The Grey Nomads - General

leajoy · leajoy

Hi all, we have just completed a short (but long for us) trip through Vic, NSW & Qld. Covered 5500kms over that time and saw some wonderful sites and met some great people. We stayed in caravan parks, national parks and free camped. There were a few things that we noticed on our travels (most good...

JayDee · JayDee

A good mate of mine recently stripped his van of 12 months from new, back to " as it leaves the factory" and had it weight at the weighbridge. And yes, he added the net weight of the 2 large gas bottles and the weight came up 120KG above the Tare weight displayed on the van plate. He said it will cos...

Nelly · Nelly

Hello all - this may be in the wrong place - if so I apologise. When I charge the battery in the camper 240 v. the charger itself gets rather warm - is this normal or should I contact the manufacturer?

passin_thru · passin_thru

Hi all, We have just booked our ferry crossing to Tassie for 29th Dec. Can anyone recommend a dog friendly caravan park near the port. Our departure is 9am so we are going to have to be close as possible. If anyone has some tips it would be greatly appreciated. We have been googling it but not much luck so f...

fpw · fpw

hi do anyone know of a caravan park jn or near angaston s/a thanks fw

copper1 · copper1

Hi gang just a quick update on our time here in Mallacoota. Well Mallacoota is not a bad place unfortunately for us tho the weather has been erratic especially the wind. The park is huge with 740 sites. Regarding eating out we have dined at the Golf Club and the Mallacoota Hotel the Hotel, win's two fol...

Esperian · Esperian

Everything goes little bit adventurous this time. I started more than a week ago, and got my alternator blown just some 75 km from Lightning Ridge, where I now live most of time. As Murphy's law likes pairs, battery gone as well. Costed me a lot. But finally I got it all going now. I'm now halfway from Ligh...

ROWDYRABBIT1 · ROWDYRABBIT1

all well as Norma has adopted it ,all well and good moving on Thursday rod

johnnz · johnnz

Spending US Thanksgiving with a great family here in the USA. Back in Aus next Friday 6th Dec. A happy Thanksgiving to all GN's, looking forward to catching up on the road. John

gitsho · gitsho

Has anybody stayed at this campground and if so bean you tell me yet he correct rules for the campground, rgds gitsho

Joe50 · Joe50

Hi all I'm wondering if anyone has seen an iphone app or stand-alone product with a camera that would be pointed out through the windscreen and recognise approaching speed limit signs, and display an alert and/or sound an audible alarm. Would be handy to have as it's easy enough to miss one and not be su...

SnowT · SnowT

The Moneys from house appear in 16days and counting.. - The Order for the bus is Getting finalized With My wish List.. - I have decided that I will Allow extra Cash for a Bus that is 1999+ and Less than 100k's I have also slight relaxed My Rear door configuration.. I was main after a Boot type configuration...

slip sliding away · slip sliding away

Hi everyone, I wrote in my intro around this time last month that we had ordered a Slideon & were waiting for it to be ready for pickup, They sent us an email to say all things are a goer, that it had arrived safe & sound. ....very exciting stuff... We are heading to Harvey Bay Sunday so it can be fi...

SnowT · SnowT

I'm not 100% sure of the Australia free WiFi situation.. But I did find in The USofA that the Large Food chain's had Free Wifi.. - Macca's - starbuck coffee - Burger King they all had Free Wifi, which was not to bad to use.. In Australia I can't swear by it.. But check out Macca's and Hungry Jack's for free W...

copper1 · copper1

Well folks we moved on this morning from the Genoa free camp into Mallacoota till Monday. Everything is running fine with the van so happy with that. Ruby is absolutely exhausted by the days end with all the exploring to do. Weather has picked up a bit with a southerly and rain is predicted for the next tw...

justcruisin01 · justcruisin01

the dashboard cameras? I have just set one up & beleive it will be a great asset if ever in a situation where proof is required. This unit runs the normal video plus it has GPS tracking , google map & G-sensor. When you play back a trip via your computor you have three windows on the screen. 1st. vid...

