The Grey Nomads - General

Dougwe · Dougwe

Yep, Sue and Rod ( Golly Molly) came out to Greens Lake from Bendigo to say hi, so they said hi and left, na, they stayed a while and we chatted. More really nice people to add to my list. The record still stands of all nice people I have met from this great forum. Maybe I should say Rod isn't nice though as he le...

herbie · herbie

The grey nomad attraction of travelling the Nullabour Plains and camping on the cliff tops is being progresively destroyed. Two people where parked on the cliffs at camp SA site 805 ( from camps book 5 ) when a grader arrived after having ripped out the roadway . The people flagged down the driver and...

Where To Next · Where To Next

Hello Everyone, It looks like I will be making some major changes inside my van. I will take interior photos on Thursday as it is currently packed with boxes of Tassie Fire donations, and I am delivering them to the transport depot on Thursday. My question today is - what order should I do the follow...

Sheba · Sheba

Hi every-one. Fried Rice got it, [ the Pic. in the "Where is This" thread.] but I'm having a problem replying in the reply Box. Have notified Cindy, and Pm'd Fried Rice. Knew I shouldn't have done it. Cheers, Sheba.

Where To Next · Where To Next

Hi Everyone, Just wondering who I would need to see to get some work done. My point to plug into 240volt power is on the inside of my van, and in the past I have just left the drivers window down a smidgen and fed the lead through to the point. I would like to get it changed so that only plug is on the outside,...

Delta18 · Delta18

I have seen this text format used here, how does one implement it please. I have searched Google but the results don't work for me. Eg: [s]xxxx[/s] <del>xxxx</del> etc. Thanks Neil -- Edited by Delta18 on Tuesday 5th of March 2013 07:38:37 PM

magraret · magraret

will be looking to go to cairns soon and would like to know of a good caravan park to stay at thats close to water and attractions if possible also as pensioners we are waying up to either travel by train and back or use the van as we get discounts on the train i know that in a van you can stop off where you want to...

abes · abes

G'day Could some body please define "self contained " ( re article The Grey Nomads Feb 26 )does this mean that ALL waste water is to be stored on board the vehicle/van ie: dish water, shower water and portable dunny waste. Seems that some free camps will only allow motor homes to camp at pa...

jules47 · jules47

We are in our final week here in Tassy, and it was lovely at this stage to meet up with Ozi2 - Roger and Leonie, who arrived on the boat yesterday, and travelled to Scottsdale today to meet us at Northeast Park. Great to put a face to a name, but talked as if we knew each other pretty well, as you do with fellow G...

Dougwe · Dougwe

Yep I arrived at Greens Lake, Central Vic around 10.00am and set up within the hour. Rain all the way up for the six hour trip and nice during the afternoon though. Not a lot here at this point in time but I'm sure that's the weather keeping people away. As usual I will call a committee meeting to discuss dep...

herbie · herbie

With easter only a few weeks away,was wondering if anyone has any plans to head away?..We had plans but with all this rain around , may have to re think what to do.Might head inland and stay way from the coast .

Recoup · Recoup

We spend nearly a week a Caravan Park in Dalesford and it was quiet enjoyable. $ 30.00 a night "mid season ". Clean park, some sites with concrete slabs, nice walks around the lake and up nugget hill area. Just a short walk from the park is a mineral spring ," Soda Spring ". We got some mineral water from it a...

glassies · glassies

we had a bit of a discussion the other night, mr glassies has decided that he doesnt want to take his realy good holden off road into the bush as in real bush,so we bought a little suzuki jimny im stoked with it now when we want to go bush and dont want to take the big car we shall have this little car with the eng...

Kaid · Kaid

Don't know which way to go. I want to be able to do some free camping. Have no aircon . Will open windows for that. Will run fridge on gas. Maybe watch dvd at night. Most of the time will be in CP as David still working, but I want the freedom of choice Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

marggie and David · marggie and David

If you have been experiencing this endless rain you might want to check inside your RV, we thought we were doing the right thing by leaving some windows open for ventelation and put the cover on it to protect the outside from the elements NO BAD MOVE I am in & out the caravan every day except for the las...

