The Grey Nomads - General

Vulcanick51 · Vulcanick51

Hi All, Hoping someone can help: I have Hi roof Transit van and want to fix a 3 metre length of sail track. I've been told that Sika Flex 11FC would do the job without any screws/rivets. I'm not sure if screws would hold in the fibreglass roof. I'm not much of a handy man, so don't particulary(?) want to rem...

rockylizard · rockylizard

Gday... The subject of the actual towing capabilities of vehicles has been well covered on this and other forums. However, this article is another good reference for those who are considering their vehicle and van and hitting the road. Read the article here Cheers - stay well and travel safely - John...

JayDee · JayDee

Thought that you may wish to read this little classic. Jay&Dee Once all villagers decided to pray for rain. On the day of prayer all the people gathered, but only one boy came with an umbrella. That's FAITH . {2} When you throw babies in the air, they laugh because they know you...

Stretch60 · Stretch60

To the person who couldn't be bothered to hose down their filth at the Lightning Ridge dump point, I sincerely hope your toilet springs a leak and floods your van/RV with your own p*ss and s**t.

Col Rennie · Col Rennie

Guys I have to get up to Harvey Bay to health with a family health issue Towing the van we only do about 400K a day so planning on about 4 or 5 days out of Syd. Current plan is to head up the New England highway and stay away from the coast till we are past Bris . Advise please 1)is that the best route to take? 2...

JayDee · JayDee

It is well worth noting the number of people who have viewed many of the threads. Whilst one may not get may replies or comments etc there are hundred who read and therefore gain a further education in regards to caravan and camping comments.For example... I posted re Free Camp in Beenleigh Region S/E o...

BIGWESTY · BIGWESTY

Hi all, new to this so I'm hoping for some advice,2 weeks ago we purchased a 2nd hand van from a dealer on the Sunshine coast, on pickup morning when the salesman pulled the van onto my ball the coupling fouled and scratched the bumper, his suggestion was that I would have to get a longer tongue, the coupli...

gandk · gandk

Hi all To the ones who have had air lifters installed on their pop top, is it difficult to pull the roof down? I did a search on the topic and that problem was mentioned. I shall be travelling through Brisbane soon and would like to have something installed to make lifting my roof possible. The roof lifter...

Rip and Rosie · Rip and Rosie

Planning a trip across east to west in May, and would like to know how easy it is to find dump points. We will have a "bush shovel" on board, but I would prefer to use dumps points if we can. Anyone crossed recently?

Juggenaut · Juggenaut

was wondering when the Grey Nomad characters on the main page had been updated, seems some are many years old. as you can see I haven't got much going on at the moment cooling my heels until we get on the road next week.

Granty · Granty

I would just like to give NSW info centres a thumbs up. Our last 2 trips have been to NSW and we are very impressed on how good the presentation and service from them are, even in relatively small towns you will find very well set up Centres. Here in our home State of Vic you need to be in a popular tourist tow...

gandk · gandk

Heading west from Sunshine coast to join the New England then head down to cut across to Newcastle. Haven't caravanned that way and wanting some good places to camp and see. Any suggestions please.

rockylizard · rockylizard

Gday... Another news article about "life on the road"..... The article here A few snips from the article ... At popular tourist destination Byron Bay, free camping is banned. Shannon Burt, Byron Shire Council's director of environment and economy, said there were 15 legal campgrounds and people n...

mezza56 · mezza56

is there an app or a map that would show you direction of signal where ever you are camping , I see winegard have one in the USA

shea · shea

leaving Adelaide Late April 2019 coastal route via Victoria all around Australia 1 year maybe two Hoping to buy Iveco Motorhome late March two mature Adults with two small dogs

Long Weekend · Long Weekend

Hi All, While away last week the tank in our Suburban HWS began leaking. Not sure how old it is but apparently the tank is made of aluminium and has corroded where the cold water pipe goes into the tank. By corroded there is white powder all around the pipe inlet and water just pours out. There are two thin...

