The Grey Nomads - General

JackieP · JackieP

after discussion today with our travelling companions we have set our departure date. We leave Brisbane on Thursday 28th May. First day will probably be the longest for travel with our aim to make it to Ban Ban Springs and then the following day travel to Wuruma Dam. Will decide from there how long we wi...

OMD · OMD

Well it's been three weeks in Sydney with the father-in-law stuck in hospital bit longer than thought But he's much better now and they can look after themselves. At lest I got everything done on the new wagon so she all hooked up and we off to Mudgee for few days . Anyway here is the new set up and very happy...

Oma · Oma

https://bkmcl.wordpress.com/2015/05/18/yunta-to-farina/.

Yuglamron · Yuglamron

Just a general query re Diesel . Summer and Winter diesel. Do the fuel companies have different diesel for the colder months in Australia? I know in Europe as soon as it looks like the cold weather is coming, the fuel has "winter" additives to stop the waxing up of diesel. Is it the same in Aus...

brickies · brickies

Yesterday I brought truck Diesel in Griffith at a Shell truck self serve card only for $1.23 , Caltex 50 mts away $1.37 and Woolworths about 1 klm away $ 1.37 . The only catch is the big nozzle has to be able to fit into your filler and it did on my Prado a big saving on 150 lts

TAS Quoll · TAS Quoll

some advice please, much appreciated.! We are hoping to buy a small campervan, most likely new. it's very frustrating trying to find information, or SEE vans, outlets; especially here in Tassie, which is mostly where we will be using it. ? seems we need to travel to 'mainland' to see/drive have no...

hako · hako

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-16/man-dies-in-house-fire-in-sydney/6475420

Weevil · Weevil

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-13/visa-change-sparks-labour-concern/6466644?section=wa

SuzieQ52 · SuzieQ52

Hi All, My first post so please excuse me if I am not politically correct. My husbands family were big vanners in their days and we are about to buy our own full size van as I do not particularly like pop tops due to being petrified of spiders and creepy crawlies. Hence this I have fallen in love with the Olym...

Yesdear · Yesdear

Hi everyone , I walked out of work tonight , the last time for 5 months , we leave on Monday for our first attempt on doing a lap (well half a lap ) leaving Melbourne then through the centre turn left at Darwin then through the Kimberly , down the West Coast , then home accross the Nulabor taking as much time...

Hendo · Hendo

WE WAS BRUNG UP PROPER !! "And we never had a whole Mars bar until 1993"!!! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1930s,40's, 50's, and 60's First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank Sherry while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos... T...

Dougwe · Dougwe

Met up with "Nu One", Michael and Barb, today and spent a lovely few hours showing them the sights of Townsville. Thanks Michael and Barb for a lovely day. They had being trying to catch me all the way from Victoria up the coast but missed me "By That Much" everywhere. They finall...

kiwijims · kiwijims

A bad weekend coming for Western Australia...........Severe Weather Warning for damaging and locally destructive winds, heavy rainfall and abnormally high tides for people in the Lower West and South West forecast districtsIssued at 2:47 pm WST on Friday 15 May 2015.For people in parts of WA s...

Ondabeach · Ondabeach

http://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/t60203879/topic-60203879/

peterwm · peterwm

Yesdear, Heading off on your new somewhat scary adventure, you will see many great things and have great experiences, you will meet RV ers who will be charming, obnoxious, friendly, judgemental, helpful, rude, polite, selfish, but always remember we are all ships in the night, there are 300,000...

Happywanderer · Happywanderer

I used to be able to read these posts quite clearly. The font was a decent size. Now it is so small I can hardly see it. Having the same trouble on Facebook. Laptop is an Acer. Have been into the background for font size and changed it to 150% but only toolbars etc have gone big. Anybody know what else I can do?...

Friar Park · Friar Park

We start our northern sojourn in 3 weeks time. Our first significant stop will be close to Hahndorf S.A. by order of SWMBO. Two overnight stops prior at Whycheproof & Murrayville. We have been to these two before and had no problems but, this time we are looking at staying just outside Hahndorf at...

