The Grey Nomads - General

KISS · KISS

Anyone passing through Adelaide River should stop off at Mt Bundy Station as hosts Scott & Sue will make your stay a very wonderful and relaxing time. You will get to meet the animals and during the tourist season they put on a BBQ night with entertainment. The rates are a lot cheaper than c/van pa...

Pedro · Pedro

Anybody on forum use Google/latitude? It seems to be a good way to keep a track of friends who are travelling, however there does not appear to be any real instructions. If anybody uses it I would appreciate any help in setting it up on my mobile and laptop. Pedro

Nicholstones · Nicholstones

The Pick This Place thread is going gangbusters, I hadn't been in to the forum for a while and wanted to have a look at the ones I hadn't seen, but can't figure out how to go backwards from the last page. Normally at the bottom of a page you can go backwards or forwards, but nothing appears in this spot on Pick...

Sue - Steve Gazel · Sue - Steve Gazel

Hi all, this might start a war, BUT, can you or can't you have dogs at Greens lake???? The Camps 6 book says NO, Oz camps says YES, we,ve been there several times and have seen dogs so can someone give us the right answer please, we have friends who want to come and camp with us at the lake and they have 2 dogs, w...

Gerty Dancer · Gerty Dancer

We registered on "Do Not Call" but it might take 30 days to percolate to the sources of such calls apparently. We have been bombarded with up to 20 calls a day, all from "overseas" and mostly we just answer then cancel the call without speaking to them. But today I waited till a...

kiwi rainbow · kiwi rainbow

Brandt had the bright idea of joining all the batteries together, which meant that we had both caravan batteries and. Oth car batteries connected. Also it was a lovely sunny day, so the solar panels did their bit to help keep the batteries in enough power to get us here. Interesting driving through the...

Dreamcaster51 · Dreamcaster51

Hi guys and gals, just a quick heads up, the lions club is still trying to organise a free camp in Barmera S.A. The local caravan park owner, I have been told, is trying to sway the local business' away from the idea saying lots of negative things. I believe it can only be good for the town as most will spend a...

Dougwe · Dougwe

Well its just over two months now since I started this journey of mine and its been one of the best things I have done in my life and there will be plenty more travel to come. Guess what? Yep, I have finally left Greens Lake but as I mentioned last update it was with mixed feelings. I am now in Portarlington on...

Santa · Santa

After all the discussion re free camping,freedom camping, and freedom of choice in another forum an article from javascript:mctmp(0); used a term I had not previously encountered "stealth camping" this in turn prompted me to Google the term and I must admit I was a little surprised a...

chrisnchris · chrisnchris

Hi Just a quick question? is anyone out there familiar with the foldaway type antennas If so how do they perform Cheers

miroku12g · miroku12g

Hi everyone, Having a new van built currently, will be ready after Christmas, I have asked for a plan / Layout of the wiring for Ac & Dc, the company seem to be skipping around the question, am i within my rights to have a detailed layout of wiring or am i asking to much & to fussy ? Your thoughts ple...

Robyn K · Robyn K

We left the NSW Central Coast 24 days ago. Won't bore you with all of the wonderful places we have been to will just cover the main ones, headed to Mildura to catch up with family & do some sightseeing, I grew up there. Then we headed to Broken Hill & Silverton, then back via SA to Ballarat to catc...

pws25 · pws25

Only could stay one nite, but it IS a magic place.... but ,like all nice places, without the company of like minded & very friendly 'oldies'it would not been as enjoyable. Thanks to .. 'dougwe', 'kiwi as ', 'lorrainebow' , ' spida', ' halfpint', 'decka', & 'ziggy'.. Missed out on the pav...

Dougwe · Dougwe

Yep met "Dazren". Daryl and his lovely wife Renata came and picked me up and gave me the guided tour of the Ballarine Peninsula including their old and new home, seeing their old one I now know why they moved it is much easier getting around the new one without having to climb a mountain every t...

Kantiki · Kantiki

One of my all time favourite caravan parks is Koala Shores CP. It is an absolutely fabulous place, always had great staff and amenities. Everything I look for on the odd occasion we choose to use a CP. Our only regret is that it didnt allow dogs, so we could not take our best freind along for a holiday wh...

oldboar · oldboar

We'll be heading across to Perth & staying for a couple of weeks while my daughter presents me with a new grandchild. Sandra will also get to spend a bit of time with her eldest son & family (new bub there as well). Given that we will be moving between Mullaloo & Willeton I was wondering whe...

