The Grey Nomads - General

Sylva · Sylva

Hi everyone. A left of field question When bush/free camping is it still acceptable to put out vegi and fruit scraps for the wildlife (away from campsites). I know there is major effort to leave camp sites as we find them but this was something I did as a kid, thoughts? Sylva.

sandsmere · sandsmere

Barbeques Galore at Tamworth are filling gas bottles for half normal price while the CM Festival is on . eg. 9kg. refill is $14 . And no . I have nothing whatsoever to do with the business .

cannylass · cannylass

We had a lovely chat over a cuppa tea with Rosie( Gerty dancer ) hope we can do it again

neilnruth · neilnruth

I have been away for a week and the last time I was on there were lots of gremlins in the system. I have been merrily posting away today, thinking my posts are showing and I find that even though they are registering as posted against my name, the posts are not there unless I hit the refresh button. I thought...

Cruising Granny · Cruising Granny

Trying to find a cabin in Parkes, NSW is a bit of a challenge. Wherever there's mining there are no beds. However the park that couldn't accommodate me referred me to a cabin park which could. I was on my way home from Qld again. I wanted to get home for Christmas, and I had a week or so to do it. I'd settle...

lkgr · lkgr

As reported inWA Sunday Times on 13 Jan 13 - Rogue caravanners and other travellers have been stealing the honesty box after filling up their onboard water tanks at theKarratha Visitor Centre. The unscrupulous thieves have now forced the centre to install a fortified coin-operated dispenser. T...

drongo & wendy · drongo & wendy

Hi all Been awhile since I have been on. After some help in finding Electrolux 3 way fridge door swing pins and bushes, the door has dropped and its a pain in the bum oi It is model number rm3210 (made in sweden) Now I better have a good forum read Dave

briche · briche

We will be in the Greens Lake area in a day or two. Is there anyone ther at the moment or will be soon. Hope to catch up if possible Brian and Cheryl

Dougwe · Dougwe

I know what your saying, this should be in "Techies" and yes I sort of agree but some of the topics in here plus this one I think are good enough to be in "General" so sorry if you disagree. I have been chatting to a mate of mine today and he was talking about how he changed his boat trai...

RosieW · RosieW

We are about to remove the air conditioner on the coach, and resheet the roof before fitting our solar pannels. The a/c and area to be resheeted are near the existing (original) bus front roof vent (emergency exit hatch), so what we are thinking is that it may be worth putting in a new fan/vent as any res...

Woodpecker · Woodpecker

WE sold our Pop top caravan today so we can start looking for a full hieght van with a full onsuite. We are limited to the lenght we can fit in our drive. I was wondering if anyone has experience with break back drawbars and are they acceptable as this will allow us to go an extra 600mm (2ft ) in length. We hope...

buffy61 · buffy61

Those iddy biddy freezer boxes aren't going to hold enough ice trays and meat to sustain this girl!!

So... Remembered back to many many eons ago when we used to make ice in these little ice cube bags. Thought they would be ideal! Alas, couldn't find them anywhere! What do you know... eBay ha...

Webmaster · Webmaster

Hi all, I think the forum problems are nearly at an end. Sparklit has reassured me that the issues should be sorted out on their server within 2 days. In the meantime, they have provided instructions for clearing the cache in different browsers so you can get the most updated version of all threads. ...

buffy61 · buffy61

Bit the bullet and bought a brand new Jayco Starcraft 20.66.3! Pretty excited. Just got to find a tow vehicle!!

buffy61 · buffy61

Been out pricing folding solar panels...probably 120w. Seen them on ebay for $185 and seen them in a well known camping store for $599. So whats the deal with that? How does one compare apples for apples?? Anyone bought the ebay solar panels?? Any advice?? Cheers Vicki

brickies · brickies

A Grey nomad couple close to the start of grey nomad dream end in grief when the couple working there way around Australia . A women working has a stop go person on road works at Marlborough Queensland when hit by a truck and killed instantly her husband working on the same project is reported to have witn...