Beth54 · Beth54

Today I met a few GN's for morning tea at Bulimba in Brisbane. We had a lovely chat, even though the traffic hindered my hearing ability. What a nice bunch of people! Thanks Monica (extreme potato), Karen & Gary (Rocket & Strop) and my good friend Carol (CnV).

chrisnchris · chrisnchris

Hi all Thinking of taking a short break around Kingaroy area ( Thurs to Sun) and free camping . Probably a silly question but does anyone know how wet it is out that way . Cheers

Cupie · Cupie

Has anyone on this forum converted a normal caravan to be self sufficient as regards fitting a holding tank system for grey water? Can you buy factory fitted grey water systems for Caravans? (By 'grey water' I mean used showering and washing up water). I suppose that it would involve . Installing a s...

Webmaster · Webmaster

Are you British ... or have you travelled around in Great Britain? The next edition of the Grey Nomad Times will focus on Old Blighty. If you have caravanned, camped or travelled any other way in the UK, we would love to hear from you. Please drop us a line and tell us about your travels, your thoughts...

AlCath · AlCath

Hi,just wondering if anyone has any suggestions on how to fix a squeaky bed,it is a wood slate bed(futon style),it seems it is the wood squeaking. Any suggestion would help with a better night sleep. Thanks

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Another good meet up (Preview) Yep, Sue and Rod ( Golly Molly) came out to Greens Lake from Bendigo to say hi, so they said hi and left, na, they stayed a while and we chatted. More really nice people to add to my list. The record still stands of all nice people I have met from this great forum. Maybe I should say Rod isn't nice though as he le...	Dougwe	5	656	04:52 PM Mar 7, 2013 by beiffe
	Another stop over gone (Preview) The grey nomad attraction of travelling the Nullabour Plains and camping on the cliff tops is being progresively destroyed. Two people where parked on the cliffs at camp SA site 805 ( from camps book 5 ) when a grader arrived after having ripped out the roadway . The people flagged down the driver and...	herbie	17	1240	04:47 PM Mar 7, 2013 by beiffe
	Where do I start ? - Order of interior changes (Preview) Hello Everyone, It looks like I will be making some major changes inside my van. I will take interior photos on Thursday as it is currently packed with boxes of Tassie Fire donations, and I am delivering them to the transport depot on Thursday. My question today is - what order should I do the follow...	Where To Next	17	916	08:46 AM Mar 7, 2013 by wasn_me
	Problem Replying. (Preview) Hi every-one. Fried Rice got it, [ the Pic. in the "Where is This" thread.] but I'm having a problem replying in the reply Box. Have notified Cindy, and Pm'd Fried Rice. Knew I shouldn't have done it. Cheers, Sheba.	Sheba	0	392	06:28 AM Mar 7, 2013 by Sheba
	Where do I start ? - 240 volt power ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Hi Everyone, Just wondering who I would need to see to get some work done. My point to plug into 240volt power is on the inside of my van, and in the past I have just left the drivers window down a smidgen and fed the lead through to the point. I would like to get it changed so that only plug is on the outside,...	Where To Next	30	2766	06:35 AM Mar 7, 2013 by Where To Next
	Strike out (Preview) I have seen this text format used here, how does one implement it please. I have searched Google but the results don't work for me. Eg: [s]xxxx[/s] <del>xxxx</del> etc. Thanks Neil -- Edited by Delta18 on Tuesday 5th of March 2013 07:38:37 PM	Delta18	7	802	04:10 AM Mar 7, 2013 by 03_troopy
	what is a good caravan park in cairns (Preview) will be looking to go to cairns soon and would like to know of a good caravan park to stay at thats close to water and attractions if possible also as pensioners we are waying up to either travel by train and back or use the van as we get discounts on the train i know that in a van you can stop off where you want to...	magraret	3	587	03:53 AM Mar 7, 2013 by golivers travels
	Please explain ! (Preview) G'day Could some body please define "self contained " ( re article The Grey Nomads Feb 26 )does this mean that ALL waste water is to be stored on board the vehicle/van ie: dish water, shower water and portable dunny waste. Seems that some free camps will only allow motor homes to camp at pa...	abes	20	1438	12:14 AM Mar 7, 2013 by abes