gubby · gubby

I've seen one request that's common on this forum on many threads and that is to see pics of each others rigs, so I thought we should have a thread to do just that. So come on join in "I'll show you mine if you show me yours", (Rigs that is..) I'll get the ball rolling, here is our little rig that we b...

briche · briche

Hi all, we will be in the Greens Lake area soon about the 5th of Dec to catch up with some friends. We will drop in and say hello around that time before we move onto Melb to catch up with kids. Put this up on the Greens Lake forum as well just to make sure it gets around. Brian and Cheryl -- Edited by briche o...

Dougwe · Dougwe

here on this great forum for the last week I reckon. No niggling or downing anyone, it's been great. People passing on great information on all sorts of things, people having a good chat and a few having a bit of fun and stirring but all in fun. Good on ya fellow forumites, keep up the good posting. I put thi...

nallingtoon · nallingtoon

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	A few observations (Preview) Hi all, we have just completed a short (but long for us) trip through Vic, NSW & Qld. Covered 5500kms over that time and saw some wonderful sites and met some great people. We stayed in caravan parks, national parks and free camped. There were a few things that we noticed on our travels (most good...	leajoy	9	1363	06:18 PM Dec 3, 2013 by Golddetectornomad
	Van Weight (Preview) A good mate of mine recently stripped his van of 12 months from new, back to " as it leaves the factory" and had it weight at the weighbridge. And yes, he added the net weight of the 2 large gas bottles and the weight came up 120KG above the Tare weight displayed on the van plate. He said it will cos...	JayDee	10	1445	10:45 PM Dec 2, 2013 by Radar
	Battery Charger (Preview) Hello all - this may be in the wrong place - if so I apologise. When I charge the battery in the camper 240 v. the charger itself gets rather warm - is this normal or should I contact the manufacturer?	Nelly	2	655	07:26 PM Dec 2, 2013 by brian
	Need a dog friendly Caravan Park close to Port Melbourne (Preview) Hi all, We have just booked our ferry crossing to Tassie for 29th Dec. Can anyone recommend a dog friendly caravan park near the port. Our departure is 9am so we are going to have to be close as possible. If anyone has some tips it would be greatly appreciated. We have been googling it but not much luck so f...	passin_thru	4	2518	02:43 PM Dec 2, 2013 by passin_thru
	Angaton south aus (Preview) hi do anyone know of a caravan park jn or near angaston s/a thanks fw	fpw	3	636	12:55 PM Dec 2, 2013 by fpw
	Copper's 1,2 &3 Depart Mallacoota (Preview) Hi gang just a quick update on our time here in Mallacoota. Well Mallacoota is not a bad place unfortunately for us tho the weather has been erratic especially the wind. The park is huge with 740 sites. Regarding eating out we have dined at the Golf Club and the Mallacoota Hotel the Hotel, win's two fol...	copper1	2	562	11:09 AM Dec 2, 2013 by bill12
	Finally, back to Green's Lakes (Preview) Everything goes little bit adventurous this time. I started more than a week ago, and got my alternator blown just some 75 km from Lightning Ridge, where I now live most of time. As Murphy's law likes pairs, battery gone as well. Costed me a lot. But finally I got it all going now. I'm now halfway from Ligh...	Esperian	1	588	08:57 AM Dec 2, 2013 by jules47
	Heathers scooter gave birth (Preview) all well as Norma has adopted it ,all well and good moving on Thursday rod	ROWDYRABBIT1	17	1005	05:36 AM Dec 2, 2013 by Jonathan
	Thanksgiving (Preview) Spending US Thanksgiving with a great family here in the USA. Back in Aus next Friday 6th Dec. A happy Thanksgiving to all GN's, looking forward to catching up on the road. John	johnnz	12	923	09:55 PM Dec 1, 2013 by Sheba
