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Caught up with Big Gorilla today
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Had about an h,our with the big guy today. chatted about his and our stuff and places before he had to go out out. its nice to be able to put a face to a name on a forum. We will be around Launceston. Until Monday when we will be heading south to Hobart. PM if you want to try a catch up briche
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WHAT YOU DO AS A GREY NOMAD
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Ok then I got up extra early so I could watch the good ship "Spirit" arrive in port this morning and who should be standing on the poop deck waving like a mongrel, yep you guessed, Mongrel himself, the one and only and holding his leash was the lovely Adel. Now as a local (well I have been here ove...
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Kimba, SA
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We stopped at a little town on the Eyre Hwy called Kimba. As we came into the town it was obvious that this town cared about the people who live in it. You only needed to look around and talk to the locals to find out their heart is in keeping this town a vibrant one. What seems to make this town work is the counc...
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Met the Dougwe in Tassie..
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MET Dougwe this morning in Devonport .Had breaky and chatted for about 2 hours...Left with full bellies and said goodbye to Dougwe then headed off to Launceston...Looking forward to catching up with other GNs as we move around the state..Georgetown tomorrow and then Coles Bay.for a couple of days...
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Sailing for Tassy
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On board "Sprit" and headed for Tassy. Will be there for a month mainly around the Launceston/Hobart areas. If you want to catch up then put a post up or PM me and I"ll send you our phone number. briche Brian and Cheryl.
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Anybody seen or has this product
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http://www.powrwheel.com/caravan-movers/CT-video.html-- Edited by _wombat_ on Wednesday 29th of January 2014 10:10:18 AM
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Caravanning vidoes
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I have 50+ videos from caravanning mags. that I will give to anyone who can pick them up from Samford, north of Brisbane. Please PM me if you are interested. Keith
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WA GTG - Now Popanyinning & Pumphreys Bridge - Fri 31st Jan, Sat & Sun 1st/2nd Feb 2014 - All Shown in Camps 7
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http://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/t56358273/change-of-venue-for-wa-gtg-yornaning-no-longer-allow-free-ca/
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ANOTHER WEBSITE FOR FREE CAMPING.
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Just had a week free camping & came accross the owner of this web site; have a look & see what you think. http://www.campingforfree.com JC.
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DOUGWE MEETS A GORILLA
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Sure did, I had the great pleasure of meeting "Big Gorilla" Ken, in down town Launceston, Tasmania today. What a great person he is too, we spent a couple of hours having a real good natter. Thanks Ken, hope we get to meet up again, maybe Greens Lake in March. Keep in contact mate. Before and a...
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Sitting in Strahan
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Just another quick update folks, after spending 3 nights in Waratah and visiting cradle Mountain etc as previously reported we pulled up stumps and headed towards Strahan. We are currently camping at the golf club $10 p/n no showers but a toilet is available 24/4 and free showers in town however we ar...
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TASSIE UPDATE #1
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Well, how time flies when you are having fun.I have now been in the beautiful state of Tasmania for 1 week but only feels like yesterday I was travelling the high seas. I arrived here around 6.00pm last Sunday and it took 50 minutes to get off the good ship "Spirit" and through the check poin...
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what a pitty
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We advised Keith and Alice ( Kandagal ) last week to stay At Dickabram Bridge because we think it is an nice place to stay . we joined them on wednesday and we parked between there bus and an other mobile home and with Keith's help ( I do need an hell of a lot more practice ) it was done in no time, Thanks mate. w...
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On Tassy soil
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arrived at Devonport in one piece but they had the a/c going a bit hard on the boat and a bit rough outside so it was a tad cold everywhere. just doing tea at the big M before heading for Launceston. briche
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Are The Nomads Really That bad
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I was up state WA yesterday sitting in a quite little cafe getting stuck in to a nice ice coffee when I over heard a bit of a conversation that went along the lines of grey nomads are nothing more then free loading lay abouts it said to my wife it must be true listeners hear no good of them self we both grinne...
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Help with best Route Please
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We are about to embark on a journey along the Princess Highway through Lakes Entrance, and would like to go up further through Merimbula, Batesman Bay, Kiama. The thing is we need to go to Canberra and are wondering what would be the best road across, or to??? Would we be better to cut our losses and tu...
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Post Office holding mail?
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We are leaving home in QLD shortly until December'14 and have been told that it is possible to get in touch with the post office of the town you would next be staying in and they would hold your mail for up to a week, waiting for pick up. Does anyone know if that's correct, or have used that system for mail co...
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Has anyone been to lake eppalock lately?
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Currently in Charlton, I was thinking of checking out Eppalock on my way to Melbourne . Not a lot of info anywhere, just wondering if anyone has any info. Thanks in advance.
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How hard/much do you need to survive on the road.
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It is getting to the point where I am about to throw in the towel. I am only 44 and have had my own business for a while, getting to the stage of it is getting way too much. It's not a business that I can sell, just walk away, will have some debt but not 100's of 1000's. We really would like to hit the road a see this...
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A VERY HELPFUL WEB SITE
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Have you ever been on the road and wondered where you can get a hot shower, or where the nearest Dump Point is ? I found this website by accident the other day and would like to share it with all our Road Friends and any other Grey Nomads..... http://www.australiasomuchtosee.com/index.html kiwijims...
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