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Just how basic is your travels...?
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I got the stove,fridge and a/c in there, but it came with the van...My question is." Is it possible to survive out there without microwaves,inverters,solar panels and all the modern stuff...?" Cheers...
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have the floods started already ?
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last year at around this time the floods started in western qld,i know cause we were held up by them for near a month and of course they carried onto what we all now know as the january floods. On the tv news im watching northern NSW flooding and im thinking is it on its way to a very wet new year again... Che...
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Bad News- Greens Lake participants
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Today is not a good day. With heavy hearts and many tears we said goodbye to our little Benny today. I often think of him heading straight to the Lake when we arrived and just standing in the shallows. Even Molly didn't upset him. He continued to deteriorate when we came home and then suffered kidne...
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MOVING ON
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It is with regret that we are moving on in the morning. We have spent some great days here with Mr and Mrs Florinhill. Their hospitality is way up there. We have had some great happy hours and at least one VERY happy hour, well the two blokes did, but they did earn it I must say................lovely tro...
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the time is coming closer
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well ive been for my appointment at the hospital and sat with a doctor who was lovely, i spoke of my fears and of what i am feeling ,and that i was scared i now have the feeling of weirdness around my side and into my butt cheeks like tentacles grabbing hold of me ,im thinking this lump might be pushing on the s...
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roma caravans
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Well we bought our Roma caravan brand new from Perth. After 2 years of fobbing off and delays the cracked bench top was going to be fixed, ( what a joke again oops we have been sent the wrong part after the sales person measured it and assured us it was all ordered). So we still have a crack in the bench top. ...
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BACK HOME;
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Back home again after another successful trip of 8,000kls. During this time we have managed to put names & faces to 22 GN members, making a total of 28. A very wet & foggy trip from Bathurst & up the coast . Now the cleanup begins, vehicle service & preventative maintenance ready for n...
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The Really Big Trip
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I know the expression, The Big Trip, but I'm interested in hearing from people who are doing the Really big trip. ie. on the road indefinitely. That's what Marian and I plan to do whenever we start this adventure. Do a couple of "settlers" and then just go. Is anyone out there doing this?...
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Can't Open Latest Newsletter
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Got the email for the latest Grey Nomad Times just before, but when I click on the link to open it I get the error "Expected a dict object". Can other people open the newsletter successfully? I thought it might work if I accessed it from the home page, but I can't find a link there to the newslett...
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Baby Nomads
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My wife and I plan to become GNs in the nest 12 months, so we have huge gaps in our knowledge and lots of questions. Can someone help with a couple of basics - what are the average fees at dumps points and what's the cost of fresh water? Thanks a lot.
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BURNIE
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We have moved on from Stanley and are now enjoying the wonderful hospitality of Mr and Mrs Florinhill at Yolla just outside Burnie. We have a beautiful view overlooking farmland all the way to the coast at Wynyard and if the cloud lifts we might even see the ocean. We will do a few day trips from our base he...
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Wet Weather
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I was just watching weather map seem we are in for wet times again .Very heavy rain up to 100mls predicted for a lot of N.S.W. and Q.L.D over next week ... Look like a another wet summer ...Lets hope mother nature take pity on Q.L.D this year i think they had enought devastation last year ..... ...
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COOPERS TYRES;
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Looks like wombat wants to win the cooper;s. Mate, they will not fit down a wombat burrow.LOL .
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The Bradley Wolf Braeve Haert Retreat near Agnes Waters Qld
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http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au/accommodation/self-contained/the-bradley-wolf-braeve-heart-retreat/index.cfm
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Water Hose Bags
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In the latest newsletter and in the profile "Characters on the Road" on Lynda, she mentiioned she wouldn't be without her Hose Bags. For her fresh water and grey water hose, she has bags which have saved her sanity. I want to know where do you get them, just what I need too. And who is Lynda? ca...
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PM access
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Is anyone else having trouble accessing their PMs??
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rego. act
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Hi, I just read in the times that Julia pays $1,000 rego. for her van. My goodness. Is it a huge bus or what? i have a 17 foot van and if those charges comes to my state I will simply be selling the van. How much do others pay and for what size van? thanks.
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Tyres - Again
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I've been through the previous threads on tyres, but now I want your help with clearing up the confusion. I was offered Khumo's for my L/Cruiser, but after reading the past reports, they're definitely off the agenda. Michelin's look favourable. I'm replacing the BFG A/T's. They've taken me aroun...
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MICKY THOMPSON'S
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Micky thompson tyres are having a problem with a bad batch of tyres. A local friend had a set fitted to go on holidays, they all cracked within a few hundred kls, they were replaced & same again, he is now up to 4th set, yes 16 tyres, The last set they tried a different tread pattern, these didn't even le...
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Removalist ripoff
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Due to health reasons our van and tug are on the market. We have got a small unit in Barmera S.A.
We had a friend looking after some stuff for us in Cairns and now need to get it to Barmera. I was going to hire a trailer or a one way trailer from SA to Cairns. After working out fuel costs etc we decided to get a quo...
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