timjina · timjina

Has any of my Grey Nomad friends used an ARK PAK battery system. We are thinking of doing a fair bit of free camping interspersed with caravan parks. IE 2-3 nights of free camping followed by 2-3 nights in a c/park. The maximum time of usage for a power source would be 2-3 nights. I have been reading about...

petengail · petengail

We had been driving over some very dusty roads out the back of Grafton N.S.W. and the zipper on the vynl back of the ute become stuck. After I had washed all the dust and dirt off I sprayed the zips with WD40 - worked like a charm. No more stuck zips.

jimricho · jimricho

There are still some problems with forum pages being loaded from the computer's cache and not reloading properly. Until the computer geniuses at Sparklit (third party hosts of the forum) sort the problem I suggest hitting Ctrl F5 (that is the Ctrl key and the function key F5 at the same time) when a pag...

Beth54 · Beth54

While travelling with sis & bil in Oct/Nov they were getting Seniors discount at many places where they wouldn't give me a Pensioner discount. I thought this was unfair, as I'm on a DSP, but someone pointed out that my card doesn't say DSP, it says Pension Concession Card, a card which is used b...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Vegi & fruit scraps when free camping? (Preview) Hi everyone. A left of field question When bush/free camping is it still acceptable to put out vegi and fruit scraps for the wildlife (away from campsites). I know there is major effort to leave camp sites as we find them but this was something I did as a kid, thoughts? Sylva.	Sylva	9	992	01:01 AM Jan 22, 2013 by Onedodger
	Cheap Gas Bottle refills . (Preview) Barbeques Galore at Tamworth are filling gas bottles for half normal price while the CM Festival is on . eg. 9kg. refill is $14 . And no . I have nothing whatsoever to do with the business .	sandsmere	7	1638	03:45 PM Jan 21, 2013 by ken thomas
	Meet up (Preview) We had a lovely chat over a cuppa tea with Rosie( Gerty dancer ) hope we can do it again	cannylass	3	513	11:14 PM Jan 21, 2013 by cannylass
	Why hasn't the problem been fixed yet? (Preview) I have been away for a week and the last time I was on there were lots of gremlins in the system. I have been merrily posting away today, thinking my posts are showing and I find that even though they are registering as posted against my name, the posts are not there unless I hit the refresh button. I thought...	neilnruth	18	1744	11:07 PM Jan 21, 2013 by neilnruth
	Granny Meets Jonathan (Preview) Trying to find a cabin in Parkes, NSW is a bit of a challenge. Wherever there's mining there are no beds. However the park that couldn't accommodate me referred me to a cabin park which could. I was on my way home from Qld again. I wanted to get home for Christmas, and I had a week or so to do it. I'd settle...	Cruising Granny	2	694	07:36 PM Jan 21, 2013 by Beth54
	WATER THIEVES CASH IN (Preview) As reported inWA Sunday Times on 13 Jan 13 - Rogue caravanners and other travellers have been stealing the honesty box after filling up their onboard water tanks at theKarratha Visitor Centre. The unscrupulous thieves have now forced the centre to install a fortified coin-operated dispenser. T...	lkgr	14	1015	07:57 AM Jan 21, 2013 by Cruising Granny
	electrolux fridge spares (Preview) Hi all Been awhile since I have been on. After some help in finding Electrolux 3 way fridge door swing pins and bushes, the door has dropped and its a pain in the bum oi It is model number rm3210 (made in sweden) Now I better have a good forum read Dave	drongo & wendy	2	535	07:17 AM Jan 21, 2013 by Sheba
	Greens Lake (Preview) We will be in the Greens Lake area in a day or two. Is there anyone ther at the moment or will be soon. Hope to catch up if possible Brian and Cheryl	briche	5	702	07:14 AM Jan 21, 2013 by Cruising Granny
	Wheel Bearing Oil Bath (Preview) I know what your saying, this should be in "Techies" and yes I sort of agree but some of the topics in here plus this one I think are good enough to be in "General" so sorry if you disagree. I have been chatting to a mate of mine today and he was talking about how he changed his boat trai...	Dougwe	20	6762	06:58 PM Jan 20, 2013 by blaze