	Balmadar campground at moon an flat nsw (Preview) Has anybody stayed at this campground and if so bean you tell me yet he correct rules for the campground, rgds gitsho	gitsho	1	734	09:13 PM Dec 1, 2013 by Captain
	Smart phone app to recognise speed limit signs? (Preview) Hi all I'm wondering if anyone has seen an iphone app or stand-alone product with a camera that would be pointed out through the windscreen and recognise approaching speed limit signs, and display an alert and/or sound an audible alarm. Would be handy to have as it's easy enough to miss one and not be su...	Joe50	5	1217	08:55 PM Dec 1, 2013 by Joe50
	Sleeps till I put the order in.. (Preview) The Moneys from house appear in 16days and counting.. - The Order for the bus is Getting finalized With My wish List.. - I have decided that I will Allow extra Cash for a Bus that is 1999+ and Less than 100k's I have also slight relaxed My Rear door configuration.. I was main after a Boot type configuration...	SnowT	1	564	08:13 PM Dec 1, 2013 by slip sliding away
	Two more sleeps... (Preview) Hi everyone, I wrote in my intro around this time last month that we had ordered a Slideon & were waiting for it to be ready for pickup, They sent us an email to say all things are a goer, that it had arrived safe & sound. ....very exciting stuff... We are heading to Harvey Bay Sunday so it can be fi...	slip sliding away	11	731	11:54 AM Dec 1, 2013 by slip sliding away
	Free WiFi (Preview) I'm not 100% sure of the Australia free WiFi situation.. But I did find in The USofA that the Large Food chain's had Free Wifi.. - Macca's - starbuck coffee - Burger King they all had Free Wifi, which was not to bad to use.. In Australia I can't swear by it.. But check out Macca's and Hungry Jack's for free W...	SnowT	16	2066	08:10 PM Nov 30, 2013 by Wombat 280
	Copper1 in Mallacoota (Preview) Well folks we moved on this morning from the Genoa free camp into Mallacoota till Monday. Everything is running fine with the van so happy with that. Ruby is absolutely exhausted by the days end with all the exploring to do. Weather has picked up a bit with a southerly and rain is predicted for the next tw...	copper1	13	1148	07:55 PM Nov 30, 2013 by Cloak
	Anyone using dash board cameras ? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) the dashboard cameras? I have just set one up & beleive it will be a great asset if ever in a situation where proof is required. This unit runs the normal video plus it has GPS tracking , google map & G-sensor. When you play back a trip via your computor you have three windows on the screen. 1st. vid...	justcruisin01	34	9887	04:49 PM Nov 30, 2013 by ken thomas
	Show us all what you've got... ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) I've seen one request that's common on this forum on many threads and that is to see pics of each others rigs, so I thought we should have a thread to do just that. So come on join in "I'll show you mine if you show me yours", (Rigs that is..) I'll get the ball rolling, here is our little rig that we b...	gubby	91	7652	04:27 PM Nov 30, 2013 by mongrel
	Coming to Greens Lake (Preview) Hi all, we will be in the Greens Lake area soon about the 5th of Dec to catch up with some friends. We will drop in and say hello around that time before we move onto Melb to catch up with kids. Put this up on the Greens Lake forum as well just to make sure it gets around. Brian and Cheryl -- Edited by briche o...	briche	11	872	01:17 PM Nov 30, 2013 by jules47
	GEEE IT'S BEEN GOOD (Preview) here on this great forum for the last week I reckon. No niggling or downing anyone, it's been great. People passing on great information on all sorts of things, people having a good chat and a few having a bit of fun and stirring but all in fun. Good on ya fellow forumites, keep up the good posting. I put thi...	Dougwe	11	1365	11:06 AM Nov 30, 2013 by jetj
	VAN REAR BUMPER (Preview)	nallingtoon	21	3957	10:51 AM Nov 30, 2013 by Radar
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