Yuglamron · Yuglamron

I was testing the old grey cells the other day after wondering where to go over the Xmas school holidays. I am not knocking people with kids who book out the major Van/holiday parks and push up the prices during holiday periods.We all do our own thing then and resume our travels when it quietens down. I wa...

jenr · jenr

My son lives in Modbury Heights in SA does anyone know of a caravan park in that area? Preferable pet friendly I dont know SA at all. Thank you

Robyn K · Robyn K

We are on our way to greens lake, currently at Bendigo leaving here Sunday morning , just wondering how many GN's at Greens Lake as we would really like to meet some, have travel levied from NSW central Coast & not meet any yet but have meet lots of travellers on the way, which is the best way to get ther...

justcruisin01 · justcruisin01

I'm putting this in a new post in case some dont return to the previous posting. As there seems to be a lot of confusion out there about the new system this is how it works as I have a renewal in my hand for NSW. You still receive the same renewal notice as per usual. Minus a sticker. All relevent info is still...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Mt Bundy Station (Adelaide River NT) (Preview) Anyone passing through Adelaide River should stop off at Mt Bundy Station as hosts Scott & Sue will make your stay a very wonderful and relaxing time. You will get to meet the animals and during the tourist season they put on a BBQ night with entertainment. The rates are a lot cheaper than c/van pa...	KISS	2	651	09:32 PM Dec 12, 2012 by nomadic1
	Google/ Latitude (Preview) Anybody on forum use Google/latitude? It seems to be a good way to keep a track of friends who are travelling, however there does not appear to be any real instructions. If anybody uses it I would appreciate any help in setting it up on my mobile and laptop. Pedro	Pedro	4	749	05:29 AM Dec 12, 2012 by neilnruth
	How do I go backwards on Pick This Place? (Preview) The Pick This Place thread is going gangbusters, I hadn't been in to the forum for a while and wanted to have a look at the ones I hadn't seen, but can't figure out how to go backwards from the last page. Normally at the bottom of a page you can go backwards or forwards, but nothing appears in this spot on Pick...	Nicholstones	3	523	03:22 AM Dec 12, 2012 by Nicholstones
	GREENS LAKE, Victoria (Preview) Hi all, this might start a war, BUT, can you or can't you have dogs at Greens lake???? The Camps 6 book says NO, Oz camps says YES, we,ve been there several times and have seen dogs so can someone give us the right answer please, we have friends who want to come and camp with us at the lake and they have 2 dogs, w...	Sue - Steve Gazel	7	804	10:42 PM Dec 11, 2012 by valnrob
	Nuisance calls from "overseas" (Preview) We registered on "Do Not Call" but it might take 30 days to percolate to the sources of such calls apparently. We have been bombarded with up to 20 calls a day, all from "overseas" and mostly we just answer then cancel the call without speaking to them. But today I waited till a...	Gerty Dancer	23	4202	09:46 PM Dec 11, 2012 by jack biggles
	Kiwis have made it to Melbourne (Preview) Brandt had the bright idea of joining all the batteries together, which meant that we had both caravan batteries and. Oth car batteries connected. Also it was a lovely sunny day, so the solar panels did their bit to help keep the batteries in enough power to get us here. Interesting driving through the...	kiwi rainbow	10	767	07:46 PM Dec 11, 2012 by pauline
	Free camp still in pipeline for Barmera (Preview) Hi guys and gals, just a quick heads up, the lions club is still trying to organise a free camp in Barmera S.A. The local caravan park owner, I have been told, is trying to sway the local business' away from the idea saying lots of negative things. I believe it can only be good for the town as most will spend a...	Dreamcaster51	3	679	05:21 PM Dec 11, 2012 by Big Gorilla
	Update #9 (Preview) Well its just over two months now since I started this journey of mine and its been one of the best things I have done in my life and there will be plenty more travel to come. Guess what? Yep, I have finally left Greens Lake but as I mentioned last update it was with mixed feelings. I am now in Portarlington on...	Dougwe	9	714	11:18 AM Dec 11, 2012 by milo