	Roof vents? (Preview) We are about to remove the air conditioner on the coach, and resheet the roof before fitting our solar pannels. The a/c and area to be resheeted are near the existing (original) bus front roof vent (emergency exit hatch), so what we are thinking is that it may be worth putting in a new fan/vent as any res...	RosieW	8	2294	05:35 PM Jan 20, 2013 by RosieW
	Sold it (Preview) WE sold our Pop top caravan today so we can start looking for a full hieght van with a full onsuite. We are limited to the lenght we can fit in our drive. I was wondering if anyone has experience with break back drawbars and are they acceptable as this will allow us to go an extra 600mm (2ft ) in length. We hope...	Woodpecker	0	626	09:33 AM Jan 20, 2013 by Woodpecker
	So how do you make ice for the ****tails?? (Preview) Those iddy biddy freezer boxes aren't going to hold enough ice trays and meat to sustain this girl!! So... Remembered back to many many eons ago when we used to make ice in these little ice cube bags. Thought they would be ideal! Alas, couldn't find them anywhere! What do you know... eBay ha...	buffy61	13	984	05:32 PM Jan 20, 2013 by Wild1
	Forum problems (Preview) Hi all, I think the forum problems are nearly at an end. Sparklit has reassured me that the issues should be sorted out on their server within 2 days. In the meantime, they have provided instructions for clearing the cache in different browsers so you can get the most updated version of all threads. ...	Webmaster	4	769	03:59 PM Jan 20, 2013 by sandsmere
	Bought the van...yay! (Preview) Bit the bullet and bought a brand new Jayco Starcraft 20.66.3! Pretty excited. Just got to find a tow vehicle!!	buffy61	8	730	08:21 AM Jan 20, 2013 by NandK
	Are the solar panels sold on ebay any good? (Preview) Been out pricing folding solar panels...probably 120w. Seen them on ebay for $185 and seen them in a well known camping store for $599. So whats the deal with that? How does one compare apples for apples?? Anyone bought the ebay solar panels?? Any advice?? Cheers Vicki	buffy61	8	5007	05:18 AM Jan 20, 2013 by EllenajoeL
	Sad end (Preview) A Grey nomad couple close to the start of grey nomad dream end in grief when the couple working there way around Australia . A women working has a stop go person on road works at Marlborough Queensland when hit by a truck and killed instantly her husband working on the same project is reported to have witn...	brickies	9	900	05:08 AM Jan 20, 2013 by Happywanderer
	portable power source (Preview) Has any of my Grey Nomad friends used an ARK PAK battery system. We are thinking of doing a fair bit of free camping interspersed with caravan parks. IE 2-3 nights of free camping followed by 2-3 nights in a c/park. The maximum time of usage for a power source would be 2-3 nights. I have been reading about...	timjina	6	879	02:36 AM Jan 20, 2013 by turbopete
	Another use for WD40 ( 1 2 ) (Preview) We had been driving over some very dusty roads out the back of Grafton N.S.W. and the zipper on the vynl back of the ute become stuck. After I had washed all the dust and dirt off I sprayed the zips with WD40 - worked like a charm. No more stuck zips.	petengail	31	2077	02:32 AM Jan 20, 2013 by turbopete
	Duplicate posting (Preview) There are still some problems with forum pages being loaded from the computer's cache and not reloading properly. Until the computer geniuses at Sparklit (third party hosts of the forum) sort the problem I suggest hitting Ctrl F5 (that is the Ctrl key and the function key F5 at the same time) when a pag...	jimricho	2	474	01:39 AM Jan 20, 2013 by jimricho
	National Seniors (Preview) While travelling with sis & bil in Oct/Nov they were getting Seniors discount at many places where they wouldn't give me a Pensioner discount. I thought this was unfair, as I'm on a DSP, but someone pointed out that my card doesn't say DSP, it says Pension Concession Card, a card which is used b...	Beth54	22	3609	10:08 PM Jan 19, 2013 by cannylass
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