Jaahn · Jaahn

Hi Watching Slow Summer on the canal boat tonight. If I was in England would this be the equivalent of GMs there. Less miles to travel so the speed is slowish and the water makes it cool. Fuel cost low. More room on them as well Not sure about winter though Jaahn -- Edited by Jaahn on Sunday 20th of January 20...

brimhunter · brimhunter

Hi Am churning over if to head East from WA to Sydney then up the East coast up and over the top to Darwin then head south Via Gibb River Road then down West Coast IE big lap but not sure the time of year best suited to crossing. Im in BT50 with roof top tent looking for fishing ie Barra and Mangrove jacks if any...

Ozzie_Traveller · Ozzie_Traveller

G'day all I am aware of various postings & comments on a variety of discussion forums about this topic, and so far, beyond some people saying "leave it to the CMCA" it seems that little is happening to protect our way of life I would like to do something more than 'leave it to others' and am wondering w...

aussie_paul · aussie_paul

I follow this FB page... https://www.facebook.com/groups/triptracks/ Aussie Paul.

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Best way to fix Sail Track (Preview) Hi All, Hoping someone can help: I have Hi roof Transit van and want to fix a 3 metre length of sail track. I've been told that Sika Flex 11FC would do the job without any screws/rivets. I'm not sure if screws would hold in the fibreglass roof. I'm not much of a handy man, so don't particulary(?) want to rem...	Vulcanick51	12	4466	02:04 PM Feb 3, 2019 by mullpadd
	Why towing is like rocket science (Preview) Gday... The subject of the actual towing capabilities of vehicles has been well covered on this and other forums. However, this article is another good reference for those who are considering their vehicle and van and hitting the road. Read the article here Cheers - stay well and travel safely - John...	rockylizard	29	1791	08:36 AM Feb 3, 2019 by PeterD
	6 little comments worth sharing (Preview) Thought that you may wish to read this little classic. Jay&Dee Once all villagers decided to pray for rain. On the day of prayer all the people gathered, but only one boy came with an umbrella. That's FAITH . {2} When you throw babies in the air, they laugh because they know you...	JayDee	4	1525	12:48 PM Feb 2, 2019 by Harley Z
	Lazy Filthy People (Preview) To the person who couldn't be bothered to hose down their filth at the Lightning Ridge dump point, I sincerely hope your toilet springs a leak and floods your van/RV with your own pss and s*t.	Stretch60	10	1658	09:06 AM Feb 2, 2019 by Ron-D
	Heading to Harvey Bay up the inland road from Syd advise please (Preview) Guys I have to get up to Harvey Bay to health with a family health issue Towing the van we only do about 400K a day so planning on about 4 or 5 days out of Syd. Current plan is to head up the New England highway and stay away from the coast till we are past Bris . Advise please 1)is that the best route to take? 2...	Col Rennie	5	921	11:05 PM Feb 1, 2019 by Gaylehere
	Viewing / replies & comments on Forum (Preview) It is well worth noting the number of people who have viewed many of the threads. Whilst one may not get may replies or comments etc there are hundred who read and therefore gain a further education in regards to caravan and camping comments.For example... I posted re Free Camp in Beenleigh Region S/E o...	JayDee	1	974	10:58 PM Jan 31, 2019 by Bobdown
	Bad service. (Preview) Hi all, new to this so I'm hoping for some advice,2 weeks ago we purchased a 2nd hand van from a dealer on the Sunshine coast, on pickup morning when the salesman pulled the van onto my ball the coupling fouled and scratched the bumper, his suggestion was that I would have to get a longer tongue, the coupli...	BIGWESTY	5	1696	09:22 PM Jan 31, 2019 by BIGWESTY
	RVAIRLIFTERS ??? (Preview) Hi all To the ones who have had air lifters installed on their pop top, is it difficult to pull the roof down? I did a search on the topic and that problem was mentioned. I shall be travelling through Brisbane soon and would like to have something installed to make lifting my roof possible. The roof lifter...	gandk	8	3281	08:30 PM Jan 31, 2019 by mylestom1