	Avoiding camping fees. (Preview) After all the discussion re free camping,freedom camping, and freedom of choice in another forum an article from javascript:mctmp(0); used a term I had not previously encountered "stealth camping" this in turn prompted me to Google the term and I must admit I was a little surprised a...	Santa	10	3264	03:51 AM Dec 11, 2012 by countryroad
	Foldaway T V Antennas (Preview) Hi Just a quick question? is anyone out there familiar with the foldaway type antennas If so how do they perform Cheers	chrisnchris	6	723	01:15 AM Dec 11, 2012 by Dougwe
	Have I the rights !! (Preview) Hi everyone, Having a new van built currently, will be ready after Christmas, I have asked for a plan / Layout of the wiring for Ac & Dc, the company seem to be skipping around the question, am i within my rights to have a detailed layout of wiring or am i asking to much & to fussy ? Your thoughts ple...	miroku12g	11	1071	12:39 AM Dec 11, 2012 by PeterInSa
	24 days on the road (Preview) We left the NSW Central Coast 24 days ago. Won't bore you with all of the wonderful places we have been to will just cover the main ones, headed to Mildura to catch up with family & do some sightseeing, I grew up there. Then we headed to Broken Hill & Silverton, then back via SA to Ballarat to catc...	Robyn K	2	588	06:14 AM Dec 10, 2012 by kiwi rainbow
	well, NOW I KNOW! (Preview) Only could stay one nite, but it IS a magic place.... but ,like all nice places, without the company of like minded & very friendly 'oldies'it would not been as enjoyable. Thanks to .. 'dougwe', 'kiwi as ', 'lorrainebow' , ' spida', ' halfpint', 'decka', & 'ziggy'.. Missed out on the pav...	pws25	4	824	05:03 AM Dec 10, 2012 by Happywanderer
	Dougwe meets someone famous (Preview) Yep met "Dazren". Daryl and his lovely wife Renata came and picked me up and gave me the guided tour of the Ballarine Peninsula including their old and new home, seeing their old one I now know why they moved it is much easier getting around the new one without having to climb a mountain every t...	Dougwe	8	808	03:34 AM Dec 10, 2012 by kiwi rainbow
	Koala Shores CP -Port Stephens. (Preview) One of my all time favourite caravan parks is Koala Shores CP. It is an absolutely fabulous place, always had great staff and amenities. Everything I look for on the odd occasion we choose to use a CP. Our only regret is that it didnt allow dogs, so we could not take our best freind along for a holiday wh...	Kantiki	2	557	01:42 AM Dec 10, 2012 by jimricho
	Camping close to Perth (Preview) We'll be heading across to Perth & staying for a couple of weeks while my daughter presents me with a new grandchild. Sandra will also get to spend a bit of time with her eldest son & family (new bub there as well). Given that we will be moving between Mullaloo & Willeton I was wondering whe...	oldboar	4	598	11:12 PM Dec 9, 2012 by villatranquilla
	Expected explosion in GN numbers. (Preview) I was testing the old grey cells the other day after wondering where to go over the Xmas school holidays. I am not knocking people with kids who book out the major Van/holiday parks and push up the prices during holiday periods.We all do our own thing then and resume our travels when it quietens down. I wa...	Yuglamron	20	1101	10:27 PM Dec 9, 2012 by Mr B2
	South Australia caravan park (Preview) My son lives in Modbury Heights in SA does anyone know of a caravan park in that area? Preferable pet friendly I dont know SA at all. Thank you	jenr	7	790	08:14 PM Dec 9, 2012 by jenr
	Greens lake (Preview) We are on our way to greens lake, currently at Bendigo leaving here Sunday morning , just wondering how many GN's at Greens Lake as we would really like to meet some, have travel levied from NSW central Coast & not meet any yet but have meet lots of travellers on the way, which is the best way to get ther...	Robyn K	2	609	06:47 AM Dec 9, 2012 by Robyn K
	Rego labels ; part 2. (Preview) I'm putting this in a new post in case some dont return to the previous posting. As there seems to be a lot of confusion out there about the new system this is how it works as I have a renewal in my hand for NSW. You still receive the same renewal notice as per usual. Minus a sticker. All relevent info is still...	justcruisin01	3	657	04:09 AM Dec 9, 2012 by justcruisin01
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