Dunmowin · Dunmowin

After five weeks farm sitting at Delungra - a heard of Braham cattle, a mob of Dorpler sheep, milking a jersey cow called Yvette, collecting eggs from various chooks, feeding Dougal the deaf dog and Moggie the mongrel cat, we are on the move. We move out of our cosy farm house back into the caravan (tha...

Liltacker · Liltacker

Hi All, where ever you hope the weather and traffic are treating you right. Question! Wife has just fallen in love with a 22'6" Olympic Z8 is this van going to be a huge parking problem for us in most of the Caravan Park sites up the East Coast of Australia and along the Murray. Help required Cheers Bu...

TommyG · TommyG

We arrived at Gnoorea Point WA (40 mile beach) about 40Km south of Karratha yesterday. It's a spot we have visited off and on over the last 12 years. There's not a lot there but fishing can be fruitful and it's a pleasant camping area right on the coast, where many have spent up to 3 months during the wint...

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	we have set the date (Preview) after discussion today with our travelling companions we have set our departure date. We leave Brisbane on Thursday 28th May. First day will probably be the longest for travel with our aim to make it to Ban Ban Springs and then the following day travel to Wuruma Dam. Will decide from there how long we wi...	JackieP	3	594	08:42 PM May 18, 2015 by Roostertales
	Finally on the rd again. (Preview) Well it's been three weeks in Sydney with the father-in-law stuck in hospital bit longer than thought But he's much better now and they can look after themselves. At lest I got everything done on the new wagon so she all hooked up and we off to Mudgee for few days . Anyway here is the new set up and very happy...	OMD	2	548	06:29 PM May 18, 2015 by Bruce and Bev
	2015 blogs (Preview) https://bkmcl.wordpress.com/2015/05/18/yunta-to-farina/.	Oma	1	520	05:59 PM May 18, 2015 by in transit
	Winter Diesel. (Preview) Just a general query re Diesel . Summer and Winter diesel. Do the fuel companies have different diesel for the colder months in Australia? I know in Europe as soon as it looks like the cold weather is coming, the fuel has "winter" additives to stop the waxing up of diesel. Is it the same in Aus...	Yuglamron	4	919	05:06 PM May 18, 2015 by Yuglamron
	Truck Diesel (Preview) Yesterday I brought truck Diesel in Griffith at a Shell truck self serve card only for $1.23 , Caltex 50 mts away $1.37 and Woolworths about 1 klm away $ 1.37 . The only catch is the big nozzle has to be able to fit into your filler and it did on my Prado a big saving on 150 lts	brickies	5	975	04:57 PM May 18, 2015 by mr glassies
	Purchase a SMALL campervan - Toyota Hi Ace kind (Preview) some advice please, much appreciated.! We are hoping to buy a small campervan, most likely new. it's very frustrating trying to find information, or SEE vans, outlets; especially here in Tassie, which is mostly where we will be using it. ? seems we need to travel to 'mainland' to see/drive have no...	TAS Quoll	6	941	04:53 PM May 18, 2015 by TAS Quoll
	Another gas explosion? (Preview) http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-16/man-dies-in-house-fire-in-sydney/6475420	hako	4	757	02:34 PM May 18, 2015 by chaslib
	Changes To Working/Holiday Visa's For Overseas Volunteers (Woofers etc) (Preview) http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-13/visa-change-sparks-labour-concern/6466644?section=wa	Weevil	11	854	12:05 PM May 18, 2015 by Weevil
	Olympic Pursuit Z8 226 or Sundowner (Preview) Hi All, My first post so please excuse me if I am not politically correct. My husbands family were big vanners in their days and we are about to buy our own full size van as I do not particularly like pop tops due to being petrified of spiders and creepy crawlies. Hence this I have fallen in love with the Olym...	SuzieQ52	9	2229	12:00 PM May 18, 2015 by PeterD