	Dump points on the Nullarbor (Preview) Planning a trip across east to west in May, and would like to know how easy it is to find dump points. We will have a "bush shovel" on board, but I would prefer to use dumps points if we can. Anyone crossed recently?	Rip and Rosie	6	5062	12:31 PM Jan 31, 2019 by Whenarewethere
	Grey Nomads (Preview) was wondering when the Grey Nomad characters on the main page had been updated, seems some are many years old. as you can see I haven't got much going on at the moment cooling my heels until we get on the road next week.	Juggenaut	9	1854	12:27 PM Jan 31, 2019 by Webmaster
	Tourist Information Centres (Preview) I would just like to give NSW info centres a thumbs up. Our last 2 trips have been to NSW and we are very impressed on how good the presentation and service from them are, even in relatively small towns you will find very well set up Centres. Here in our home State of Vic you need to be in a popular tourist tow...	Granty	5	1060	10:13 AM Jan 31, 2019 by Stretch60
	WHERE IS GOOD ON NEW ENGLAND HWY (Preview) Heading west from Sunshine coast to join the New England then head down to cut across to Newcastle. Haven't caravanned that way and wanting some good places to camp and see. Any suggestions please.	gandk	6	1219	06:34 PM Jan 30, 2019 by gandk
	Living on the road, caravanning, free camping (Preview) Gday... Another news article about "life on the road"..... The article here A few snips from the article ... At popular tourist destination Byron Bay, free camping is banned. Shannon Burt, Byron Shire Council's director of environment and economy, said there were 15 legal campgrounds and people n...	rockylizard	7	1568	02:43 PM Jan 29, 2019 by roker
	Tv (Preview) is there an app or a map that would show you direction of signal where ever you are camping , I see winegard have one in the USA	mezza56	7	1414	09:40 PM Jan 28, 2019 by mezza56
	looking for convoy (Preview) leaving Adelaide Late April 2019 coastal route via Victoria all around Australia 1 year maybe two Hoping to buy Iveco Motorhome late March two mature Adults with two small dogs	shea	11	1771	06:31 PM Jan 28, 2019 by shea
	Replacement HWS (Preview) Hi All, While away last week the tank in our Suburban HWS began leaking. Not sure how old it is but apparently the tank is made of aluminium and has corroded where the cold water pipe goes into the tank. By corroded there is white powder all around the pipe inlet and water just pours out. There are two thin...	Long Weekend	13	1382	02:48 PM Jan 28, 2019 by Baz421
	Slow Summer SBS ! (Preview) Hi Watching Slow Summer on the canal boat tonight. If I was in England would this be the equivalent of GMs there. Less miles to travel so the speed is slowish and the water makes it cool. Fuel cost low. More room on them as well Not sure about winter though Jaahn -- Edited by Jaahn on Sunday 20th of January 20...	Jaahn	9	1226	01:12 PM Jan 28, 2019 by sandgrooper1
	When to head East (Preview) Hi Am churning over if to head East from WA to Sydney then up the East coast up and over the top to Darwin then head south Via Gibb River Road then down West Coast IE big lap but not sure the time of year best suited to crossing. Im in BT50 with roof top tent looking for fishing ie Barra and Mangrove jacks if any...	brimhunter	15	2283	10:14 AM Jan 28, 2019 by Peter_n_Margaret
	Countering the caravan parks' campaign regarding so-called non compliant camping (Preview) G'day all I am aware of various postings & comments on a variety of discussion forums about this topic, and so far, beyond some people saying "leave it to the CMCA" it seems that little is happening to protect our way of life I would like to do something more than 'leave it to others' and am wondering w...	Ozzie_Traveller	28	2241	07:45 AM Jan 28, 2019 by Ozzie_Traveller
	As a matter of interest... (Preview) I follow this FB page... https://www.facebook.com/groups/triptracks/ Aussie Paul.	aussie_paul	18	1686	11:35 PM Jan 27, 2019 by PeterD
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