The Grey Nomads - General

aussietraveller · aussietraveller

I previously said I would try to keep forum members updated on bushfires as they occured, this is proving impossible due to the shear number of fires at this early stage in the season, which doesnt look good for the rest of this years season especially in the grass lands where fires move extreemly quic...

tcp99 · tcp99

2012 Nissan XTrail ST to go with Avan. When a dealer wants to sell a car amazing what a deal you can do. Has heated or cooled cup holders!! Daughter went with me to watch me spend her inheritance. She was not impressed at all. Terry

petengail · petengail

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-15/body-found-in-gold-coast-caravan-park-fire/4372780

Magnarc · Magnarc

Hell Folks, (and Wombats) we are off again on Mon 19th Nov for a couple of weeks. Heading to Bairnsdale for one night then on up the Omeo Highway to spend a few days at Anglers Rest campground before moving on slowly to Tallangatta. Love to see any Nomads that might be in the area same tims as us. Rig is a 21' 6...

ozzimax · ozzimax

Living in Perth is it better to travel up the west coast or go south across Nullabor and up East coast at this time of year June we will be towing with Holden Comador station wagon pulling a17foof coromal pop top

deadlyprincess · deadlyprincess

Picked up our 2008 200 series VX landcruiser today, one owner, school run city car, now to fit the bullbar, driving lights UHF, navi, anderson plug etc, one step close to getting out into the playground, awaiting the completion of the van, then trip to melbourne to pick it up (mid Dec) then slow trip...

kandagal · kandagal

Apparently in their wisdom (without any prior warning) Optus decided to change the frequency. Anyone with an Alden auto sat dish & having trouble this is how you reprogram it. Switch off with central switch. Switch on, pressgreen switch until 2 green lights show then switch off again. Swi...

petengail · petengail

http://www.avru.org/firstaid/firstaid_pibmovie.html

Dougwe · Dougwe

Well here I am and day 35 and still enjoying being out in the playground. I have been busy being the tourist in Kiama NSW and make sure I still get relaxation time. I have been trying to see the blow hole in action but each time I visited it didnt want to play, I also checked out the little blow hole but that d...

bill12 · bill12

I got up early this morn to see the eclipse. We only got 96% here,, but it was spectacular, and we had clear skys on Magnetic Is. Sorry, these were taken thru a welding helmet, so forgive me if the quality isn,t much good.There's an ineresting shot of me looking into the helmet, with the eclipse reflectin...

kandagal · kandagal

Thanks to all for advice. Keith rang Alden & they told him how to reprogram it & now it seems okay.

TAJ · TAJ

leaving shellharbour sunday first stop freebie wagga wagga then down to shepperton turn right up the road to a free or cheap stop must go to boardertown to see some people who helped my caravan mates out .. car trouble (say thanks buy them a beer) then hope to meet DUNMOWEN at bala before we head to yor...

milo · milo

well, no more tardis... the motorhome has officially been sold and handed over to the new owners today. they are from sydney and selling up and living on the road, i did point them this way to the site if they wanted to join... another chapter gone... -- Edited by milo on Wednesday 14th of November 20...

Magnarc · Magnarc

Afterthought to the trip post, I don't suppose that the Anglers Rest area in Vic could be the home of our Wombat?????

briche · briche

Can someone please tell me where you enter the Greens Lake camp area. What road, etc. we are going there tomorrow and just realized we don't know the way into the lake area. Thanks Brian and Cheryl

Cowboy7307 · Cowboy7307

We are booked on the ferry over bass straight nigt of the 21nov and head to Shep for a few days then moving north hope to be in Queensland early Dec for a couple of months

glassies · glassies

We just had the pleasure of john calling in and staying for a couple of hours very Interesting man and quite lovely too,added another great grey nomad to our list Last day today heading home tomorrow ,it might have been short but it was great Weve had a very nice time and it realy does take at least two...

Kiwi-as · Kiwi-as

Made it to Cooma from Bega this afternoon, after a late start. The cruiser boiled coming up Brown Mountain ! Let it cool then refilled . Once up on top and a bit of speed up with air flow, all was well. Will do a trip around the Mountains tomorrow, i see there is still a bit of snow up there. If all goes w...

kandagal · kandagal

Hi all. Day before yesterday our M/W died. It has a 5 year warranty so we had to pack it up & send it to Melbourne. Of course us grey nomads don't have big cardboard boxes sitting in our cupboards. So after scavenging around skips behind Harvey Normans etc we found a couple of boxes which we coul...