	Met some GN's today (Preview) We are in our final week here in Tassy, and it was lovely at this stage to meet up with Ozi2 - Roger and Leonie, who arrived on the boat yesterday, and travelled to Scottsdale today to meet us at Northeast Park. Great to put a face to a name, but talked as if we knew each other pretty well, as you do with fellow G...	jules47	3	597	03:33 PM Mar 6, 2013 by ozi2
	Dougwe is back at "The" Lake again ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Yep I arrived at Greens Lake, Central Vic around 10.00am and set up within the hour. Rain all the way up for the six hour trip and nice during the afternoon though. Not a lot here at this point in time but I'm sure that's the weather keeping people away. As usual I will call a committee meeting to discuss dep...	Dougwe	34	1976	02:47 PM Mar 6, 2013 by Big Gorilla
	anyone got plans for easter? (Preview) With easter only a few weeks away,was wondering if anyone has any plans to head away?..We had plans but with all this rain around , may have to re think what to do.Might head inland and stay way from the coast .	herbie	14	974	07:45 AM Mar 6, 2013 by valnrob
	Back from Dalesford (Preview) We spend nearly a week a Caravan Park in Dalesford and it was quiet enjoyable. $ 30.00 a night "mid season ". Clean park, some sites with concrete slabs, nice walks around the lake and up nugget hill area. Just a short walk from the park is a mineral spring ," Soda Spring ". We got some mineral water from it a...	Recoup	11	892	07:09 AM Mar 6, 2013 by herbie
	look what we bought (Preview) we had a bit of a discussion the other night, mr glassies has decided that he doesnt want to take his realy good holden off road into the bush as in real bush,so we bought a little suzuki jimny im stoked with it now when we want to go bush and dont want to take the big car we shall have this little car with the eng...	glassies	7	894	04:12 AM Mar 6, 2013 by 03_troopy
	Generator or portable solar (Preview) Don't know which way to go. I want to be able to do some free camping. Have no aircon . Will open windows for that. Will run fridge on gas. Maybe watch dvd at night. Most of the time will be in CP as David still working, but I want the freedom of choice Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	Kaid	11	1449	03:39 AM Mar 6, 2013 by Sheba
	WARNING DOES YOUR RV HAVE MOULD (Preview) If you have been experiencing this endless rain you might want to check inside your RV, we thought we were doing the right thing by leaving some windows open for ventelation and put the cover on it to protect the outside from the elements NO BAD MOVE I am in & out the caravan every day except for the las...	marggie and David	19	2242	01:37 AM Mar 6, 2013 by deadlyprincess
	Met a few GN's (Preview) Today I met a few GN's for morning tea at Bulimba in Brisbane. We had a lovely chat, even though the traffic hindered my hearing ability. What a nice bunch of people! Thanks Monica (extreme potato), Karen & Gary (Rocket & Strop) and my good friend Carol (CnV).	Beth54	12	868	01:22 AM Mar 6, 2013 by Duh
	Kingaroy Area (Preview) Hi all Thinking of taking a short break around Kingaroy area ( Thurs to Sun) and free camping . Probably a silly question but does anyone know how wet it is out that way . Cheers	chrisnchris	5	732	12:54 AM Mar 6, 2013 by herbie
	Making your Caravan Self sufficient? (Preview) Has anyone on this forum converted a normal caravan to be self sufficient as regards fitting a holding tank system for grey water? Can you buy factory fitted grey water systems for Caravans? (By 'grey water' I mean used showering and washing up water). I suppose that it would involve . Installing a s...	Cupie	6	3920	10:41 PM Mar 5, 2013 by Cupie
	The Grey Nomad Times UK edition is calling (Preview) Are you British ... or have you travelled around in Great Britain? The next edition of the Grey Nomad Times will focus on Old Blighty. If you have caravanned, camped or travelled any other way in the UK, we would love to hear from you. Please drop us a line and tell us about your travels, your thoughts...	Webmaster	0	511	12:21 PM Mar 5, 2013 by Webmaster
	Squeaky Bed? (Preview) Hi,just wondering if anyone has any suggestions on how to fix a squeaky bed,it is a wood slate bed(futon style),it seems it is the wood squeaking. Any suggestion would help with a better night sleep. Thanks	AlCath	14	1816	08:01 PM Mar 5, 2013 by AlCath
«First < 1 … 820 821 822 823 824 … 1261 > Last» \| Page of 1261 sorted by