	How should I feel ? (Preview) Hi everyone , I walked out of work tonight , the last time for 5 months , we leave on Monday for our first attempt on doing a lap (well half a lap ) leaving Melbourne then through the centre turn left at Darwin then through the Kimberly , down the West Coast , then home accross the Nulabor taking as much time...	Yesdear	14	1419	10:53 AM May 18, 2015 by PeterD
	Brung Up Proper (Preview) WE WAS BRUNG UP PROPER !! "And we never had a whole Mars bar until 1993"!!! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1930s,40's, 50's, and 60's First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank Sherry while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos... T...	Hendo	24	3013	10:44 AM May 18, 2015 by HiAce98
	GN MEET (Preview) Met up with "Nu One", Michael and Barb, today and spent a lovely few hours showing them the sights of Townsville. Thanks Michael and Barb for a lovely day. They had being trying to catch me all the way from Victoria up the coast but missed me "By That Much" everywhere. They finall...	Dougwe	0	530	08:06 PM May 17, 2015 by Dougwe
	SEVERE WEATHER WARNING FOR S.W W.A.( UP-DATED 16/05 ) (Preview) A bad weekend coming for Western Australia...........Severe Weather Warning for damaging and locally destructive winds, heavy rainfall and abnormally high tides for people in the Lower West and South West forecast districtsIssued at 2:47 pm WST on Friday 15 May 2015.For people in parts of WA s...	kiwijims	7	1262	07:42 PM May 17, 2015 by Peter1059
	Thought Police! ( 1 2 ) (Preview) http://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/t60203879/topic-60203879/	Ondabeach	43	2641	07:04 PM May 17, 2015 by Ondabeach
	A tip for 'Yes Dear' , how should i feel (Preview) Yesdear, Heading off on your new somewhat scary adventure, you will see many great things and have great experiences, you will meet RV ers who will be charming, obnoxious, friendly, judgemental, helpful, rude, polite, selfish, but always remember we are all ships in the night, there are 300,000...	peterwm	2	815	05:48 PM May 17, 2015 by Yesdear
	Font size on forum posts. (Preview) I used to be able to read these posts quite clearly. The font was a decent size. Now it is so small I can hardly see it. Having the same trouble on Facebook. Laptop is an Acer. Have been into the background for font size and changed it to 150% but only toolbars etc have gone big. Anybody know what else I can do?...	Happywanderer	14	1241	04:44 PM May 17, 2015 by Bruce and Bev
	Wellington S.A. cpk (Preview) We start our northern sojourn in 3 weeks time. Our first significant stop will be close to Hahndorf S.A. by order of SWMBO. Two overnight stops prior at Whycheproof & Murrayville. We have been to these two before and had no problems but, this time we are looking at staying just outside Hahndorf at...	Friar Park	5	536	04:25 PM May 17, 2015 by Friar Park
	On the move again (Preview) After five weeks farm sitting at Delungra - a heard of Braham cattle, a mob of Dorpler sheep, milking a jersey cow called Yvette, collecting eggs from various chooks, feeding Dougal the deaf dog and Moggie the mongrel cat, we are on the move. We move out of our cosy farm house back into the caravan (tha...	Dunmowin	9	1209	03:21 PM May 17, 2015 by Dunmowin
	22'6 Van is this a HUGE caravan park problem (Preview) Hi All, where ever you hope the weather and traffic are treating you right. Question! Wife has just fallen in love with a 22'6" Olympic Z8 is this van going to be a huge parking problem for us in most of the Caravan Park sites up the East Coast of Australia and along the Murray. Help required Cheers Bu...	Liltacker	15	1649	03:04 PM May 17, 2015 by Liltacker
	Pilbara turning away grey nomads (Preview) We arrived at Gnoorea Point WA (40 mile beach) about 40Km south of Karratha yesterday. It's a spot we have visited off and on over the last 12 years. There's not a lot there but fishing can be fruitful and it's a pleasant camping area right on the coast, where many have spent up to 3 months during the wint...	TommyG	15	1869	01:55 PM May 17, 2015 by TommyG
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