Beth54 · Beth54

We're having a busy time here, but I've finally managed to get on GN's for an update. We're now on our 3rd night at The Big 4 at Dandenong South. It's a good park, even though it's on a major road and at the edge of an industrial estate, it's been no problem. On Saturday we caught the bus right out the front an...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Bush fire Danger information (Preview) I previously said I would try to keep forum members updated on bushfires as they occured, this is proving impossible due to the shear number of fires at this early stage in the season, which doesnt look good for the rest of this years season especially in the grass lands where fires move extreemly quic...	aussietraveller	1	604	05:21 AM Nov 16, 2012 by neilnruth
	Also Picked Up New Tug (Preview) 2012 Nissan XTrail ST to go with Avan. When a dealer wants to sell a car amazing what a deal you can do. Has heated or cooled cup holders!! Daughter went with me to watch me spend her inheritance. She was not impressed at all. Terry	tcp99	9	1181	05:04 AM Nov 16, 2012 by Nomad246
	One dead in Gold Coast Caravan Park (Preview) http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-15/body-found-in-gold-coast-caravan-park-fire/4372780	petengail	2	863	11:58 PM Nov 15, 2012 by brickies
	trip (Preview) Hell Folks, (and Wombats) we are off again on Mon 19th Nov for a couple of weeks. Heading to Bairnsdale for one night then on up the Omeo Highway to spend a few days at Anglers Rest campground before moving on slowly to Tallangatta. Love to see any Nomads that might be in the area same tims as us. Rig is a 21' 6...	Magnarc	1	735	10:17 PM Nov 15, 2012 by Recoup
	prevailing winds for travel around Australia from Perth June 2013 in Coramal pop top (Preview) Living in Perth is it better to travel up the west coast or go south across Nullabor and up East coast at this time of year June we will be towing with Holden Comador station wagon pulling a17foof coromal pop top	ozzimax	7	3356	10:14 PM Nov 15, 2012 by ozzimax
	New Tug (well new to us) (Preview) Picked up our 2008 200 series VX landcruiser today, one owner, school run city car, now to fit the bullbar, driving lights UHF, navi, anderson plug etc, one step close to getting out into the playground, awaiting the completion of the van, then trip to melbourne to pick it up (mid Dec) then slow trip...	deadlyprincess	5	689	07:22 PM Nov 15, 2012 by aussietraveller
	satellite info (Preview) Apparently in their wisdom (without any prior warning) Optus decided to change the frequency. Anyone with an Alden auto sat dish & having trouble this is how you reprogram it. Switch off with central switch. Switch on, pressgreen switch until 2 green lights show then switch off again. Swi...	kandagal	5	885	11:09 AM Nov 15, 2012 by _wombat_
	In case of snake bite - how to bandage and splint the affected area (Preview) http://www.avru.org/firstaid/firstaid_pibmovie.html	petengail	1	602	06:21 PM Nov 15, 2012 by Sue - Steve Gazel
	Update #5 (Preview) Well here I am and day 35 and still enjoying being out in the playground. I have been busy being the tourist in Kiama NSW and make sure I still get relaxation time. I have been trying to see the blow hole in action but each time I visited it didnt want to play, I also checked out the little blow hole but that d...	Dougwe	20	1575	06:26 AM Nov 15, 2012 by glassies
	eclipse pics (Preview) I got up early this morn to see the eclipse. We only got 96% here,, but it was spectacular, and we had clear skys on Magnetic Is. Sorry, these were taken thru a welding helmet, so forgive me if the quality isn,t much good.There's an ineresting shot of me looking into the helmet, with the eclipse reflectin...	bill12	7	888	10:16 PM Nov 14, 2012 by deadlyprincess
	Satellite found (Preview) Thanks to all for advice. Keith rang Alden & they told him how to reprogram it & now it seems okay.	kandagal	0	634	07:54 PM Nov 14, 2012 by kandagal
	MEETING DUNMOWEN (Preview) leaving shellharbour sunday first stop freebie wagga wagga then down to shepperton turn right up the road to a free or cheap stop must go to boardertown to see some people who helped my caravan mates out .. car trouble (say thanks buy them a beer) then hope to meet DUNMOWEN at bala before we head to yor...	TAJ	3	789	03:21 AM Nov 15, 2012 by TAJ
	its gone... (Preview) well, no more tardis... the motorhome has officially been sold and handed over to the new owners today. they are from sydney and selling up and living on the road, i did point them this way to the site if they wanted to join... another chapter gone... -- Edited by milo on Wednesday 14th of November 20...	milo	4	821	02:31 AM Nov 15, 2012 by milo
	A thought (Preview) Afterthought to the trip post, I don't suppose that the Anglers Rest area in Vic could be the home of our Wombat?????	Magnarc	2	614	12:11 AM Nov 15, 2012 by Magnarc
	Way into Greens Lake (Preview) Can someone please tell me where you enter the Greens Lake camp area. What road, etc. we are going there tomorrow and just realized we don't know the way into the lake area. Thanks Brian and Cheryl	briche	6	890	02:41 PM Nov 14, 2012 by Dougwe
	Booked on ferry (Preview) We are booked on the ferry over bass straight nigt of the 21nov and head to Shep for a few days then moving north hope to be in Queensland early Dec for a couple of months	Cowboy7307	4	731	02:13 PM Nov 14, 2012 by Oma
	We just met rocky lizard (Preview) We just had the pleasure of john calling in and staying for a couple of hours very Interesting man and quite lovely too,added another great grey nomad to our list Last day today heading home tomorrow ,it might have been short but it was great Weve had a very nice time and it realy does take at least two...	glassies	3	883	07:24 AM Nov 14, 2012 by glassies
	Kiwis are on their way. (Preview) Made it to Cooma from Bega this afternoon, after a late start. The cruiser boiled coming up Brown Mountain ! Let it cool then refilled . Once up on top and a bit of speed up with air flow, all was well. Will do a trip around the Mountains tomorrow, i see there is still a bit of snow up there. If all goes w...	Kiwi-as	3	728	06:15 AM Nov 14, 2012 by neilnruth
	Life's not always easy as a nomad (Preview) Hi all. Day before yesterday our M/W died. It has a 5 year warranty so we had to pack it up & send it to Melbourne. Of course us grey nomads don't have big cardboard boxes sitting in our cupboards. So after scavenging around skips behind Harvey Normans etc we found a couple of boxes which we coul...	kandagal	9	1227	05:49 AM Nov 14, 2012 by Baz421
	Melbourne experience (Preview) We're having a busy time here, but I've finally managed to get on GN's for an update. We're now on our 3rd night at The Big 4 at Dandenong South. It's a good park, even though it's on a major road and at the edge of an industrial estate, it's been no problem. On Saturday we caught the bus right out the front an...	Beth54	12	1269	04:50 AM Nov 14, 2012 by Beth54
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