn the ropes of this thing. Have just connected. And it's wonderful! Feels just like home. Which of course...	suenami	12	1276	07:41 PM Dec 30, 2008 by suenami
	Nice Place BUT! (Preview) Just returned from South West Rocks (Mid North Coast NSW) Stayed at a the Top Tourist Park on Gordon Young Drive a great spot ,well laid out and maintained, close to everything that one needs and a few that I could have done without . Had ten days without the need to be overly security minded had the...	Wombat 280	6	1050	08:56 AM Dec 30, 2008 by Basil Faulty
	Paciffic Hwy from Karuah to Buladelah. (Preview) Merging lane changes are going into place for the xmas holiday season,26/27/28.December.Traffic will be very slow on those days.RTA have put temporary toilets and non drinking water containers at all pull over places.In a nut shell the Hwy north of Karuah will merge into one lane until Buladelah....	ibbo	5	711	07:12 PM Dec 29, 2008 by Basil Faulty
	hope you all had a good one (Preview) well thats that over for another year, thank god, now we can start to get the household back in to some sort of normallity (whatever that is) I hope you all had a great and safe xmas, we dont want to lose any gn's at this or any other stage, I must take this oppurtunity to make a correction, in one of my earlier...	dave06	8	913	07:06 PM Dec 29, 2008 by Basil Faulty
	Van Security (Preview) Can anyone beat this? Brand new van, parked outside my home at 1630, last seen by me at 2200, gone next morning by 0830. Fortunately, it was located about 200 metres from home, with draw bar/tow hitch lock still in place. Attempted theft or prank - who knows? Naturally, I wanted better security so...	Captain	5	889	03:07 PM Dec 29, 2008 by Cupie
	Questions Without Notice (Preview) Mate has 2005 STD Nissan Patrol that has covered 80000 hard surface km's and is having suspension problems . Taken it to a couple of suspension mods and they are quoting anything from an arm and leg to a first born child to replace the coil suspension and shockies . Anyone out there having same prob...	Wombat 280	1	784	03:03 PM Dec 29, 2008 by Cupie
	Questions Without Notice (Preview) Mate has 2005 STD Nissan Patrol that has covered 80000 hard surface km's and is having suspension problems . Taken it to a couple of suspension mods and they are quoting anything from an arm and leg to a first born child to replace the coil suspension and shockies . Anyone out there having same prob...	Wombat 280	0	542	12:07 PM Dec 29, 2008 by Wombat 280
	Phillip Island (Preview) Can anyone recommend the best place to stay at Phillip Island? Haven't been able to find any free camps, any there?	Gary and Kerry	4	634	09:38 PM Dec 28, 2008 by Gary and Kerry
	Quaint sayings you have read or heard. (Preview) Read a saying on the back of a 33 record"The intimate Jim Reeves"circa 1960.It was."As mellow as an old mans memory".Pretty true I think.Cheers Ibbo.	ibbo	1	938	07:39 PM Dec 28, 2008 by BeeDee
	First Timers (Preview) Hi Everyone As 'First Timers' to this Forum we would like to introduce ourselves - Bruce and Diane. Bruce has been involved in the Coach industry for 40 years while Diane's expertise lies in the field of administration & computers. Apart from travel, our interests are woodwork, cars, golf, f...	BeeDee	0	623	07:12 PM Dec 28, 2008 by BeeDee
	Phillip Island (Preview) Can anyone recommend the best place to stay at Phillip Island? Haven't been able to find any free camps, any there?	Gary and Kerry	0	493	12:06 PM Dec 27, 2008 by Gary and Kerry
	SECURE STORAGE (Preview) Will be in Adelaide in the second week of March 2009. Me and the child bride are flying from there to Perth to see the granddaughter and some of Western Australia for about two weeks. Does anybody know of a storage centre, caravan park, abandoned prison or paddock where we could leave our car and van (...	clazandaza	8	1117	06:10 PM Dec 25, 2008 by clazandaza
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